Bryce Allan | |
Birth Name: | Bryce Allan |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1859 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Wemyss Bay, Scotland |
Ru Position: | Forward |
Amatyears1: | - |
Amatteam1: | Glasgow Academicals |
Repteam1: | Scotland |
Repyears1: | 1881 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Province1: | Glasgow District |
Province2: | West of Scotland District |
Provinceyears1: | 1880 |
Provinceyears2: | 1881 |
Relatives: | Alexander Allan, grandfather |
Bryce Allan (1 March 1859 – 22 August 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
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]
He was capped for Scotland just the once, in 1881, against Ireland.[5]
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]
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.