Andrew Ker
| Birth name | Andrew Burgher Michael Ker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 October 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kelso, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Burgher Michael Ker (born 16 October 1954 in Kelso, Scottish Borders)[1] is a former Scotland international rugby union and former Scotland international cricket player.[2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Provincial career
[edit]He played for South of Scotland.[4]
International career
[edit]He was capped by Scotland 'B' against Italy 'B' on 7 December 1986.[3]
He was given a full senior cap for the Scotland rugby union team in 1988,[2] becoming Scotland's oldest debutant at age 33.
Cricket career
[edit]He played several matches of cricket as a batsman for Scotland in the early 1980s.[2] He scored 178 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 29.66, and 147 runs in List A cricket at an average of 21.00.[1]
Teaching career
[edit]Ker worked as a schoolmaster.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Andrew Ker". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d Bath, p106
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Andrew Ker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- Cricketers from Kelso
- Kelso RFC players
- Rugby union players from Kelso
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish cricketers
- Scottish rugby union players
- South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
- Scotland 'B' international rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs