William Roughead (19 September 1905 – 22 April 1975) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | William Roughead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 April 1975 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | William Roughead, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editRoughead played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]
He also played for London Scottish.[2]
Provincial career
editHe played for Anglo-Scots against Provinces District on 21 December 1929.[3]
He captained the Anglo-Scots against Provinces in January 1931.[4]
International career
editHe played for Scotland 12 times in the period 1927 to 1932.[5]
He captained Scotland against Wales in February 1931, and it was noted that the game for the Scots was played 'under the shadow of a great loss' as former SRU President James Aikman Smith had just died.[6]
Business career
editHe became a literary agent. He compiled an Anthology of prose and verse by Hilaire Belloc.[7]
Family
editHis father William Roughead (1870-1952) was a lawyer and amateur criminologist. His mother was Janey Thomson More (1871-1940). They had 4 children: a daughter Winifred Carfrae Roughead (1901-1929), and sons John Carfrae Roughead (1902-1981), Francis More Roughead (1904-1947) and William.
His brother Francis More Roughead also played for Edinburgh Academicals.
References
edit- ^ "William Nicol Roughead". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Roughead - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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