Kenneth Wilson (rugby union)

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Kenneth Wilson
Birth nameKenneth Stephen Horace Wilson
Date of birth(1914-07-07)7 July 1914
Place of birth Kolkata, India
Date of death22 March 1984(1984-03-22) (aged 69)
Place of death Dunfermline, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum Half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Watsonians ()
London Scottish ()
Army ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1938 Scotland Possibles 1 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1946 Scotland 1 (0)

Kenneth Wilson (7 July 1914 - 22 March 1984) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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]

Provincial career

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]

International career

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]

Military career

He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex regiment. He stayed in the army after World War II ended, eventually becoming a Colonel.

Cricket career

He played for an Indian 'European' side in two first class matches as a wicket keeper. [10]

Death

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cap that! Scottish Rugby recognises past players". October 2024.
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  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19371211/692/0020.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19380117/066/0004.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19380111/346/0012.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19380314/295/0010.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19700131/463/0017.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19460318/052/0002.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/kenneth-wilson-35983
  11. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19840323/016/0002.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)