Keith Geddes (rugby union)

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Keith Geddes
Birth nameKeith Irvine Geddes
Date of birth(1918-10-25)25 October 1918
Date of death30 March 1991(1991-03-30) (aged 72)
School Loretto School
University Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Cambridge University RUFC ()
– London Scottish ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1947 Scotland 4

Keith Irvine Geddes (25 October 1918 – 30 March 1991) [1] was a Scottish rugby union player. [2]

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Career

Geddes was educated at Loretto School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. [3]

Geddes played for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in The Varsity Match in 1938 and served with No. 604 Squadron RAF in World War 2, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross. [4]

He was capped four times for Scotland in 1947 [2] and captained Scotland in his first two matches, against France and Wales. [5] He also played for London Scottish FC. [2]

He was the son of Irvine Geddes, who was also capped for Scotland [2] and who also captained Scotland, in the Calcutta Cup match of 1908. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Keith Geddes". ESPNscrum.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p. 139.
  3. ↑ "F/O K I Geddes". Battle of Britain London Monument. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Stephen Jones, ed. (1991). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92. Queen Anne Press. p. 415. ISBN   0-356-20249-6.
  5. ↑ Griffiths, p2:29
  6. ↑ Griffiths, p2:15

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