Douglas Monypenny
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Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 - 22 February 1900, Paardeburg) 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. He was twenty one at the time.
He was capped three times for in the 1899 Home Nations Championship
, scoring a try in the game against . He also played for London Scottish FC.
Rugby football
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player, who was killed in the Second Boer War
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...
, and is the only Scottish rugby internationalist known to have died in either conflict. He was twenty one at the time.
He was capped three times for in the 1899 Home Nations Championship
1899 Home Nations Championship
The 1899 Home Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales....
, scoring a try in the game against . He also played for London Scottish FC.