Ralph Garner

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| full_name = Ralph Lindsay Garner

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|01|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yass, NSW, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|07|14|1927|01|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Kelso, NSW, Australia

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| repyears1 = 1949

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Ralph Lindsay Garner (20 January 1927 — 14 July 2012) was an Australian rugby union international.

Early life and education

Garner 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.{{cite web |title=Ralph Lindsay Garner |url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/ralph-lindsay-garner |website=classicwallabies.com.au |language=en}}

Career

A 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.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248086962 |title=Gamer was match-winner for Wallabies in New Zealand Union Test |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=4 September 1949 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Garner scored a hat-trick for Sydney University to help defeat Eastern Suburbs in the 1951 Shute Shield grand final.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248989252 |title=Garner helps University to win premiership in tough match |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 September 1951 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}