Malcolm Allan
| Birth name | Malcolm Alexander Allan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 April 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1974 (aged 73–74) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Carlisle, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Glasgow Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | David Allan, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 67th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1953–1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Frank Moffat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Bannerman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malcolm Allan (6 April 1900 – 1974) was a Scottish rugby union player. He became an international referee and the 67th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Allan was captain of Glasgow Academy in 1915–16 and 1916–17. He was captain of the rugby union team and the cricket team.[2] He played for Glasgow Academicals.[3]
Provincial career
He represented Glasgow District in the 1921 inter-city match.[4] He played for Scotland Possibles in the final trial match of 1921, scoring a try.[3] According to The Glasgow Herald it was Allan's lack of pace that denied him a Scotland cap.[5]
Referee career
Allan was noted as a strict referee. One commentator writing of Allan's refereeing style wrote: ‘so woe betide anybody who persistently breaks the rules’.[5] He was an international referee. He refereed the Ireland versus Wales match in the 1931 Five Nations Championship.[6] His last international match - the same fixture – was in 1948.[7] He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship (1936).[8] On one occasion, when refereeing a match at Netherdale, after hearing taunts from the crowd – he stopped the match and walked over to the crowd and delivered a lecture on the ethics of sportmanship before resuming the game. This caused embarrassment for the Gala officials.[5]
Administrative career
He was a Scottish Rugby Union committee member from 1931[9] and in 1950 he was acting as a selector – along with Herbert Waddell – for the Scotland international team.[10] He was elected vice president of the Scottish Rugby Union in 1952.[11] He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1953 to 1954.[12]
Outside of rugby union
He played cricket for Glasgow Academicals.[13][14] He was best man to Max Simmers on his wedding in 1932.[15] He worked for the India Tyre factory in Inchinnan.[5] He later moved to Carlisle where he worked at Morton Sundour Fabrics. During the Second World War he was in the Home Guard; and captained the Home Guard XI cricket team.[5]
Family
His father David Allan played association football for Queen's Park and the Scotland international team.[5]
References
- ↑ "Malcolm Allan | Rugby Union | Players and Officials". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ Peter Hillis (26 April 2011). "Malcolm Allan – rugby referee, 1900–1974" (PDF). Etcetera. 14: 14–17. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Etcetera Magazine theglasgowacademy.org.uk [dead link]
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Ireland v Wales at Belfast". en.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Ireland v Wales at Belfast". en.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). 16 August 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Register". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2020.