Douglas Monypenny

Douglas Monypenny

Full name	Douglas Blackwell Monypenny
Date of birth	28 May 1878(1878-05-28)
Place of birth	Fife, Scotland
Date of death	22 February 1900(1900-02-22) (aged 21)
Place of death	Paardeburg, South Africa
Notable relative(s)	Charlton Monypenny, brother
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	centre
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	London Scottish F.C.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1899	Scotland	3	(3)

Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 - 22 February 1900, Paardeburg^[1]) was a Scottish international rugby player, who 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]

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

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Player profile on scrum.com, retrieved 20th February, 2010
2. ^ ^{a b c} Bath, p109

Bibliography

• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1905326246)
• Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

Persondata
Name	Monypenny, Douglas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	28 May 1878
Place of birth	Fife, Scotland
Date of death	22 February 1900
Place of death	Paardeburg, South Africa