Cecil Gosling

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Cecil Gosling

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Cecil Henry Gosling

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|2|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Essex, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|5|19|1910|2|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Essex, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Essex

| year1 = 1930

| club2 = Oxford University

| year2 = 1929–1930

| hidedeliveries = true

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 132

| bat avg1 = 16.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 37

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 20 July

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13407.html Cricinfo

}}

Major Cecil Gosling MC TD (22 February 1910 – 19 May 1974) was an English cricketer. The nephew of R. Cunliffe Gosling,{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Cecil Gosling |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4881/4881.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=24 April 2024 |url-access=subscription}} he attended Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford.{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS305756853/TTDA?u=mclib&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=a49bc71d |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=The Times |via=The Times Digital Archive |date=21 May 1974 |url-access=subscription}} He made five first-class appearances in 1929 and 1930, three for Oxford University and two for Essex.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13407.html |title= Cecil Gosling |accessdate=20 July 2013 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{cite web |title=First-class matches played by Cecil Gosling (5) |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4881/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=24 April 2024 |url-access=subscription}}

During the Second World War, Gosling served in the Essex Yeomanry and was awarded a Military Cross in 1945. In 1949 he became a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex and later served as Justice of the Peace in the county.{{cite book |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |date=1975 |chapter-url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228559.html |via=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 April 2024 |chapter=Obituaries in 1974}} His death was as a result of suicide by firearm having suffered with a severe illness.{{cite book |last1=Frith |first1=David |author-link=David Frith |title=Silence of the Heart |date=2001 |isbn=1-84018-406-X |page=159}}