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Jock Allan (rugby union)

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Jock Allan
Birth nameJohn White Allan
Date of birth(1905-06-04)4 June 1905
Place of birthMelrose, Scotland
Date of death29 December 1958(1958-12-29) (aged 53)
Place of deathMelrose, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Melrose ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931 South of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1927-34 Scotland 17 (27)

Jock Allan (4 June 1905 – 29 December 1958) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He was the first married man to play for the Scotland side.[2]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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Allan played for Melrose.

He was in the Melrose 7s side that won the Melrose Sevens in 1931.

Provincial career

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He played in the South of Scotland District versus North of Scotland District match of 1931.[3]

By 1933 he was dropped by the South of Scotland District side; their team that season were underdogs to beat the North of Scotland District side.[4]

International career

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He was capped 17 times for Scotland from 1927 to 1934.[5]

He made headlines in his cap against Ireland on 24 February 1934 – he was the first married man to play for Scotland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "John White Allan". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Allan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.