Ralph Hamilton Crake DSO DL (13 April 1882 – 26 January 1952) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of the merchant and footballer William Crake, he was born in British India at Madras.
[5] Soon after being commissioned he went to South Africa, where he saw action with the 1st battalion of his regiment in the Second Boer War.
[1] The war in South Africa ended in May 1902, and he returned home later that year, on the SS Kildonan Castle in December 1902.
[2] He gained promotion to major in May 1916,[10] while in August of the same year he was made an acting lieutenant colonel while commanding a battalion.