Andrew Ker

Andrew Ker
BornAndrew Burgher Michael Ker
(1954-10-16) 16 October 1954 (age 72)
Kelso, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Kelso
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
South of Scotland
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986-88 Scotland 'B' 3 (0)
1988 Scotland 2 (0)

Andrew Burgher Michael Ker (born 16 October 1954 in Kelso, Scottish Borders) is a former Scotland international rugby union and former Scotland international cricket player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Kelso.

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland.

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' against Italy 'B' on 7 December 1986.

He was given a full senior cap for the Scotland rugby union team in 1988, becoming Scotland's oldest debutant at age 33.

Cricket career

He played several matches of cricket as a batsman for Scotland in the early 1980s. 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.

Teaching career

Ker worked as a schoolmaster (PE) at St. Thomas of Aquin's High School, Edinburgh.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Andrew Ker". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p106
  3. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ↑ "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)