William Roughead (rugby union)

William Roughead (19 September 1905 – 22 April 1975) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

William Roughead
Birth nameWilliam Roughead
Date of birth(1905-09-19)19 September 1905
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death22 April 1975(1975-04-22) (aged 69)
Place of deathLondon, England
Notable relative(s)William Roughead, father
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Edinburgh Academicals ()
London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1929 Anglo-Scots ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1927–32 Scotland 12 (0)

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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Roughead played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]

He also played for London Scottish.[2]

Provincial career

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He 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

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He 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

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He became a literary agent. He compiled an Anthology of prose and verse by Hilaire Belloc.[7]

Family

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His 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

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  1. ^ "William Nicol Roughead". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Roughead - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.