William Roughead (rugby union)

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

For his father, the lawyer and criminologist, see William Roughead.

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 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1927–32 Scotland 12 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Roughead played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]

He also played for London Scottish.[2]

Provincial career

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

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

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

Family

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
  1. "William Nicol Roughead". ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19291223/336/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001852/19310121/036/0036 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - William Roughead - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19310207/168/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/19510315/014/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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