Darren Gerard
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2005 Maccabiah | Cricket |
Darren Charles Gerard (born 17 April 1984) is a cricketer who represented Oxford University in matches against Cambridge University in 2004 and 2006.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]Gerard was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, and is Jewish.[2][3] He attended Lochinver House School, Haileybury College, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[4]
Cricket career
[edit]In the 2004 contest at Lord's he took 5/29 as Oxford won by eight wickets.[5] Gerard was used as a net bowler by England during their tour of South Africa in 2004/05.
Gerard led the Great Britain cricket squad at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, where they gained a bronze medal,[6] their first in over 12 years at the Games.
In 2006 he made his first-class debut, taking 2/25.[7]
In 2008, he was named along with Mark Bott and Jason Molins to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.[8]
In 2016, Gerard made his debut on the US Cricket team with a loss to the British Army.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Player Oracle: DC Gerard, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 18 February 2009
- ^ [cricketarchive.com/Players/67/67127/67127.html]
- ^ ""A history of Jewish first-class cricketers" | Maccabi Australia". Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Darren Gerard
- ^ Cambridge University v Oxford University, University Match 2004, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 18 February 2009
- ^ Gerard eyes Varsity repeat Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Jewish Chronicle, Retrieved on 18 February 2009
- ^ Oxford University v Cambridge University, University Match 2006, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 18 February 2009
- ^ "Maccabiah Cricket Squads Announced". TotallyJewish.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ Paceman Gerard leads medal charge Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Jewish Chronicle, Retrieved on 18 February 2009
- 1984 births
- Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- Living people
- Jewish cricketers
- People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
- Oxford University cricketers
- Competitors at the 2005 Maccabiah Games
- Maccabiah Games medalists in cricket
- Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
- People from Chipping Barnet
- Cricketers from the London Borough of Barnet
- English cricketers
- English Jews
- Jewish British sportspeople