Birth name | Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 April 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 January 1948 | (aged 86)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Fettes College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1889–1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robert Bruce Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gordon Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Ramsay "Bunny" Don-Wauchope (29 April 1861 – 16 January 1948) was a Scottish international rugby union back who played club rugby for Cambridge and Fettesian-Lorettonian. Don Wauchope played an important role within the early growth of Scottish rugby and after retiring from international rugby he became a referee[1] and was the President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He was considered Scotland's outstanding half-back of the early 1880s[2] and is credited as being one of the pioneers of modern half-back play.[3]
Born into the Don-Wauchope Baronetcy, Don-Wauchope was an all-round sportsman, representing his school and then university in rugby and athletics. He was a prolific try scorer, scoring six tries in his international career, though as a try was not worth any points at the time his scoring record remains blank. Don-Wauchope was also a keen cricketer, he went on to represent Scotland, playing in the very first encounter between Scotland and Ireland in 1888.[4]