George Crerar

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.

George Crerar

Birth name	George Graham Crerar
Date of birth	(1914-10-01)1 October 1914
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	6 December 1986(1986-12-06) (aged 72)
Place of death	Worthing, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Glasgow Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1937 Glasgow District ()
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
International information
National side	Scotland
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1947–1948	Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 76 Batting average 19.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 36 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 April 2020

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.^[1]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in the 1937 inter-city match.^[2][3]

Administrative career

He became the 83rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1969 to 1970.^[4]

Cricket career

Crerar played cricket for Glasgow Academicals.^[5] He also represented the Scotland international side.^[5]

References

1. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19390214/274/0021 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19371130/167/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
4. "Data" (PDF). s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19470615/088/0014 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)