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Scotland dual-international rugby union & cricket player Not to be confused with Andrew Kerr.

Rugby player

Andrew Ker

Birth name

Andrew Burgher Michael Ker

Date of birth

(1954-10-16) 16 October 1954 (age 70)

Place of birth

Kelso, Scotland

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Fly-half
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Kelso		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	South of Scotland		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1986-88	Scotland 'B'	3	(0)
1988	Scotland	2	(0)

Andrew Burgher Michael Ker (born 16 October 1954 in Kelso, Scottish Borders) is a former Scotland international rugby union and former Scotland international cricket player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Kelso.

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland.

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' against Italy 'B' on 7 December 1986.

He was given a full senior cap for the Scotland rugby union team in 1988, becoming Scotland's oldest debutant at age 33.

Cricket career

He played several matches of cricket as a batsman for Scotland in the early 1980s. He scored 178 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 29.66, and 147 runs in List A cricket at an average of 21.00.

Teaching career

Ker worked as a schoolmaster.

References

^ "Andrew Ker". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Bath, p106
^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
"The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
"Andrew Ker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

Sources

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

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