Ralph Legall

{{short description|West Indian cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ralph Legall

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Ralph Archibald Legall

| birth_date = 1 December 1925

| birth_place = St Michael, Barbados

| death_date = February 2003 (aged 77)

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| role = Wicketkeeper-batsman

| columns = 2

| column1 = Tests

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 50

| bat avg1 = 10.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 23

| hidedeliveries = true

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 8/1

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 16

| runs2 = 485

| bat avg2 = 22.04

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 68

| deliveries2 = 0

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2= 32/10

| international = true

| country = West Indies

| testdebutfor = West Indies

| testdebutagainst = India

| testdebutdate = 7 February

| testdebutyear = 1953

| lasttestdate = 28 March

| lasttestfor = West Indies

| lasttestagainst = India

| lasttestyear = 1953

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ralph-legall-52341 Cricinfo

| date = 27 July

| year = 2024

}}

Ralph Archibald Legall (1 December 1925 – 2003) was a West Indian cricketer who played in four Tests in 1953.

Legall played as a wicket-keeper and middle-order batsman for Trinidad from 1946-47 to 1957-58. His highest score was 68, the top score in Trinidad's first innings of their victory over Jamaica in 1954-55.{{cite web |title=Jamaica v Trinidad 1954-55 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21434.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2 November 2019}} He replaced Alfred Binns as the West Indies wicket-keeper after the First Test against India in 1952-53 and played the last four Tests of the series."India in West Indies, 1953", Wisden 1954, pp. 820–34.

In 1960 he played for Church in the Lancashire League.{{cite web |title=Lancashire League Matches played by Ralph Legall |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/958/Lancashire_League_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2 November 2019}} He then went to Canada.

Legall also played Davis Cup tennis: for the British Caribbean team against the USA and Canada in 1954 and 1956. He is one of only two people to play both Test cricket and Davis Cup tennis. The other is Cotah Ramaswami of India. By a coincidence, Ramaswami managed the Indian team against which Legall played his Test matches.{{cite web |title=India to West Indies 1952-53 |url=http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_2633344.html |website=Test Cricket Tours |accessdate=2 November 2019}}

There is mystery surrounding Legall's death: he is variously reported to have died in Toronto, New York state or Trinidad, and probably in February 2003.Wisden 2007, p. 1561.