Peter Douty
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
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Peter Sime Douty (26 October 1903, in Leeds, England – 18 July 1948, in Newton Abbot, Devon) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He played at Scrum Half but could also cover Full Back.
26 October 1903
| Born | Peter Sime Douty 26 October 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 18 July 1948 (aged 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Sedbergh School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Pembroke College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Headingley.[2]
He played for Cambridge University when he went to Pembroke College.[3] He often played at Full back for the Cambridge side.[4]
He moved to play for London Scottish.[3]
Provincial career
He played for Scotland Possibles on 27 December 1924.[5]
He played for London against Hanover in 1929. He got a knee injury in the match which kept him out of rugby for a year.[7]
International career
He played three times for Scotland; against Wales, Australia and France in the 1927–28 season.[1] He suffered a gash to his head in the Wales match and had to receive medical attention before returning to the field.[8]
He also went on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina.
He played for the Barbarians seven times between 1925 and 1927.[9]
Family
He was a grandson of Peter Sime, of the timber merchants Bell and Sime of Dundee.[10] Peter Douty's mother was the daughter of the timber merchant, Jean Martin Sime, born in 1876 from Dundee. She married Caeser Coulston Douty from Bristol.
