| Born | Kenneth Stephen Horace Wilson 7 July 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 22 March 1984 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Wilson (7 July 1914 - 22 March 1984) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He played for Watsonians. A 1938 match against F.J.C. Moffat's XV showed Wilson in fine form and Scottish selectors viewed that match as a de facto trial match. [2]
He last played for Watsonians in 1952 in an Old Crocks match against their then current players. [3]
He was due to play for the Scotland Possibles side on 18 December 1937 but that match was called off. [4] He did though play for the Possibles side against Scotland Probables on 15 January 1938. The Possibles side won the match by six tries to three in a 23 - 13 win. [5] One Watsonian Robert Dryden played for the Probables, while Wilson played with Eric Hunter and replacement George Roberts for the Possibles. [6]
He was not due to play in the Victory match against England in 1946, but was due to play for the Co-Optimists against Cambridge Vandals. However he was called up as a replacement for Tom Dorward. Ross Logan took his place in the Co-Optimists side instead. [7]
He played for Scotland against England at Twickenham on 16 March 1946. [1] He played at scrum half and his fellow Watsonian Ian Lumsden played at stand off. [8] [9]
He was posthumously awarded his Scotland cap when the SRU decided to give full caps for the Services matches in the Second World War. [1]
He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex regiment. He stayed in the army after World War II ended, eventually becoming a Colonel.
He played for an Indian 'European' side in two first class matches as a wicket keeper. [10]
He died on 22 March 1984 at Milesmark Hospital in Dunfermline. His usual address was at Gowerfield, Culross. His funeral was at Falkirk crematorium on 26 March 1984. [11]