Ken Spence

{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Ken Spence | image = | birth_name = Kenneth Magnus Spence | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|11|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|01|29|1929|11|21|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=568366200028318&id=218502398348035|title=Rugby history Died today 29/01 in 1989 :... - Scotland v Ireland Rugby Match Tickets - Facebook|website=Facebook|publisher=|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106212011/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D568366200028318%26id%3D218502398348035|url-status=live}}</ref> | death_place = London, England | height = | weight = | position = Scrum-half | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = London Scottish | amatteam2 = Oxford University

| repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | repyears1 = 1953 | years1 = | ru_clubupdate = | apps1 = | points1 = | school = Loretto School, Musselburgh | university = Brasenose College, Oxford }}

'''Ken Spence''' (21 November 1929 – 29 January 1989) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a Scrum-half.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/5624.html|title=Kenneth Magnus Spence|publisher=|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204425/http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/5624.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Rugby union career==

===Amateur career===

Spence played for London Scottish.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19530223/175/0011 |title=|access-date=15 March 2017 }}</ref>

In 1949, during a heatwave, in a London Scottish match against West of Scotland, Spence made the newspapers by having to be taken to hospital with sunstroke. He had a temperature of 103 degrees.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19490417/001/0001 |title= |access-date=15 March 2017 }}</ref>

He also played for Oxford University.<ref>The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.</ref>

===Provincial career===

He represented North of Scotland. He played for North against South Africa in 1951.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19511127/080/0005 |title= |access-date=15 March 2017 }}</ref>

He captained the Rest of Scotland Scotland Possibles side in an international trial match in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19521222/097/0009 |title= |access-date=15 March 2017 }}</ref>

===International career===

He was capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/5624.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Ken Spence - Test matches|publisher=|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204615/http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/5624.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Ken}} Category:1929 births Category:1989 deaths Category:People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh Category:Scottish rugby union players Category:Scotland international rugby union players Category:Oxford University RFC players Category:North of Scotland (combined side) players Category:London Scottish F.C. players Category:Scotland Possibles players Category:Rugby union scrum-halves