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.
Birth name | George Graham Crerar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 October 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 6 December 1986 | (aged 72)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Worthing, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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83rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1969–1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Bill Nicholson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Robert Wilson Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1947–1948 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 April 2020 |
Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editHe played for Glasgow Academicals.[1]
Provincial career
editHe played for Glasgow District in the 1937 inter-city match.[2][3]
Administrative career
editHe became the 83rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1969 to 1970.[4]
Cricket career
editCrerar played cricket for Glasgow Academicals.[5] He also represented the Scotland international side.[5]
References
edit- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19390214/274/0021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Data" (PDF). s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19470615/088/0014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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