John Gilhespy

{{short description|Australia cricketer, British Army officer and educator}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = John William Edward Gilhespy

| birth_date = Q4 1883

| birth_place = Penzance, Cornwall, England

| death_date = 4 July 1959

| death_place = Roehampton, Surrey, England

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| role =

| club1 = Cornwall

| year1 = 1921–1924

| club2 = Europeans

| year2 = 1923/24

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 42

| bat avg1 = 10.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 29

| deliveries1 = 72

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 10 November

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28956.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

John William Edward Gilhespy {{postnominal|OBE}} (1883 – 4 July 1959) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

The son of Thomas Gilhespy, he was born at Penzance in the final quarter of 1883. He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, initially as an assistant paymaster, before being promoted to paymaster in September 1916.{{London Gazette|issue=29759|date=22 September 1916|page=9211|supp=y}} By wars end he held the rank of paymaster lieutenant commander and was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours for services rendered during the war.{{London Gazette|issue=31099|date=31 December 1918|page=112|supp=y}} In October 1919, he was decorated by France with the Croix de Guerre and by the Kingdom of Italy with the Order of the Crown of, both for distinguished service during the war.{{London Gazette|issue=31604|date=14 October 1919|page=12782|supp=y}}{{London Gazette|issue=31604|date=14 October 1919|page=12783|supp=y}} As a cricketer, he played minor counties cricket for his native Cornwall from 1921 to 1924, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13520/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Gilhespy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}} He played first-class cricket while stationed in British India, making two appearances for the Europeans cricket team in December 1923 against the Parsees and the Hindus in the Bombay Quadrangular.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13520/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Gilhespy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}} He scored 42 runs across his two matches, with a highest score of 29.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13520/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Gilhespy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}} Gilhespy was a paymaster-commander by 1932, with him being promoted to paymaster-captain in December 1932.{{London Gazette|issue=33899|date=3 January 1933|page=48}} He retired from active service in September 1938.{{London Gazette|issue=34552|date=16 September 1938|page=5891}} Gilhespy died in July 1959 at Roehampton, Surrey.