# Fraser Gore

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{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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| name             = Fraser Gore
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| birth_name       = Arthur Charles Fraser Gore
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1857|07|10|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Ardersier](/source/Ardersier), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1914|09|23|1857|07|10|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [Maitland, Cape Town](/source/Maitland%2C_Cape_Town), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
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| position         = [Forward](/source/Forward_(rugby_union))
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| amatteam1        = [Wasps](/source/Wasps_FC)
| amatteam2        = [London Scottish](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.)
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| province1        = [Surrey](/source/Surrey_Rugby_Football_Union)
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| repteam1         = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team)
| repyears1        = 1882
| repcaps1         = 1
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'''Fraser Gore''' (10 July 1857 – 23 September 1914) was a [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/600.html|title=Arthur Charles Fraser Gore|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref> His regular playing position was Forward.

==Rugby Union career==

===Amateur career===

Gore played for the [Wasps](/source/Wasps_FC) in 1877.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18771027/186/0039|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref>

Gore then played [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) for [London Scottish](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.).<ref>Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18821028/132/0012|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18831117/185/0042|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18790222/175/0037|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref> He was part of the 1883-84 side that was unbeaten by any London club.<ref>The First 100. History of London Scottish Football Club. Frank Morris. London Scottish. 1977</ref>

===Provincial career===

Gore played for [Surrey](/source/Surrey_Rugby_Football_Union) on Monday 6 December 1880, in a match against [Kent](/source/Kent_Rugby_Football_Union).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18801207/039/0008|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18801207/006/0002|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref> He played again for Surrey in 1882 against Middlesex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18821130/019/0003|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000684/18821202/077/0003|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref>

===International career===

Gore was capped just the once by [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team), against Ireland in 1882.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/600.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Fraser Gore - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>

==Military career==

Gore began a private in the 15th battalion of Middlesex Regiment in 1878.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002310/18780721/041/0005|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref>

Gore was a volunteer in the Auxiliary Forces, becoming a Lieutenant in the 7th battalion of Middlesex Regiment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002558/18880414/052/0011|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref>

In 1889, Gore was in the London Scottish Rifles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000032/18891111/015/0005|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref>

==Other sports==

===Rowing===

Gore was named in the North London Rowing Club in 1878<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18780923/005/0002|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref> and in the Thames Rowing Club in 1879.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18790329/089/0008|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref> He rowed in the Thames Challenge Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/18790618/015/0003|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref>

===Wrestling===

Gore won a wrestling event at the Scottish Athletic Gathering - a Highland Games event in London - at Stamford Bridge in 1888.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18880522/063/0005|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000032/18880522/019/0005|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}</ref>

==Family==

Gore's parents were James Arthur Gore (1827-1901) and Catherine Louise Bazalgette (1832-1921). They married in 1854, and Fraser was the eldest of their 10 children.

Fraser married Mary Ohlsson (1875-1961) in [Rondesbosch](/source/Rondesbosch), South Africa in 1897.

Gore died on 23 September 1914 and was buried in Maitland Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140172632/arthur-charles_fraser-gore|title=Arthur Charles Fraser Gore (1857-1914) - Find A...|website=www.findagrave.com}}</ref>

==References==

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