Gother Clarke
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| Full name | Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1875 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 October 1917 (aged 42) Polygon Wood, Passchendaele salient, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1899-00 to 1901-02 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 January 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gother Clarke (27 April 1875 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian cricketer and doctor.[1][2]
Life and career
Clarke was born in Sydney, the grandson of the geologist William Branwhite Clarke.[2] He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he studied Medicine.[2] In a match for the university cricket team against Melbourne University in 1898 he took 7 for 72 and 6 for 89 and scored 100.[3]
He played seven first-class matches as a leg-spin bowler and lower-order batsman for New South Wales between 1899 and 1902.[4] His best performance was against the touring English team in 1901-02, when he took 4 for 98 and 6 for 133 in New South Wales' 53-run victory.[5] He was also prominent in tennis and bowls, once winning the New South Wales bowls pairs title.[2]
Clarke served as a major in the medical corps of the 34th Australian Infantry Battalion during World War I.[6] He was killed in action in the First Battle of Passchendaele.[7] After he left his medical station to treat a casualty in the field, Clarke and several others were killed by a shell.[8]
See also
- List of New South Wales representative cricketers
- List of cricketers who were killed during military service
References
- ^ "Gother Clarke". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d "For the Empire: Mrs Langer Owen and Major Gother Clarke". Sydney Mail: 19. 12 December 1917.
- ^ "Remembering Gother Clarke". Sydney University Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Gother Clarke". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "New South Wales v AC MacLaren's XI 1901-02". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Major Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Clarke, Gother". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Major Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke" (PDF). Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
