Douglas Blackwell Monypenny (28 May 1878 – 22 February 1900)
on scrum.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010 was a Scottish international

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for

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Provincial career

Monypenny played for the

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International career

He was capped three times for in the

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, scoring a try in the game against .

Death

Monypenny was killed in the

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, and is the only Scottish rugby internationalist known to have died in either conflict.Bath, p109 He was twenty one at the time.

References

;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) * Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) 1878 births 1900 deaths British Army personnel killed in the Second Boer War London Scottish F.C. players Loyal Regiment officers People educated at Fettes College Rugby union players from Fife Scotland international rugby union players Scottish Exiles (rugby union) players Scottish rugby union players Seaforth Highlanders officers Rugby union centres Military personnel from Fife {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-1870s-stub