John Matthew Ranson (born 26 July 1938) is a former

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

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 Durham School is an independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Durham, North East England and was an all-boys institution until 1985, when girls were admitted to the sixth form. The school takes pupils a ...

. 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 John George Ranson (1 April 1909 – 1992) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. Ranson started his career with Norwich City during the 1928–1929 season, but never made an appearance. Between 1930–1936, Ranson played l ...

, a former professional footballer.

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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 {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub