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	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
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)