Gordon Halliday

{{short description|Scottish cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

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| country = Scotland

| international =

| fullname = Gordon Donald Halliday

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|11|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| club1 = Scotland

| year1 = 1983

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| club2 = Northumberland

| year2 = 1981–1988

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| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 63

| bat avg1 = 15.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 57

| deliveries1 = 120

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 49.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/75

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 2 July

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25418.html Cricinfo

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Gordon Donald Halliday (born 11 November 1950) is a former Scottish cricketer. Halliday was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian.

Halliday made his debut for Northumberland in the 1981 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Halliday played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1981 to 1988, which included 48 Minor Counties Championship appearances{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34443/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Gordon Halliday|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 July 2011}} and 8 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34443/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Gordon Halliday|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 July 2011}} It was however for his native Scotland that he made his List A debut for, playing 2 matches in the 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup against Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34443/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Gordon Halliday|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 July 2011}} He also made 2 List A appearances for Northumberland, against Middlesex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Essex in the 1986 NatWest Trophy. In these 2 matches, he scored 60 runs at an average of 30.00, with a high score of 57.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34443/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gordon Halliday|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 July 2011}} His highest score came in the match against Essex, a match in which he also took both of his wickets in List A cricket, those of Graham Gooch and Neil Foster.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47441.html|title=Northumberland v Essex, 1986 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 July 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34443/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Gordon Halliday|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 July 2011}}