Bryce Allan Explained

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]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

Provincial career

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]

International career

He was capped for Scotland just the once, in 1881, against Ireland.[5]

Business career

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]

Family

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bryce Allan. ESPN scrum.
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18810212/120/0039. British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bryce Allan - Test matches. ESPN scrum.
  6. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/19050518/062/0003. British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Web site: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60558/images/40884_b206817-00014?pId=467507.