Bryce Allan

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

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.

References

^ "Bryce Allan". ESPN scrum.
^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18810212/120/0039 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bryce Allan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/19050518/062/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60558/images/40884_b206817-00014?pId=467507. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[1] "Bryce Allan". ESPN scrum.

[2] Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003

[3] "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.

[4] ttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18810212/120/0039 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[5] "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bryce Allan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.

[6] ttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/19050518/062/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[7] ttps://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60558/images/40884_b206817-00014?pId=467507. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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