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Alan Gilbertson
Personal information
Born(1927-12-06)6 December 1927
Invercargill, New Zealand
Died7 May 2009(2009-05-07) (aged 81)
Invercargill, New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 May 2016

Alan William Gilbertson (6 December 1927 – 7 May 2009) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for Otago between 1951 and 1954.[1]

Gilbertson was born at Invercargill in Southland in 1927, the son of James Gilbertson and nephew of John Gilbertson, both of whom had played first-class cricket for Southland. Like his father, he worked as a builder. He set a seventh wicket record partnership of 182 runs for Otago, batting with Bert Sutcliffe in 1952–53.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Alan Gilbertson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 56. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2