Hugh Ker
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| Birth name | Hugh Torrance Ker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 June 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Partick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 March 1938 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rye, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Torrance Ker (23 June 1865 – 19 March 1938) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Amateur career
Ker played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career
Ker played for West of Scotland District against East of Scotland District on 30 January 1886.[3] He also played in the corresponding 29 January 1887 fixture.[4] He missed the 1888 fixture but was back in the West District side for the 26 January 1889 fixture.[2]
Ker played for Glasgow District in the inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1886, scoring the only try in Glasgow's win over Edinburgh.[5] He played in the 3 December 1887 inter-city match,[6] and in the 1 December 1888 inter-city.[7]
International career
Ker was capped 7 times for Scotland in the period 1887 to 1890.[8]
Engineering career
Ker became a civil engineer and was proposed to join the Institute of Civil Engineers on 26 October 1890 by a Mr. Strain. His Form E acceptance of the rules of the Institution was signed by Ker on 19 December 1902.[9]
In the First World War he joined the Royal Engineers and was made a captain.[10]
Ker was made a Temporary Honorary Lieutenant Colonel on 1 May 1919.[11]
