Keith Geddes (rugby union)

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Keith Geddes
Birth nameKeith Irvine Geddes
Date of birth(1918-10-25)25 October 1918
Date of death30 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		 ()
National team(s)
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. ^ a b c d Bath, p139.
  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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