Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour (9 October 1849 – 15 June 1920) was a British

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all-round sportsman who appeared for Scotland in some of the earliest international

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and

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matches, remaining to this day the only player to have represented the country in both codes. He also played

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for

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and was an accomplished

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Biography

Renny-Tailyour was born at

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(now in

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) in what was then

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, while his Scottish father was serving in the army there. He grew up on the family estate at Newmanswalls,

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, and was educated at

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before entering the

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, joining the

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.Renny-Tailyour, Colonel Henry Waugh
Obituaries in 1921, ''

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'', 1921. Retrieved 2018-02-17.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp.464–466.
Available online
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at the time of his sporting achievements in the 1870s and 1880s, he served in

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, contributing to the publication of at least two reconnaissance maps of the

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area, and eventually reached the rank of

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. After retiring from army service, he became managing director of the

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company. He died in Montrose.

Football

Renny-Tailyour represented the

regimental team in the early days of organised football, when they were one of the strongest teams in England as a result of their innovative

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. A forward, he played in the first

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, finishing on the losing side.Rostance T (2015)
The first FA Cup final: A shilling to get in, no nets and seven up front

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, 28 May 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-16. The Royal Engineers lost 10 that day to the Wanderers, but returned in 1874 to face

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, a match which they lost 2–0. The Engineers finally won the cup in 1875: 2–0, after a 1–1 draw, with Renny-Tailyour scoring in both matches against

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.The late Colonel H. W. Renny-Tailyour
''The Royal Engineers Journal'', February 1922, vol. XXXIV, p. 103. Retrieved 2020-06-30. This was his last cup final appearance. Renny-Tailyour was selected to represent

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on two occasions. First he appeared against

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in London on 17 November 1871. This match, however, is not regarded as an official international, the Scottish team being entirely composed of London area residents. Renny-Tailyour was selected again in 1873, when England hosted an official international between the two countries for the first time. His residence again proved to be a factor, as the fledgling

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was only able to fund eight players to travel to London. It was therefore necessary to supplement the team with three others based in the south. Renny-Tailyour's goal in Scotland's 4–2 defeat at The Oval gave him the honour of scoring Scotland's first international goal. His family connections with Montrose led to him being appointed as the local football club's Honorary President, 1887–88.

Honours

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Cricket

A middle order

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and occasional bowler, Renny-Tailyour's cricketing career was restricted by his army service.Ambrose D (2004
A brief profile of Henry Renny-Tailyour
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-17. He played mostly minor cricket, for the Royal Engineers Cricket Club,

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, Strathmore and Aberdeenshire, but also played at

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level, albeit only 28 matches over a period of a decade.Henry Renny-Tailyour
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-17. As well as representing Kent, Renny-Tailyor appeared for the Gentlemen in

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matches, and also played in first class matches for MCC, Gentlemen of the South, the South of England and a combined Kent and Gloucestershire XI.

Rugby

Renny-Tailyour also played for the Royal Engineers on the rugby field, and represented

in one of that sport's earliest internationals, against

at The Oval in

References

External links

Versatile internationals, drop goal specialists and FA Cup Final connections
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