Billy Gladdon

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Billy Gladdon

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = William Thomas Alexander Gladdon

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|6|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Peckham, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|2|17|1880|6|9|df=y}}

| death_place = Bedhampton, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| role =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1905

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 1

| bat avg1 = 0.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 1

| deliveries1 = 168

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 19 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13380.html Cricinfo

}}

William 'Billy' Thomas Alexander Gladdon (born 9 June 1880 — 17 February 1961) was an English first-class cricketer and footballer.

Gladdon was born at Peckham in June 1880. A professional club cricketer for Freshwater on the Isle of Wight,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001746/19051110/028/0003|title=Football|work=Football Mail|location=Portsmouth|page=1|date=12 September 1903|access-date=20 February 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Warwickshire at Southampton in the 1905 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6618/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Gladdon|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 February 2024|url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in Hampshire's first innings by Frank Field, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Sydney Santall. Across the match, he also bowled 28 overs in Warwickshire's first innings, but did not take a wicket.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6884.html|title=Hampshire v Warwickshire, County Championship 1905|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 February 2024|url-access=subscription}} Outside of cricket, Gladdon was a prominent figure in Portsmouth League football, playing for and captaining East Southsea F.C.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001792/19030905/046/0003|title=Portsmouth League Lore|work=Football Mail|location=Portsmouth|page=3|date=5 September 1903|access-date=20 February 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} In 1926, he was appointed groundsman and coach at The Portsmouth Grammar School (PGS) following the school's acquisition of land behind the Hilsea Lines, where a cricket ground was constructed. During his time at PGS, he was credited with producing many of the school's best cricketers.{{cite book|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/3589026/hilsea-portsmouth-grammar-school|title=Hilsea: The Winds of Change|first=John|last=Sadden|date=2010|publisher=The Portsmouth Grammar School|page=13|language=en}} Gladdon died at his residence in Bedhampton in February 1961.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000736/19610213/038/0003|title=Former Portsmouth footballer dies|work=Portsmouth Evening News|page=3|date=13 February 1961|access-date=20 February 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Following his death, he was described by the Portsmouth Evening News as "an outstanding sportsman".