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]