# Gerald Kyrke

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{{short description|English rugby union footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name            = Gerald Kyrke
| image           =
| caption         = 
| birth_name      = Gerald Venables Kyrke
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1882|9|7|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [Chard](/source/Chard%2C_Somerset), [England](/source/England)
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1932|3|8|1882|9|7|df=yes}}
| death_place     = [Clifton](/source/Clifton%2C_Bristol), [England](/source/England)
| height          = 
| weight          = 
| position        = [Forward](/source/Rugby_union_positions)
| amatyears1      = 
| amatteam1       = [Marlborough Nomads](/source/Marlborough_Nomads)
| amatteam2       = [Barbarian F.C.](/source/Barbarian_F.C.)
| ru_amclubcaps   = 
| ru_amclubpoints = 
| ru_amupdate     = 
| repteam1        = [Anglo Welsh](/source/British_%26_Irish_Lions)
| repyears1       = 1908
| repcaps1        = 1
| reppoints1      = 0
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}}

'''Gerald Venables Kyrke''' (7 September 1882 – 8 March 1932)<ref>[http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/1968.html Gerald Kyrke Rugby career] Scrum.com</ref> was an [English](/source/England) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) forward who played club rugby for [Marlborough Nomads](/source/Marlborough_Nomads) and was selected for the [1908 Anglo-Welsh](/source/1908_British_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand_and_Australia) tour of New Zealand and Australia.

==Rugby career==
Kyrke played much of his rugby with Marlborough Nomads, one of the earliest English rugby clubs, based in London. When Kyrke was offered a place on a tour with invitational team, the [Barbarians](/source/Barbarian_F.C.) in 1903 he was already a Nomads player, and was still with the club at the age of 26 when he was invited to tour with the 1908 Anglo-Welsh team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Starmer-Smith |first=Nigel |title=The Barbarians |year=1977 |publisher=Macdonald & Jane's Publishers|page=225 |isbn=0-86007-552-4}}</ref> The Anglo-Welsh was an early incarnation of the [British Lions](/source/British_%26_Irish_Lions) and the 1908 team was assembled to tour New Zealand and Australia.

Kyrke played twelve games for the Anglo-Welsh team, including one Test Match. His first game for the team was on 25 May 1908, facing [Wairarapa](/source/Wairarapa_Bush_Rugby_Football_Union) on the opening game of the tour.<ref>[http://www.lionsrugby.com/6012.php?player=74528&includeref=dynamic Gerald Kyrke Lions profile] lionsrugby.com</ref> He played in the First Test against [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team), but after a heavy defeat he was not chosen for the remaining two Tests of the tour. Despite this he continued to play against club and regional teams and scoring a [try](/source/Try_(rugby)) in the encounter with a joint [West Coast](/source/West_Coast_Rugby_Football_Union)/[Buller](/source/Buller_Rugby_Football_Union) team in July. Although Kyrke toured with the Anglo-Welsh, he was never chosen to represent England.

== References ==
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{{British and Irish Lions 1908}}

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Category:1882 births
Category:1932 deaths
Category:People from Chard, Somerset
Category:English rugby union players
Category:Rugby union forwards
Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Category:Barbarian F.C. players
Category:Rugby union players from Somerset

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