John Matthew Ranson (born 26 July 1938) is a former
England international
rugby union player.
Ranson represented England as a wing threequarter eleven times between 1963 and 1964, including seven test match caps. He scored two test tries, one on his debut vs New Zealand in Auckland during the
1963 England rugby union tour of Australasia
The 1963 England rugby union tour of Australasia was the first overseas tour by the England national rugby union team.
Scotland, Ireland and France had preceded England in embarking on short tours to the Southern Hemisphere, and the RFU can ...
and another versus Wales.
Ranson was educated at
Durham School. He played club rugby for Durham City,
Rosslyn Park and Headingley RFC as well as representing the
Barbarian F.C.
The Barbarian Football Club, known as the Barbarians is a British-based invitational rugby union club. The Barbarians play in black and white hoops, though players wear socks from their own club strip. Membership is by invitation. As of 2011, p ...
He is the son of
Jack Ranson, a former professional footballer.
References
External links
Statistics at ''Scrum.com''
* http://rosslynpark.co.uk
1938 births
Living people
Barbarian F.C. players
England international rugby union players
English rugby union players
Leeds Tykes players
People educated at Durham School
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rosslyn Park F.C. players
Rugby union players from Durham, England
Rugby union wings
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