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Dudley Kemp

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Dudley Kemp
Full nameDudley Thomas Kemp
Date of birth(1910-01-18)18 January 1910
Place of birthIsle of Wight
Date of deathJanuary 2003 (aged 92)
Place of deathTorridge, Devon, England
SchoolKing Edward VI School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back-row
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1935 England 1 (0)

Dudley Thomas Kemp (18 January 1910 – January 2003) was an English international rugby union player.

Kemp was born in the Isle of Wight and educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton.[1]

A back-row forward, Kemp won his solitary England cap via Blackheath, playing a 1935 Home Nations match against Wales at Twickenham.[2] He also competed with Trojans and made a county record 51 representative appearances for Hampshire, winning championship titles in 1933 and 1936, the latter as captain.[1][3]

Kemp served as Rugby Football Union president in 1969 and 1970.[1] He was also a long-serving Hampshire RFU administrator, as team secretary, match secretary, RFU committee representative and president.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Hampshire mourns ex-president Kemp". Daily Echo. 6 January 2003.
  2. ^ "D. T. Kemp (Blackheath)". Evening Express. 15 January 1935.
  3. ^ "Hampshire Official Appointed to R.F.U." Portsmouth Evening News. 3 December 1955.
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