Gerald Mason (lacrosse)

Gerald Mason was a British lacrosse player who won a silver medal with the Great Britain team at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Born in Ashton upon Mersey, England, on 12 August 1877, he was the youngest of seven lacrosse-playing brothers who all played for England at one time or another. He joined Stockport at the age of fifteen in 1892, worked up to the senior team and became club captain, starting as a home and wing attack and later playing in defence as a point. He won representative honours for Cheshire, the North and England as well as Great Britain, and helped Cheshire win its first County Championship in 1909. In 1907 he captained Stockport against the touring Canadian champions, Ottawa Capitals, in the last match of their tour, which Stockport held to a memorable draw. He died in Woolacombe on 30 September 1951.