Thomas Begbie
Scotland international rugby union player
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Thomas Begbie (1862-1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] His regular playing position was Fullback.
| Born | Thomas Allan Begbie 1 August 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 26 February 1896 (aged 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Begbie played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[2][3]
In 1881 Begbie moved to play for Glasgow Academicals.[4]
That same year Begbie went back to playing for Edinburgh Wanderers.[5]
In 1884 Begbie was playing for Merchistonians.[6]
Provincial career
Begbie played for Edinburgh District in the 1880 inter-city match against Glasgow District.[7] He scored a try and conversion in the match.
Begbie played for East of Scotland District in the February 1881 match against West of Scotland District.[8]
International career
Business career
Begbie became a merchant; and was named as such on his death in the probate calendar of 1896. His estate was valued at £7259, 0 shillings, and 5 pence.[10]
Family
Begbie's parents were Thomas Begbie (1816-1878) and Christina Stodart Aitchison (1824-1864). He had two brothers: George Begbie (1857-1888) and John Aitchison Begbie (1859-1907). He married Hetty; she re-married, after Thomas's death in 1896 in Hampstead, to George Theodore Born of London on 11 June 1898.[11]
John Aitchison Begbie also played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[12]