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Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player
Ken Spence
Birth nameKenneth Magnus Spence
Date of birth(1929-11-21)21 November 1929
Date of death29 January 1989(1989-01-29) (aged 59)
Place of deathLondon, England
SchoolLoretto School, Musselburgh
UniversityBrasenose College, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
London Scottish ()
– Oxford University ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
North of Scotland ()
- Scotland Possibles ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1953 Scotland 1 (0)

Ken Spence (21 November 1929 – 29 January 1989) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a Scrum-half.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Spence played for London Scottish.

In 1949, during a heatwave, in a London Scottish match against West of Scotland, Spence made the newspapers by having to be taken to hospital with sunstroke. He had a temperature of 103 degrees.

He also played for Oxford University.

Provincial career

He represented North of Scotland. He played for North against South Africa in 1951.

He captained the Rest of Scotland Scotland Possibles side in an international trial match in 1952.

International career

He was capped for Scotland once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February.

References

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  5. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
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