Charles Gilbert (cricketer)
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Charles Arthur William Gilbert
| partialdates =
| birth_date = 9 January 1855
| birth_place = Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|9|28|1855|1|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = Primrose Hill, London, England
| family =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm slow
Right-arm fast
| role =
| international =
| club1 = Staffordshire
| year1 = 1895–1896
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| club2 = Surrey
| year2 = 1877–1878
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| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 25
| bat avg1 = 8.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 17*
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 16 June
| year = 2013
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13607.html Cricinfo
}}
Charles Arthur William Gilbert (9 January 1855 – 28 September 1937) was an English cricketer. Gilbert was a right-handed batsman bowled both right-arm slow and right-arm fast. He was born at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
Biography
Gilbert made two appearances in first-class cricket for Surrey against Middlesex at Lord's in 1877, and Cambridge University at The Oval in 1878.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29636/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Charles Gilbert|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 June 2013}} Gilbert scored a total of 25 runs in his two matches, top–scoring with 17 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29636/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Gilbert|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 June 2013}} After travelling England playing minor cricket, Gilbert eventually played for Staffordshire, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Worcestershire in what was the first season of minor counties cricket. He played three more times for Staffordshire in 1895, before making a final Minor Counties Championship appearance in the following season against Northumberland.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29636/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Gilbert|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 June 2013}}
In addition to cricket, Gilbert attended Jesus College, Oxford and won an athletics blue with Oxford and finished second in the 120 yard hurdles event at the 1879 AAC Championships.{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=23 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18790408/013/0003 |title=The Amateur Championship Athletic Sports |work=Morning Post |date=8 April 1879 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 July 2024}}
He died at Primrose Hill, London on 28 September 1937.
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13607.html Charles Gilbert] at ESPNcricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29636/29636.html Charles Gilbert] at CricketArchive
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Category:Sportspeople from Melton Mowbray