William Wotherspoon (rugby player)
| Full name | William Wotherspoon | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 May 1868 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aberdour, Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 August 1942 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Fleet, England | ||||||||||||
| School | Fettes College | ||||||||||||
| University | Clare College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Half-back | ||||||||||||
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| 1891-1894 1891 |
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William Wotherspoon (2 May 1868 – 19 August 1942) was a Scottish rugby union half-back who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was also capped for the Scotland team. Wotherspoon played one game in the 1891 Championship, which saw Scotland win all three matches making Wotherspoon a Triple Crown winning player.
Wotherspoon was born in Aberdour, Fife in 1868 to Charles Grey Wotherspoon, a barrister of Aberdour. Wotherspoon was educated at Fettes College before being accepted into Clare College, Cambridge in 1887, gaining a BA in 1891.
A sometimes Assistant Master of Blair Lodge College in Stirlingshire, which is today a Young Offenders Institute, Wotherspoon became a barrister for Nobel's explosive factory in London. In 1902 he married Annie Manning, the youngest daughter of William Arthur Judkins of Northamptonshire.
Wotherspoon first came to note as a rugby player when he represented the Cambridge University team during his student years, winning a sporting blue in 1888 and 1889. Whilst still at university he was selected to represent the Scottish national team, coming into the team to face Ireland away, in the 1891 Home Nations Championship. It was a celebrated start for Wotherspoon, scoring three tries in his debut in a 14-0 victory of the Irish. This raised Wotherspoon's status within rugby: although he did not appear in the last game of the Championship against England, he was then chosen to represent the first official British Isles team to tour, travelling to South Africa in 1891.
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