Bryce Allan

Bryce Allan
BornBryce Allan
(1859-03-01)1 March 1859
Glasgow, Scotland
Died22 August 1922(1922-08-22) (aged 63)
Wemyss Bay, Scotland
Notable relative(s)Alexander Allan, grandfather
Rugby union career
Position Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Glasgow Academicals
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1880 Glasgow District
1881 West of Scotland District
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1881 Scotland 1 (0)

Bryce Allan (1 March 1859 – 22 August 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1880.[3]

He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.[4]

International career

He was capped for Scotland just the once, in 1881, against Ireland.[5]

Business career

He became a merchant and shipowner, along with his brothers Henry Allan and Richard Gilkinson Allan. They ran the Clyde firm, the Allan Line Steamship Company; founded by their grandfather Alexander Allan.

In 1905, he took a lease of the North Bute shootings.[6]

The value of Allan's estate when he died was £224,358, 3 shillings and 10 pence.[7]

Family

He was born to James Allan (1808-1880) and Eleanor Blair Gilkinson (1822-1868), one of 8 children. He married Anne Smiley Clark in 1886. They had 2 children; Annie Clark (Nita) Allan and James Bryce Allan.

References

  1. ^ "Bryce Allan". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "Nottinghamshire Guardian, 12 February 1881, p. 120". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bryce Allan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. ^ "The Morning Post, 18 May 1905, p. 62". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  7. ^ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837–1915". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2025.