Edwin Henriksen

Edwin Henriksen (14 May 1929 – 20 September 2000) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a No. 8.[1]

Edwin Hansen Henriksen
Birth nameEdwin Hansen Henriksen
Date of birth(1929-05-14)14 May 1929
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death20 September 2000(2000-09-20) (aged 71)
Place of deathVancouver, Canada
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1953 1 (0)

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Henriksen played for Royal HSFP.[2]
He also played Sevens for Royal HSFP in the 1950 Hawick Sevens tournament.[3]

Provincial career

Henriksen played for a 'Rest of Edinburgh' side against Heriots FP on 19 April 1950.[4] He was later selected for Edinburgh District to play in Inter-City match against Glasgow District in December 1950.[5] In 1951 Edwin Henriksen played in a joint Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities XV' against South Africa.[6] That same year he was selected for the Co-Optimists in 1951.[7]

International career

He was involved in the trial match for Scotland selection on 17 December 1949 when the Kelvinside-West forward R.C. Taylor was injured.[8] Henriksen played for the 'Rest of Scotland' side.[9][10] In 1953 he was capped for Scotland once. Henriksen played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February.[11]

Emigration

Shortly after playing for Scotland Henriksen emigrated to the United States of America on 27 May 1953.

He later moved to Canada in 1958.

References

  1. "Edwin Hansen Henriksen".
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  4. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  5. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  6. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  7. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  8. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  9. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  10. Archive, The British Newspaper. "Register - British Newspaper Archive".
  11. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Edwin Henriksen - Test matches".
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