Major Antony Ronald Legard MBE (17 January 1912 – 22 August 2004), nicknamed Loopy,[1] was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer who played 36 matches, mostly for Oxford University, in the 1930s.
Legard made his first-class debut for Oxford against Leicestershire at The University Parks in May 1932; he took four wickets, including that of Alan Shipman in both innings.
[5] However, 1935 saw him once again picked for the Lord's game, and once again perform excellently: he obtained career-best figures of 7–36 in the second innings with what his Wisden obituary called a "devastating" opening spell of swing bowling.
[7] The remainder of Legard's first-class career consisted of four matches spread over almost a decade: one for Europeans against Hindus in the Bombay Pentangular — the Europeans were thrashed by an innings and 209 runs, but Legard claimed four wickets[8] — two appearances for Free Foresters against Cambridge University, and finally (aged 40) a one-off appearance for MCC against Ireland in Dublin.
During World War II he served in the Royal Engineers and was appointed MBE (military) in 1940 "for distinguished services in the field.