Ralph Lancaster | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Ralph Charles Lancaster | ||
Date of birth | 25 November 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Numurkah, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 28 August 1942 | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Port Moresby, New Guinea | ||
Original team(s) | Geelong College | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1929–1932, 1935 | Geelong | 44 (34) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ralph Charles Lancaster (25 November 1907 – 28 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Thomas Stanley Lancaster (1878-1960), the Town Clerk of Newtown and Chilwell, [1] and Maud Amelia Lancaster (1878-1938), née Cory, [2] Ralph Charles Lancaster was born in Numurkah on 25 November 1907.
He married Jean Loveniah McCurdy (1912-1968), later Mrs Arnold Start Henderson, in 1938.
Lancaster was recruited locally, from Geelong College.
A rover, he kicked 20 goals in his debut season, [3] and the following year was 19th. man in Geelong's 1930 VFL Grand Final loss to Collingwood. [4]
During World War II, Lancaster served in New Guinea as a Gunner with the 9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, of the Royal Australian Artillery.
He died of wounds sustained whilst on active service in New Guinea on 28 August 1942. [5] [6]
He is buried at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery. [7]
Ralph Lancaster | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Ralph Charles Lancaster | ||
Date of birth | 25 November 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Numurkah, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 28 August 1942 | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Port Moresby, New Guinea | ||
Original team(s) | Geelong College | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1929–1932, 1935 | Geelong | 44 (34) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ralph Charles Lancaster (25 November 1907 – 28 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Thomas Stanley Lancaster (1878-1960), the Town Clerk of Newtown and Chilwell, [1] and Maud Amelia Lancaster (1878-1938), née Cory, [2] Ralph Charles Lancaster was born in Numurkah on 25 November 1907.
He married Jean Loveniah McCurdy (1912-1968), later Mrs Arnold Start Henderson, in 1938.
Lancaster was recruited locally, from Geelong College.
A rover, he kicked 20 goals in his debut season, [3] and the following year was 19th. man in Geelong's 1930 VFL Grand Final loss to Collingwood. [4]
During World War II, Lancaster served in New Guinea as a Gunner with the 9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, of the Royal Australian Artillery.
He died of wounds sustained whilst on active service in New Guinea on 28 August 1942. [5] [6]
He is buried at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery. [7]