Henry Gedge

{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Henry Gedge | image = | birth_name = Henry Theodore Sidney Gedge | birth_date = 19 August 1870 | birth_place = London<ref name="Scrum">[http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/1105.html Henry Gedge Profile on scrum.com]</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1943|12|5|1870|8|19}} | death_place = Seamer, Yorkshire | height = | weight = | position = Wing | repteam1 = {{nrut|Scotland}} | repcaps1 = 6 | reppoints1 = 10 | ru_ntupdate = | repyears1 = 1894-1899 | amatyears1 = | ru_clubupdate = | apps1 = | points1 = | amatteam1 = London Scottish FC | amatteam2 = Edinburgh Wanderers | school = Dulwich College }}

'''Henry Theodore Sidney Gedge''' was a Scottish rugby union player.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p139</ref> He was capped six times between 1894 and 1899 for {{nrut|Scotland}}.<ref name=Bath1/> He also played for Oxford University, London Scottish FC, Rugby and Edinburgh Wanderers.<ref name=Bath1/>

==Early life== Henry Gedge was born on 19 August 1870 in London. He attended Dulwich College.

==Rugby union career== 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== He was the father of Peter Gedge, who was also capped for Scotland.<ref name=Bath1/>

==References== {{reflist}} * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})

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