Ronald Turner (cricketer)
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| Full name | Ronald Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1885 Gillingham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 August 1915 (aged 30) Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1906 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ronald Turner (19 June 1885 – 15 August 1915) was an English cricketer. Turner's batting style is unknown. He was also an amateur association footballer.
Born at Gillingham, Kent, Turner was the son of the Reverend Robert Stobbs Turner and Catherine Mary Turner, living with his parents at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. He later attended Queens' College, Cambridge, where he gained a Blue in football and played for the England national amateur football team.[1] In cricket, Turner made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1906. He then made two further first-class appearances in that seasons County Championship against Somerset and Surrey.[2] He scored 30 runs at an average of 5.00, with a high score of 19.[3] Turner later served in World War I with The Essex Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and saw action in the Landing at Suvla Bay by British XI Corps on 6 August 1915. He was killed in action during a night time patrol on 15 August, the last day of the landing.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Roll of Honour – Sussex – Rottingdean". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ronald Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ronald Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Westlake, Ray (June 1996). British Regiments at Gallipoli (1 ed.). Pen & Sword Books Ltd. ISBN 085052511X.
External links
[edit]- Ronald Turner at ESPNcricinfo
- Ronald Turner at CricketArchive
- 1885 births
- 1915 deaths
- People of the Gallipoli campaign
- Military personnel from Kent
- Cricketers from Gillingham, Kent
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- English men's footballers
- Cambridge University A.F.C. players
- England men's amateur international footballers
- English cricketers
- Gloucestershire cricketers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Essex Regiment officers
- British military personnel killed in World War I