# Harold Kittermaster

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{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{for|the British colonial leader|Harold Baxter Kittermaster}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name           = Harold Kittermaster
| image          =
| caption        =
| full_name      = Harold James Kittermaster
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1902|01|07|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Uppingham](/source/Uppingham), England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1967|03|28|1902|01|07|df=y}}
| death_place    = Broughton, Scotland
| height         =
| weight         =
| occupation     = Schoolmaster
| school         = [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School)
| university     = [University College, Oxford](/source/University_College%2C_Oxford)
| relatives      =
| position       = Stand-off
| repyears1      = 1925–26
| repteam1       = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps1       = 7
| reppoints1     = 9
}}
'''Harold James Kittermaster''' (7 January 1902 – 28 March 1967) was an English international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.

Born in [Uppingham](/source/Uppingham), Kittermaster captained the cricket, hockey and rugby teams at [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School). He pursued further studies at [University College, Oxford](/source/University_College%2C_Oxford), and won blues in rugby. Capped seven times for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team), Kittermaster was a stand-off and scored three tries, including one on debut against the [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks) at Twickenham in 1925.<ref>{{cite web |title=All Hail the Invincibles |url=https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/international-rugby/all-hail-the-invincibles |website=[World Rugby Museum](/source/World_Rugby_Museum) |language=en |date=13 September 2024}}</ref>

Kittermaster married the sister of Scotland international [Phil Macpherson](/source/Phil_Macpherson).<ref>{{cite news |title=Death Of Former Rugby 'Cap' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001934/19670331/202/0008 |work=[Rugby Advertiser](/source/Rugby_Advertiser) |date=31 March 1967}}</ref>

A teacher by profession, Kittermaster was Assistant Master at [Sherborne School](/source/Sherborne_School) and Rugby School, before succeeding [John Bruce Lockhart](/source/John_Bruce_Lockhart) as headmaster of [Cargilfield Preparatory School](/source/Cargilfield_Preparatory_School), a position he would hold from 1937 to 1961.<ref>{{cite news |title=Headmastership For Mr. H. J. Kittermaster |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001934/19611110/153/0005 |work=Rugby Advertiser |date=10 November 1961}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of England national rugby union players](/source/List_of_England_national_rugby_union_players)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|3201}}

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Category:1902 births
Category:1967 deaths
Category:English rugby union players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union fly-halves
Category:Rugby union players from Rutland
Category:Sportspeople from Uppingham
Category:Oxford University RFC players
Category:Alumni of University College, Oxford
Category:People educated at Rugby School
Category:English schoolteachers
Category:Heads of schools in Scotland
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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