Keith Geddes (rugby union)

Keith Geddes
BornKeith Irvine Geddes
(1918-10-25)25 October 1918
Died30 March 1991(1991-03-30) (aged 72)
SchoolLoretto School
UniversityGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Cambridge University RUFC
– London Scottish
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947 Scotland 4

Keith Irvine Geddes (25 October 1918 – 30 March 1991)[1] was a Scottish rugby union player.[2]

Career

Geddes was educated at Loretto School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[3]

Geddes played for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in The Varsity Match in 1938 and served with No. 604 Squadron RAF in World War 2, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross.[4]

He was capped four times for Scotland in 1947[2] and captained Scotland in his first two matches, against France and Wales.[5] He also played for London Scottish FC.[2]

He was the son of Irvine Geddes, who was also capped for Scotland[2] and who also captained Scotland, in the Calcutta Cup match of 1908.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Keith Geddes". ESPNscrum.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p. 139.
  3. ↑ "F/O K I Geddes". Battle of Britain London Monument. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Stephen Jones, ed. (1991). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92. Queen Anne Press. p. 415. ISBN 0-356-20249-6.
  5. ↑ Griffiths, p2:29
  6. ↑ Griffiths, p2:15

Bibliography

  • Bath, Richard (ed.), The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.
  • Griffiths, John, The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. Phoenix House / J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1987. ISBN 0-460-07003-7
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