Andrew Ker

{{Short description|Scotland dual-international rugby union & cricket player}} {{distinguish|Andrew Kerr}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Andrew Ker | image = | caption = | birth_name = Andrew Burgher Michael Ker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1954|10|16}} | birth_place = Kelso, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | position = Fly-half | repteam1 = Scotland 'B' | repteam2 = Scotland | repyears1 = 1986-88 | repyears2 = 1988 | repcaps1 = 3 | repcaps2 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | province1 = South of Scotland | provincepoints1 = | amatteam1 = Kelso | amatyears1 = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = }}

'''Andrew Burgher Michael Ker''' (born 16 October 1954 in Kelso, Scottish Borders)<ref name=CI/> is a former Scotland international rugby union and former Scotland international cricket player.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p106</ref>

==Rugby Union career==

===Amateur career===

He played for Kelso.<ref name=Bath1/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FKhAAAAAIBAJ&jtp=9|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=26 March 2023}}</ref>

===Provincial career===

He played for South of Scotland.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19871221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search }}</ref>

===International career===

He was capped by Scotland 'B' against Italy 'B' on 7 December 1986.<ref name="auto"/>

He was given a full senior cap for the {{nrut|Scotland}} rugby union team in 1988,<ref name=Bath1/> 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.<ref name=Bath1/> 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.<ref name=CI>{{cite web |title=Andrew Ker |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/andrew-ker-25254 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>

==Teaching career==

Ker worked as a schoolmaster (PE) at St. Thomas of Aquin's High School, Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Ker |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27054/27054.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>

==References==

;Sources {{refbegin}} * 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}}) {{refend}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ker, Andrew}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Kelso Category:Kelso RFC players Category:Rugby union players from Kelso Category:Scotland international rugby union players Category:Scottish cricketers Category:Scottish rugby union players Category:South of Scotland District (rugby union) players Category:Scotland 'B' international rugby union players Category:Rugby union fly-halves