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
1886		 East of Scotland District
Edinburgh District		 1
1		 (0)
(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.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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

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

He played 6 matches for Scotland from 1885 to 1887.[7]

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.[8]

Law career

He was a writer to the Signet. He worked for the firm Campbell and Don Wauchope.[9]

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,[10] became a farmer in Natal, South Africa.[8]

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.
  5. ↑ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  7. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Patrick Wauchope - Test matches".
  8. 1 2 "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.


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