Maurice Henderson
{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = Maurice Michael Henderson
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|04|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Musselburgh, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|10|14|1913|04|04|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bedford, England
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| ru_position = Prop
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| amatteam1 = Dunfermline
| amatteam2 = Leicester Tigers
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| provinceyears1 = 1937
| provinceyears2 = 1937
| provinceyears3 = 1938
| provinceyears4 = 1938
| province1 = Midlands District
| province2 = North of Scotland District
| province3 = Scotland Probables
| province4 = Scotland Possibles
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| repteam1 = Scotland
| repyears1 = 1937
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Maurice Henderson (4 April 1913 - 14 October 1989) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
He also played club rugby for Dunfermline.Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
He later played for Leicester Tigers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19420606/167/0004|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
=Provincial career=
He represented Midlands District in their match against North of Scotland District. Midlands won 8-3 on 6 November 1937.
Henderson then played for North of Scotland District combined side in their match against South of Scotland District on 20 November 1937.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19371122/361/0004|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
He was then selected for the Scotland Probables side in the trial match against Scotland Possibles. The first trial on 18 December 1937 fell foul of the weather, but Henderson turned out for Probables on 15 January 1938. He didn't impress in the first half and turned out for the Possibles in the second half.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19380117/066/0004|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
=International career=
Teaching career
References
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Category:Dunfermline RFC players
Category:Leicester Tigers players
Category:Midlands District players
Category:North of Scotland (combined side) players
Category:Rugby union players from Musselburgh
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Scotland Possibles players
Category:Scotland Probables players