Thomas Begbie
| Born | Thomas Allan Begbie 1 August 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 26 February 1896 (aged 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Begbie (1862-1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] His regular playing position was Fullback.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Begbie played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[2][3]
In 1881 Begbie moved to play for Glasgow Academicals.[4]
That same year Begbie went back to playing for Edinburgh Wanderers.[5]
In 1884 Begbie was playing for Merchistonians.[6]
Provincial career
[edit]Begbie played for Edinburgh District in the 1880 inter-city match against Glasgow District.[7] He scored a try and conversion in the match.
Begbie played for East of Scotland District in the February 1881 match against West of Scotland District.[8]
International career
[edit]Business career
[edit]Begbie became a merchant; and was named as such on his death in the probate calendar of 1896. His estate was valued at £7259, 0 shillings, and 5 pence.[10]
Family
[edit]Begbie's parents were Thomas Begbie (1816-1878) and Christina Stodart Aitchison (1824-1864). He had two brothers: George Begbie (1857-1888) and John Aitchison Begbie (1859-1907). He married Hetty; she re-married, after Thomas's death in 1896 in Hampstead, to George Theodore Born of London on 11 June 1898.[11]
John Aitchison Begbie also played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Thomas Allan Begbie". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Thomas Begbie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "Register". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1862 births
- 1896 deaths
- East of Scotland District players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Edinburgh Wanderers players
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
- Merchistonian FC players
- Rugby union players from East Lothian
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks