| Birth name | Douglas Blackwell Monypenny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 May 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fife, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 February 1900 (aged 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Paardeberg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Charlton Monypenny, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 – 22 February 1900, in Paardeberg [1]) was a Scottish international rugby player,
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for London Scottish FC. [2]
Provincial career
Monypenny played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898.
International career
He was capped three times for Scotland in the 1899 Home Nations Championship, scoring a try in the game against Wales. [1] [2]
Death
Monypenny was killed in the Second Boer War, and is the only Scottish rugby internationalist known to have died in either conflict. [2] He was twenty one at the time. [1]
References
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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- 1878 births
- 1900 deaths
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British military personnel killed in the Second Boer War
- London Scottish F.C. players
- Loyal Regiment officers
- People educated at Fettes College
- Rugby union players from Fife
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish Exiles (rugby union) players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Seaforth Highlanders officers
- Rugby union centres
- Military personnel from Fife
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs
| Birth name | Douglas Blackwell Monypenny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 May 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fife, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 February 1900 (aged 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Paardeberg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Charlton Monypenny, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 – 22 February 1900, in Paardeberg [1]) was a Scottish international rugby player,
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for London Scottish FC. [2]
Provincial career
Monypenny played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898.
International career
He was capped three times for Scotland in the 1899 Home Nations Championship, scoring a try in the game against Wales. [1] [2]
Death
Monypenny was killed in the Second Boer War, and is the only Scottish rugby internationalist known to have died in either conflict. [2] He was twenty one at the time. [1]
References
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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| This Scottish rugby union biography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1878 births
- 1900 deaths
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British military personnel killed in the Second Boer War
- London Scottish F.C. players
- Loyal Regiment officers
- People educated at Fettes College
- Rugby union players from Fife
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish Exiles (rugby union) players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Seaforth Highlanders officers
- Rugby union centres
- Military personnel from Fife
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs