Hugh Ker

Hugh Torrance Ker (23 June 1865 – 19 March 1938) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Hugh Ker
Birth nameHugh Torrance Ker
Date of birth(1865-06-23)23 June 1865
Place of birthPartick, Scotland
Date of death19 March 1938(1938-03-19) (aged 72)
Place of deathRye, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Glasgow Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886-89
1886-88		 West of Scotland District
Glasgow District		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1887-90 Scotland 7 (1 try)

Rugby Union career

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]

Family

Ker's father was William Ker and his mother was Caroline Agnes (Paton) Ker.

Ker married Lillias Margaret Marten in Petersham, Surrey, in 1891. They had 2 children.

Death

Ker died in Durrant House in Rye. His personal estate was valued at £14, 594.[12]

References
  1. "Hugh Torrance Ker". ESPN scrum.
  2. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18890126/084/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001964/18860130/038/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18870131/144/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  7. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  8. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Hugh Ker - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  9. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/3585/images/41172_1831101456_0379-00463?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=d9dac37b874e1ea57f45b7ec4473f33b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OdZ41&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.241648833.230673828.1637093350-1806209803.1636398933&pId=11596. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Ancestry - Sign In".
  11. "Name Ker, Hugh Torrance Date of Birth: 23 June 1865 Rank: Temporary..." 1 May 1919 – via The National Archives (UK).
  12. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19380611/255/0019 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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