Algy Gehrs

Donald Raeburn Algernon Gehrs (1880 to 1953) was an Australian sportsman who played six Test matches for Australia between 1904 and 1911 and played Australian rules football for South Adelaide and North Adelaide. Described as tall, thickset and athletic, he played 13 games of football for South Adelaide in 1902 and seven games for North Adelaide in 1908. He was an aggressive opening batsman for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield, toured New Zealand in 1904-05 and England in 1905 with the Australian team, and was also a professional sprinter who finished third in the Stawell Gift in 1904.