Ken Spence (21 November 1929 – 29 January 1989) was a Scottish international

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player. He played as a Scrum-half.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Spence played for London Scottish. 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. He also played for

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Provincial career

He represented

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. He played for North against

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. He captained the Rest of Scotland

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side in an international trial match in 1952.

International career

He was capped for once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at

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on 28 February.

References

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