Thomas Begbie Explained

Thomas Begbie
Birth Name:Thomas Allan Begbie
Birth Date:1 August 1862
Birth Place:Dirleton, Scotland
Death Place:London, England
Ru Position:Full back
Amatyears1:1880-81
Amatyears2:1881
Amatyears3:1881
Amatyears4:1884
Amatteam1:Edinburgh Wanderers
Amatteam2:Glasgow Academicals
Amatteam3:Edinburgh Wanderers
Amatteam4:Merchistonians
Provinceyears1:1880
Provinceyears2:1881
Province1:Edinburgh District
Province2:East of Scotland District
Repteam1:Scotland
Repyears1:1881
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:(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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Allan Begbie. ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. Web site: Register . June 4, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: Register . June 4, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: Register . June 4, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Web site: Register . June 4, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  8. Web site: Register . June 4, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Thomas Begbie - Test matches. ESPN scrum.
  10. Web site: Register . www.ancestry.co.uk . 2023-09-13 . subscription.
  11. Web site: Register . June 4, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  12. Web site: Register . June 4, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.