Ronald Gerrard Explained

Ronald Gerrard
Birth Name:Ronald Anderson Gerrard
Birth Date:26 January 1912
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Death Date:22 January 1943 (aged 30)
Death Place:near Tobruk, Italian Libya
Ru Position:Centre
Amatteam1:Bath
Repyears1:1932–1936
Repcaps1:14
Reppoints1:0

Major Ronald Anderson Gerrard (26 January 1912 – 22 January 1943) was an English rugby union international. He also played first-class cricket for Somerset.

Gerrard was a member of two successful Home Nations campaigns with England in 1932 and 1934, the latter a Triple Crown. The Hong Kong born centre played a Test against South Africa when they toured Britain in 1932 and in a win over New Zealand, who toured the British Isles and Canada in 1936.[1]

In addition to his rugby career, Gerrard played three first-class matches, as a batsman, with Somerset in the 1935 County Championship.[2] He did not affect any of the matches, amassing just 36 runs from his five innings.

A Major in the Royal Engineers during World War II, Gerrard fought in North Africa and was killed in action near Tobruk.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ronald Gerrard. Scrum.com.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Ronald Gerrard. CricketArchive.
  3. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2168571 CWGC entry