Edwin Henriksen

Edwin Hansen Henriksen
Birth name Edwin Hansen Henriksen
Date of birth (1929-05-14)14 May 1929
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 20 September 2000(2000-09-20) (aged 71)
Place of death Vancouver, 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)

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

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]

He played in a joint Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities XV' against South Africa in 1951.[6]

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]

He was capped for Scotland once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on the 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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