| Robert Henderson | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Gordon Henderson |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Coldstream, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Surrey, England |
| Amatteam1: | Newcastle Northern |
| Province1: | Scotland Probables |
| Position: | Prop |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repteam2: | British and Irish Lions |
| Repyears1: | 1924 |
| Repyears2: | 1924 |
| Repcaps1: | 2 |
| Repcaps2: | 2 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
Robert Henderson (8 January 1900 - 24 February 1977) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Henderson played for Newcastle Northern.
He retired from rugby union in September 1925.[2] It was a re-occurrence of his knee injury that forced this decision.[3]
He played for Scotland Probables against Scotland Possibles in the trial match of 22 December 1923. The Possibles won the match 10 - 6.[4] He turned out again for the Probables in the later trial match of 19 January 1924.[5]
Henderson played for Scotland twice in 1924.[6]
That same year he played for the British and Irish Lions on their tour to South Africa.[7] It was on his tour that he injured his knee and that curtailed his playing career.[8] He received electrical treatment to his knee in Johannesburg.
He joined the Nigerian Police in 1929. In 1933 he was the Assistant Commissioner.[9]
He was a keen golfer and played at the Gosforth Golf Club. He won the Silver Challenge Cleek, a trophy won for the best gross score, in 1923.[10] He broke the course record in 1929 with a score of 33 out and 33 in for a total of 66. He made the Northumberland county team and was particularly noted for his long drives.[11]
Both he and his wife were members of the Gullane Golf Club.[11] [12] In 1926, he broke the then Gullane record for course No. 1 with a score of 70; then followed that up with a round of 69 for course No. 2.[9]
He played in the Scottish Amateur Golf Championship at Troon in 1939.[13] He was beaten in the third round (the last 32 stage) by D. R. Young of Sandyhills by 1 hole.[14] It was noted that he was the last player from the east coast left in the tournament.[3]
While in Nigeria, he was one of the organisers of the Nigerian Amateur Athletic Association. In 1947 the association held the first Inter-Colonial sports meeting in west Africa.[11]
His father was Dr. George Henderson of East Brae in Coldstream, his mother Isabella. They had a daughter Isobel.
In 1933, Robert married Lottie May Falk. She was the daughter of Edward M. Falk, the senior resident of Nigeria Government Service.