Ralph Gerald Ritson was an English champion polo

Polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...

 player.
captained the British team in the 1913 International Polo Cup

International Polo Cup

The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...

. His name also appears among the winners of the

Biography

He was born in 1885 in England. In 1911 he won the Roehampton Trophy

Roehampton Trophy

The Roehampton trophy is the oldest polo trophy in the United Kingdom. The trophy was first played for at the Roehampton Club in 1902 and was won by Buccaneers...

 with fellow players Jean de Madre

Jean de Madre

Jean Pierre M. J. de Madre, Comte de Loos was a British polo player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.-Biography:He was born in Meudon and died in Paris....

 and Leslie St. Clair Cheape

Leslie St. Clair Cheape

Captain Leslie St. Clair Cheape was an English international polo player. He was at one stage hailed as 'England's Greatest Player', Cheape played for England in the Westchester Cup three times in 1911, 1913, and 1914. In 1914 the final had to be delayed as Cheape was hit in the face by a flying...

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He captained the British polo team in the 1913 International Polo Cup

International Polo Cup

The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...

 and his teammates were, Leslie St. Clair Cheape

Leslie St. Clair Cheape

Captain Leslie St. Clair Cheape was an English international polo player. He was at one stage hailed as 'England's Greatest Player', Cheape played for England in the Westchester Cup three times in 1911, 1913, and 1914. In 1914 the final had to be delayed as Cheape was hit in the face by a flying...

 and Vivian Noverre Lockett. He died on October 25, 1966.