Andrew Burgher Michael Ker (born 16 October 1954 in

Kelso, Scottish Borders Kelso ( sco, Kelsae gd, Cealsaidh) is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire, it lies where the rivers Tweed and Teviot have their confluence. The town has a pop ...

) is a Scottish

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and cricket player.Bath, p106 He was

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for the rugby union team in 1988, becoming Scotland's oldest debutant at age 33. He also played for

Kelso RFC Kelso Rugby Football Club are a Scottish rugby union team founded in 1876. They play their home games at Poynder Park, Kelso in the Scottish Borders. The men's team currently play in and the Border League (the oldest established rugby union l ...

. He played several matches of cricket as a batsman for

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in the early 1980s. He scored 178 runs in

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at an average of 29.66, and 147 runs in

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at an average of 21.00. Ker worked as a schoolmaster.

References

* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) * Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) 1954 births Living people Cricketers from Kelso Kelso RFC players Rugby union players from Kelso Scotland international rugby union players Scottish cricketers Scottish rugby union players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub

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