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Douglas Monypenny

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Douglas Monypenny
Birth nameDouglas Blackwell Monypenny
Date of birth(1878-05-28)28 May 1878
Place of birthFife, Scotland
Date of death22 February 1900(1900-02-22) (aged 21)
Place of deathPaardeberg, South Africa
Notable relative(s)Charlton Monypenny, brother
Rugby union career
Position(s) centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
London Scottish F.C. ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Anglo-Scots ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1899 Scotland 3 (3)

Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 – 22 February 1900, in Paardeberg[1]) was a Scottish international rugby player,

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played for London Scottish FC.[2]

Provincial career

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Monypenny played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898.

International career

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He was capped three times for Scotland in the 1899 Home Nations Championship, scoring a try in the game against Wales.[1][2]

Death

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010
  2. ^ a b c Bath, p109
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)