Douglas Monypenny

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

Douglas Monypenny

Birth name	Douglas Blackwell Monypenny
Date of birth	(1878-05-28)28 May 1878
Place of birth	Fife, Scotland
Date of death	22 February 1900(1900-02-22) (aged 21)
Place of death	Paardeberg, 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 () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1899 SCO 3 (3)

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

1. Player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010
2. 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)