Jerry Foster

Jerry Foster

Birth name	Robert Amos Foster
Date of birth	(1907-12-07)7 December 1907
Place of birth	Hallrule, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Date of death	17 July 1984(1984-07-17) (aged 76)
Place of death	Hawick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Hawick () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - South () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1930-32 Scotland 4 (0)

Robert (Jerry) Amos Foster (7 December 1907 – 17 July 1984) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Prop.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played as a forward for Hawick.

The former commentator Bill McLaren mentions Foster as one of the Hawick greats that he grew up with:

"I was brought up on stories of the great Scottish players of the twenties, many of whom I never saw play but knew all about... I used to go with my father to see matches at a very early age, the great Hawick heroes including Willie Welsh, Jock Beattie and Jerry Foster, so I had an all-consuming desire to wear the green jersey of Hawick."

Provincial career

He represented South against the North of Scotland on 19 November 1932.

International career

Foster was capped by Scotland 4 times.

He made his debut against Wales in the Five Nations match at Murrayfield Stadium on 1 February 1930.

His last match was the Home Nations match against England at Twickenham on 19 March 1932.