| Birth name | Robert Gordon Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 January 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Coldstream, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 February 1977 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Henderson (8 January 1900 – 24 February 1977) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Henderson played for Newcastle Northern.
He retired from rugby union in September 1925.[2] It was a re-occurrence of his knee injury that forced this decision.[3]
Provincial career
He played for Scotland Probables against Scotland Possibles in the trial match of 22 December 1923. The Possibles won the match 10 - 6.[4] He turned out again for the Probables in the later trial match of 19 January 1924.[5]
International career
Henderson played for Scotland twice in 1924.[6]
That same year he played for the British and Irish Lions on their tour to South Africa.[7] It was on his tour that he injured his knee and that curtailed his playing career.[8] He received electrical treatment to his knee in Johannesburg.[9]
Police career
He joined the Nigerian Police in 1929. In 1933 he was the Assistant Commissioner.[10]
Outside of rugby union
He was a keen golfer and played at the Gosforth Golf Club. He won the Silver Challenge Cleek, a trophy won for the best gross score, in 1923.[11] He broke the course record in 1929 with a score of 33 out and 33 in for a total of 66. He made the Northumberland county team and was particularly noted for his long drives.[12]
Both he and his wife were members of the Gullane Golf Club.[12][13] In 1926, he broke the then Gullane record for course No. 1 with a score of 70; then followed that up with a round of 69 for course No. 2.[10]
He played in the Scottish Amateur Golf Championship at Troon in 1939.[14] He was beaten in the third round (the last 32 stage) by D. R. Young of Sandyhills by 1 hole.[15] It was noted that he was the last player from the east coast left in the tournament.[3]
While in Nigeria, he was one of the organisers of the Nigerian Amateur Athletic Association. In 1947 the association held the first Inter-Colonial sports meeting in west Africa.[12]
Family
His father was Dr. George Henderson of East Brae in Coldstream, his mother Isabella. They had a daughter Isobel.
In 1933, Robert married Lottie May Falk. She was the daughter of Edward M. Falk, the senior resident of Nigeria Government Service.
References
- ^ "Robert Gordon Henderson". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Register". Shields Daily News. 12 September 1925. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Register". Edinburgh Evening News. 28 July 1939. p. 16. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Southern Reporter. 27 December 1923. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Henderson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Player".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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