Dudley Kemp Explained

Dudley Kemp
Full Name:Dudley Thomas Kemp
Birth Date:18 January 1910
Birth Place:Isle of Wight
Death Date:January 2003 (aged 92)
Death Place:Torridge, Devon, England
School:King Edward VI School
Position:Back-row
Repyears1:1935
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Dudley Thomas Kemp (18 January 1910 – January 2003) was an English international rugby union player.

Kemp was born in the Isle of Wight and educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton.[1]

A back-row forward, Kemp won his solitary England cap via Blackheath, playing a 1935 Home Nations match against Wales at Twickenham.[2] He also competed with Trojans and made a county record 51 representative appearances for Hampshire, winning championship titles in 1933 and 1936, the latter as captain.[1] [3]

Kemp served as Rugby Football Union president in 1969 and 1970.[1] He was also a long-serving Hampshire RFU administrator, as team secretary, match secretary, RFU committee representative and president.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Hampshire mourns ex-president Kemp . . 6 January 2003 . en.
  2. News: D. T. Kemp (Blackheath) . . 15 January 1935.
  3. News: Hampshire Official Appointed to R.F.U. . . 3 December 1955.