# Ken Spence

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{{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](/source/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](/source/London), [England](/source/England)
| height            = 
| weight            = 
| position          = [Scrum-half](/source/Scrum-half_(rugby_union))
| amatyears1        = 
| amatteam1         = [London Scottish](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.)
| amatteam2         = [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_RFC)

| amatapps1         = 
| amatpoints1       = 
| ru_amupdate       = 
| province1         = [North of Scotland](/source/North_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union))
| province2         = [Scotland Possibles](/source/Scotland_Possibles)
| provinceyears1    = 
| provinceapps1     = 
| provincepoints1   = 
| ru_provinceupdate = 
| repteam1          = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team)

| repcaps1          = 1
| reppoints1        = 0
| ru_ntupdate       = 
| repyears1         = 1953
| years1            = 
| ru_clubupdate     = 
| apps1             = 
| points1           = 
| school            = [Loretto School](/source/Loretto_School), [Musselburgh](/source/Musselburgh)
| university        = [Brasenose College, Oxford](/source/Brasenose_College%2C_Oxford)
}}

'''Ken Spence''' (21 November 1929 – 29 January 1989) was a Scottish international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player. He played as a [Scrum-half](/source/Scrum-half_(rugby_union)).<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](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.).<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](/source/West_of_Scotland_F.C.), 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](/source/Oxford_University_RFC).<ref>The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.</ref>

===Provincial career===

He represented [North of Scotland](/source/North_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union)). He played for North against [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team) in [1951](/source/1951%E2%80%9352_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour).<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](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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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

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