Ronald Gerrard

Ronald Gerrard

Birth name	Ronald Anderson Gerrard
Date of birth	26 January 1912
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Date of death	22 January 1943 (aged 30)
Place of death	near Tobruk, Italian Libya
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Bath () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1932–1936 England 14 (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.

In addition to his rugby career, Gerrard played three first-class matches, as a batsman, with Somerset in the 1935 County Championship. 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.

External links

• Cricinfo: Ronald Gerrard