Thomas Begbie

Thomas Begbie

Birth name	Thomas Allan Begbie
Date of birth	(1862-08-01)1 August 1862
Place of birth	Dirleton, Scotland
Date of death	26 February 1896(1896-02-26) (aged 33)
Place of death	London, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1880-81 Edinburgh Wanderers () 1881 Glasgow Academicals () 1881 Edinburgh Wanderers () 1884 Merchistonians () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1880 Edinburgh District () 1881 East of Scotland District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1881 Scotland 2 ((1 goal))

Thomas Begbie (1862-1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] His regular playing position was Fullback.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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

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

Begbie was capped twice for Scotland in 1881.[9]

Business career

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

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

1. "Thomas Allan Begbie". ESPN scrum.
2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
3. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
8. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Thomas Begbie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
10. "Register". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
11. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.