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Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player
Patrick Wauchope
Birth namePatrick Hamilton Don Wauchope
Date of birth(1863-05-01)1 May 1863
Place of birthNewton, West Lothian, Scotland
Date of death9 January 1939(1939-01-09) (aged 75)
Place of deathEdinburgh, Scotland
Notable relative(s)Andrew Wauchope, brother
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Fettesian-Lorettonians ()
– Edinburgh University ()
– Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886 East of Scotland District 1 (0)
1886 Edinburgh District 1 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1885-87 Scotland 6 ((1 try))

Patrick Wauchope (1 May 1863 – 9 January 1939) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to Fettes College and played for the school.

Wauchope played rugby union for Fettesian-Lorettonians and Edinburgh Wanderers.

He also played for Edinburgh University.

Provincial career

He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 30 January 1886.

He played for Edinburgh District later that year in the December inter-city match against Glasgow District on 4 December 1886.

International career

He played 6 matches for Scotland from 1885 to 1887.

Golf career

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.

Law career

He was a writer to the Signet. He worked for the firm Campbell and Don Wauchope.

Family

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, became a farmer in Natal, South Africa.

References

  1. "Patrick Hamilton Don Wauchope". ESPN scrum.
  2. "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  4. "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  6. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  7. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Patrick Wauchope - Test matches".
  8. ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.


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