Andrew Don Wauchope
| Full name | Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 April 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 January 1948 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Fettes College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Halfback | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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Edinburgh Wanderers Cambridge University R.U.F.C. Fettesian-Lorettonian |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1881–1888 | Scotland | 13 | (0) |
Andrew Ramsay "Bunny" Don-Wauchope (29 April 1861 – 16 January 1948) was a Scottish international rugby union back who played club rugby for Cambridge and Fettesian-Lorettonian. Don Wauchope played an important role within the early growth of Scottish rugby and after retiring from international rugby he became a referee and was the President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He was considered Scotland's outstanding half-back of the early 1880s and is credited as being one of the pioneers of modern half-back play.
Born into the Don-Wauchope Baronetcy, Don-Wauchope was an all-round sportsman, representing his school and then university in rugby and athletics. He was a prolific try scorer, scoring six tries in his international career, though as a try was not worth any points at the time his scoring record remains blank. Don-Wauchope was also a keen cricketer, he went on to represent Scotland, playing in the very first encounter between Scotland and Ireland in 1888.
Don-Wauchope was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow in 1861 to Sir John Don-Wauchope, 8th Baronet of Newton and Bethia Hamilton Buchanan. He was the second son of the Baronet, and the title passed onto his elder brother John Douglas when their father died in 1893. Don-Wauchope was educated at Fettes College before graduating to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1880. He graduated from Cambridge with a BA in 1884, and whilst at university he won sporting Blues in rugby and in athletics for hurdling. Don-Wauchope became a stock-broker by profession and in 1903 he married Emma Margaret Salmond, daughter of Sir William Salmond. By 1941 he had taken up residency in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer in France, and died in 1948 in Paris.
Don-Wauchope first came to note as a rugby player while studying at Cambridge. He won two sporting Blues for rugby in 1880 and 1881, and captained the Cambridge University team. Whilst still at University, Don-Wauchope and A.R. Paterson of Loretto School organised the first meeting of the Fettesian-Lorettonian Club, until then a loose collection of former school pupils that had played cricket together the previous season. The Club was founded in 1881, and by March of that year Don-Wauchope as captain of Fettesian-Lorettonian was chosen to represent Scotland in the 1881 international friendly with England. The game ended in a draw, and although not present for Scotland's next encounter, against Ireland, he was again playing at half-back for the next match to England. The game was played at Manchester, with Scotland winning by two tries to nil, the first time Scotland had beaten the English on their own soil.
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