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{{Short description|Scottish cricketer and British Army officer (1876–1914)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = Scotland
| fullname = Ronald Steuart Gordon
| birth_date = 24 November 1876
| birth_place = [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]], [[County of Moray|Morayshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1914|10|31|1876|11|24}}
| death_place = [[Mesen|Messines]], [[West Flanders]], Belgium
| heightft =
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| nickname =
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| batting = Unknown
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| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1899/00
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 8
| bat avg1 = 8.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 8
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 7 October
| year = 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/28958.html Cricinfo
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'''Ronald Steuart Gordon''' (24 November 1876 – 31 October 1914) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of John Lewis Gordon, he was born at [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]] in November 1876 and was educated at [[Glenalmond College|Trinity College, Glenalmond]]. After completing his education, Gordon decided on a career in the [[British Army]] and attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ|date=30 July 2015|publisher=[[Pen and Sword]]|isbn=978-1473864191|pages=24–5}}</ref> He graduated as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] in January 1897, prior to his appointment to the [[Indian Staff Corps]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26815|date=19 January 1897|page=342}}</ref> to which he was appointed to the following year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26978|date=17 June 1898|page=3703}}</ref> Gordon was attached firstly to the [[61st Pioneers]], before transferring to the [[4th Punjab Infantry Regiment|57th Wilde's Rifles]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1899.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27100|date=18 July 1899|page=4446}}</ref> In August of the same year, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the [[Bombay_Quadrangular#Presidency_Match|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13539/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Ronald Gordon |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-08 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 8 runs by [[Kekhashru Mistry]] in the Europeans first innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5316.html |title=Europeans v Parsees, 1899/00 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-08 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He served in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China in 1900.<ref name="BOOK"/> Promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] followed in December 1905,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27900|date=3 April 1906|page=2336}}</ref> with Gordon serving in the [[North-West Frontier Province]] in 1908 during the [[Mohmand Expedition of 1908|Mohmand Expedition]], with Gordon present during the engagements at [[Matta, Swat|Matta]] and [[Kargha]], for which he was [[mentioned in dispatches]].<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28168|date=14 August 1908|page=6059|supp=y}}</ref>

Gordon married Ruby Mary Moore at [[Melbourne]] in August 1914, with the couple departing Australia for [[British India]] the day after their wedding.<ref name="BOOK"/> With the start of the [[First World War]] in July 1914, the 57th Rifles were transferred to France, where they saw action at the [[Battle of Messines (1914)|Battle of Messines]] in October 1914. It was during this battle, on 30 October, that Gordon was killed in action while attempting to cover a German advance to allow the rest of his company to retreat. His body was never recovered from the battlefield and he is memorialised at the [[Menin Gate|Menin Gate Memorial]].<ref name="BOOK"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=28958}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Ronald}}
[[Category:1876 births]]
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[[Category:People from Elgin, Moray]]
[[Category:People educated at Glenalmond College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Scottish cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Boxer Rebellion]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel killed in World War I]]
[[Category:Scottish military personnel]]

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