Henry Gedge
Birth name | Henry Theodore Sidney Gedge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 August 1870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | London[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 December 1943 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Seamer, Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Dulwich College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henry Theodore Sidney Gedge was a Scottish rugby union player.[2] He was capped six times between 1894 and 1899 for Scotland.[2] He also played for Oxford University, London Scottish FC, Rugby and Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]
Early life
[edit]Henry Gedge was born on 19 August 1870 in London. He attended Dulwich College.
Rugby union career
[edit]Gedge made his international debut on 3 February 1894 at Newport in the Wales vs Scotland match. Of the 6 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 4 occasions. He played his final match for Scotland on 11 March 1899 at Blackheath in the England vs Scotland match.
Personal life and family
[edit]He was the father of Peter Gedge, who was also capped for Scotland.[2]
References
[edit]- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)