| Birth name | Bryce Allan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 March 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 August 1922 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Wemyss Bay, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Alexander Allan, grandfather | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryce Allan (1 March 1859 – 22 August 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1880.[3]
He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.[4]
International career[edit]
He was capped for Scotland just the once, in 1881, against Ireland.[5]
Business career[edit]
He became a merchant and shipowner, along with his brothers Henry Allan and Richard Gilkinson Allan. They ran the Clyde firm, the Allan Line Steamship Company; founded by their grandfather Alexander Allan.
In 1905, he took a lease of the North Bute shootings.[6]
The value of Allan's estate when he died was £224,358, 3 shillings and 10 pence.[7]
Family[edit]
He was born to James Allan (1808-1880) and Eleanor Blair Gilkinson (1822-1868), one of 8 children. He married Anne Smiley Clark in 1886. They had 2 children; Annie Clark (Nita) Allan and James Bryce Allan.
References[edit]
- ^ "Bryce Allan". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18810212/120/0039 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bryce Allan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/19050518/062/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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