Peter Douty

Peter Douty

Birth name	Peter Sime Douty
Date of birth	(1903-10-26)26 October 1903
Place of birth	Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Date of death	18 July 1948(1948-07-18) (aged 44)
Place of death	Newton Abbot, Devon, England
School	Sedbergh School
University	Pembroke College, Cambridge
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Headingley () 1924 Cambridge University () - London Scottish () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1924 Scotland Possibles () 1926 Yorkshire () 1929 London () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1925-27 Barbarians 7 1927-28 Scotland 3 1927 British and Irish Lions

Peter Sime Douty (26 October 1903, in Leeds, England – 18 July 1948, in Newton Abbot, Devon) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Scrum Half but could also cover Full Back.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Headingley.

He played for Cambridge University when he went to Pembroke College. He often played at Full back for the Cambridge side.

He moved to play for London Scottish.

Provincial career

He played for Scotland Possibles on 27 December 1924.

He played for Yorkshire.

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.

International career

He played three times for Scotland; against Wales, Australia and France in the 1927–28 season. He suffered a gash to his head in the Wales match and had to receive medical attention before returning to the field.

He also went on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina.

He played for the Barbarians 7 times between 1925 to 1927.

Family

He was a grandson of Peter Sime, of the timber merchants Bell and Sime of Dundee. 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.