Raoul was a successful schoolboy cricketer in the Heathcote Williams Shield.

[1] A leg-spinner who put "plenty of turn on the ball"[2] and a useful lower-order batsman, Garrard made his first-class debut in 1917–18.

[6] Garrard played little first-class cricket for the next nine seasons, concentrating on his career as an accountant.

[8] He married Edna McMaster in the Auckland suburb of Devonport in April 1927.

[11] Garrard had another good season in 1933–34, taking 14 wickets in the Plunket Shield at 22.14 and making 154 runs at 51.33, including his highest score of 67 not out against Otago.