Ralph Lindsay Garner (20 January 1927 — 14 July 2012) was an Australian rugby union international.
| Full name | Ralph Lindsay Garner | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 January 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yass, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 July 2012 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kelso, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
editGarner was born in Yass and educated at De La Salle College Armidale and the University of Sydney. He played first-grade for the Sydney University XV and toured New Zealand in 1949 with an Australian Universities representative side.[1]
Career
editA speed winger, Garner gained two Wallabies caps on the historic 1949 tour of New Zealand, where they claimed a first ever away series win over the All Blacks. He scored two first-half tries to be the match-winner on debut in the 1st Test in Wellington and for his efforts on tour was named one of five "players of the year" by the NZ Rugby Almanack.[2]
Garner scored a hat-trick for Sydney University to help defeat Eastern Suburbs in the 1951 Shute Shield grand final.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ralph Lindsay Garner". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Gamer was match-winner for Wallabies in New Zealand Union Test". The Daily Telegraph. 4 September 1949. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Garner helps University to win premiership in tough match". The Daily Telegraph. 23 September 1951. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
edit- Ralph Garner at ESPNscrum