John Matthew Ranson is a former England

England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...

 international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 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

1963 England rugby union tour of Australasia

Scotland, Ireland and France had preceded England in embarking short tours to the Southern Hemisphere, and the RFU can be criticised for not having understood that an itinerary of six hard matches including three Test Matches in a mere 18 days is somewhat severe, especially when 2 Test Matches,...

 and another versus Wales.

Ranson was educated at Durham School

Durham School

Durham School, headmaster Martin George , is an independent British day and boarding school for boys and girls in Durham....

. He played club rugby for Durham City, Rosslyn Park

Rosslyn Park F.C.

Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in...

 and Headingley RFC as well as representing the Barbarian F.C.

Barbarian F.C.

The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...

.

He is the son of Jack Ranson

Jack Ranson

John George "Jack" Ranson 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 league football for Swansea Town, Chester, Gateshead, Millwall, Carlisle United...

, a former professional footballer.

External links

• Statistics, at Scrum.com