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

  1. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19390214/274/0021. British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19371130/167/0006. British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. 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 .
  5. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19470615/088/0014. British Newspaper Archive.