Patrick Wauchope (1 May 1863 – 9 January 1939) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Patrick Hamilton Don Wauchope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 May 1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newton, West Lothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 January 1939 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Andrew Wauchope, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
He went to Fettes College and played for the school.[2]
Wauchope played rugby union for Fettesian-Lorettonians and Edinburgh Wanderers.[3]
He also played for Edinburgh University.[4]
Provincial career edit
He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 30 January 1886.[5]
He played for Edinburgh District later that year in the December inter-city match against Glasgow District on 4 December 1886.[6]
International career edit
Golf career edit
He was a keen golfer, but he was better known for improving the layout of Muirfield Golf Course to make it suitable for hosting championship matches. He was a member of Kilspindie and Dornoch Golf Courses; as well as being a member of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.[8]
Law career edit
He was a writer to the Signet. He worked for the firm Campbell and Don Wauchope.[9]
Family edit
He was born to John Don Wauchope (1816-1893) and Bethia Hamilton Buchanan (1827-1911). His family had a baronet and this passed to one of his brothers Sir John Don Wauchope, who was a chair of Midlothian County Council. Another brother Andrew Wauchope also played rugby union for Scotland.
He married Georgiana Renira Buchan Fitzjohn (1867-1928) on 10 June 1897. They had one son, also named Patrick Wauchope (1898-1989). His son, who was a keen cricketer for Edinburgh Academicals,[10] became a farmer in Natal, South Africa.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Patrick Hamilton Don Wauchope". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Patrick Wauchope - Test matches".
- ^ a b "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
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