William Gilbert (cricketer)
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| Full name | William Gilbert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1856 Newick, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 January 1918 (aged 61) Holborn, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1879 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Gilbert (4 June 1856 – 4 January 1918) was an English cricketer. Gilbert was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. He was born at Newick, Sussex.
Gilbert made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1879.[1] He was run out for 5 runs in Sussex's first-innings, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings he took the wickets of Wilfred Flowers, William Kenyon-Slaney and Arnold Rylott, with Gilbert taking 3/14 from 23 overs. He was dismissed for a duck by Rylott in Sussex's second-innings, with Sussex being bowled out for just 38 to lose the match by an innings and 74 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
He died at Holborn, London on 4 January 1918.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Gilbert". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex, 1879". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.