Bryce Allan

Bryce Allan (1 March 1859 – 22 August 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Bryce Allan

Birth name	Bryce Allan
Date of birth	(1859-03-01)1 March 1859
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	22 August 1922(1922-08-22) (aged 63)
Place of death	Wemyss Bay, Scotland
Notable relative(s)	Alexander Allan, grandfather
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Glasgow Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1880 Glasgow District () 1881 West of Scotland District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1881 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1880.

He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.

International career

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

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.

The value of Allan's estate when he died was £224,358, 3 shillings and 10 pence.

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.