Brendan McKerchar
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Full name | Brendan Thomas McKerchar | ||||||||||||||
Born | Leith, Midlothian, Scotland | 23 January 1983||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 June 2020 |
Brendan Thomas McKerchar (born 23 January 1983) is a Scottish educator and a former first-class cricketer and rugby union player.
McKerchar was born at Leith in January 1983. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, before going up to the University of Durham.[1] McKerchar played for the Scotland under-19 cricket team in the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, making six appearances during the tournament.[2] He played domestic rugby union in Scotland as a scrum half for Border Reivers in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons, making eleven appearances in the Celtic Cup and three in the 2006–07 Heineken Cup.[3]
With the disbanding of Border Reivers in 2007, McKerchar studied for his masters degree at Keble College, Oxford.[4] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in The University Matches of 2008 and 2009 against Cambridge University.[5] He gained a blue in both cricket and rugby union, with McKerchar also playing for Oxford University RFC in the rugby Varsity Match.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, McKerchar taught at Merchiston Castle School, where he was director of rugby. In 2010, he became director of sport at Emanuel School in London. He began teaching biology at Harrow School in 2014, where he was also director of sport.[4] He was appointed house master of Druries in 2019.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player profile: Brendan McKerchar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Under-19 ODI Matches played by Brendan McKerchar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Player profile: Brendan McKerchar". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "New House Masters for Druries and the Head Master's" (PDF). www.harrowschool.org.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Brendan McKerchar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "New Director of Sport from September 2019". www.harrowschool.org.uk. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1983 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Leith
- People educated at Merchiston Castle School
- Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
- Scottish cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Scottish rugby union players
- Oxford University RFC players
- Border Reivers players
- Scottish schoolteachers
- Durham University RFC players
- Alumni of Grey College, Durham
- Scottish cricket biography stubs
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs