K. G. MacLeod explained

Birth Date:1888 2, df=y
Ru Nationalyears:1905-08
Ru Nationalcaps:10
Ru Amateurclubs:Cambridge University RFC
School:Fettes College
University:Cambridge University

Kenneth Grant MacLeod (2 February 1888 – 7 March 1967)[1] was a Scottish international rugby union player,[2] as well as a golfer, soccer player and cricketer.[3] He was capped ten times for between 1905 and 1908.[4]

MacLeod was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010.[5]

Career

He was only seventeen when first capped for against, and was at Fettes College.[2] He then went to Cambridge University and played for their rugby team, winning nine more international caps at the time. He retired at twenty one at the urging of his father, because his two elder brothers had been seriously injured playing rugby.[2]

Allan Massie writes:

MacLeod's club was Cambridge University RFC.[4]

He was the brother of Lewis MacLeod who was also capped for Scotland.[4]

Other sports

MacLeod also played cricket for Cambridge University, Lancashire, and other teams. He appeared in 94 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast. He scored 3,458 runs with a highest score of 131 among six first-class centuries and held 108 catches. He took 103 wickets with a best analysis of six for 29.[6]

MacLeod played association football for Manchester City F.C.[3] He also later won the Amateur Golf Championship of Natal.[3]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/1746.html Scrum dot com profile
  2. Massie, p17
  3. Massie, p18
  4. Bath, p137
  5. Web site: Six sporting legends honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame . 16 March 2010 . Scottish Sports Hall of Fame . 17 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723155841/http://www.sshf.co.uk/news/six_sporting_legends_honoured_scottish_sports_hall_fame . 23 July 2011 .
  6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31156/31156.html Kenneth MacLeod at CricketArchive