Graham Kerr (rugby union)

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Graham Kerr
Birth nameGraham Campbell Kerr
Date of birth(1872-04-29)29 April 1872
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death18 August 1913(1913-08-18) (aged 41)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Old Dunelmians ()
– Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Anglo-Scots ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1898-1900 Scotland 8 (0)

Graham Kerr (1872–1913) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a forward. [1] He was the eldest son of Dr. John Kerr, H.M. Chief Inspector of Schools for Scotland. [2] He trained at a schoolmaster and worked as a teacher in Durham before in 1901 working for the Sudan Civil Service where he was Inspector of Schools prior to becoming Governor. At the time of his death he was Governor of the Province of Berber in the Sudan having been appointed in April 1913. Before that he served as Governor for the Red Sea Province for four years. [3] He died of pneumonia after an operation in Edinburgh. Messages of sympathy at his funeral included from Lord Kitchener and Lord Cromer. [4]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Old Dunelmians in Durham and Edinburgh Wanderers. [5]

Provincial career

Kerr played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898. [5]

International career

He was capped 8 times for Scotland from 1898 to 1900. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Graham Kerr; Rugby Union; Players and Officials". ESPN.co.uk . Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sudan Governor Dies in Edinburgh". The Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette. 20 August 1913. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Soudan Governor Dead". The Daily Record. 20 August 1913. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Funeral in Edinburgh". The Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette. 22 August 1913. p. 4.
  5. 1 2 "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Graham Kerr - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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