Ronald Pryor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1901
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Death: 24-Dec-1977
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Ronald Pryor
- Ronald MacDonell Pryor (23 April 1901 – 24 December 1977) was a Brazilian cricketer who played a number of international matches for the Brazilian national side.
- In 1932, he toured England with a combined South American team, making a single first-class appearance on tour. Pryor was born in Rio de Janeiro, but was sent to England to be educated, attending Tonbridge School.
- He played cricket for the school team in 1918 and 1919, with the latter season included a match against Clifton College at Lord's.
- Pryor made his international debut for Brazil in December 1921, aged 20, when he played a three-match series the Argentine national team in Buenos Aires.
- In the second of those matches, he took a maiden five-wicket haul, 5/59, in Argentina's first innings (and 8/114 for the match), which was followed by 4/78 in the first innings of the next match.
- Argentina returned the tour in mid-1922, with Pryor again taking a five-wicket haul, 5/28 in the match at Niterói.Along with Arthur Grass and Richard Latham, Pryor was one of only three Brazilians (out of a fifteen-man squad) to be named in the composite South American team that toured the British Isles during the 1932 season.
- He went on to play in only one of the six first-class matches on tour, which came against the British Army cricket team.
- In the match, played at the Officers Club Services Ground in Aldershot, Pryor bowled only five overs, all in the first innings, and went wicketless while conceding 13 runs.
- While batting, he came in last in the batting order in both innings, and recorded a pair.
- Pryor also had little success in the minor matches on tour.
- Out of the six matches in which he played, he took multiple wickets only twice – 1/15 and 2/45 against a Civil Service team, and 2/80 and 0/24 against a Gentlemen of Surrey side.
- The 1929 series against Argentina had been his last recorded series for Brazil.
- Pryor died in December 1977, aged 76.
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