George Crerar Explained

George Crerar

Birth Name:

George Graham Crerar

Birth Date:

1 October 1914

Birth Place:

Glasgow, Scotland

Death Place:

Worthing, England

Ru Position:

Centre

Amatyears1:

Amatteam1:

Glasgow Academicals

Ru Provinceyears1:

1937

Ru Province1:

Glasgow District

Module:

Embed:	yes
Office:	President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:	1969
Term End:	1970
Order:	83rd

Module2:

Embed:	yes
Country:	Scotland
International:	true
Batting:	Right-handed
Bowling:	Slow left-arm orthodox
Club1:	Scotland
Year1:	1947–1948
Columns:	1
Column1:	First-class
Matches1:	2
Runs1:	76
Bat Avg1:	19.00
100S/50S1:	0/0
Top Score1:	36
Hidedeliveries:	true
Catches/Stumpings1:	1/–
Date:	17 April
Year:	2020
Source:	https://www.espncricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25179.html Cricinfo

George Crerar (1 October 1914 – 6 December 1986) was a Scotland international cricketer. He was also a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 83rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.^[1]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in the 1937 inter-city match.^[2] ^[3]

Administrative career

He became the 83rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1969 to 1970.^[4]

Cricket career

Crerar played cricket for Glasgow Academicals.^[5] He also represented the Scotland international side.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19390214/274/0021. British Newspaper Archive.
Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19371130/167/0006. British Newspaper Archive.
Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
Web site: Data . s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com . 2020-05-24 . 16 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf . dead .
Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19470615/088/0014. British Newspaper Archive.