Maurice Henderson

{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}

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| death_place = Bedford, England

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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=

Henderson was capped 3 times for Scotland in 1937.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/4469.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Maurice Henderson - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}

Teaching career

Henderson became the Physical Education instructor at Dunfermline High School. He then moved to Bedford to become the Director of Physical Education for Bedfordshire county in England.

References