William Gilbert (cricketer)

William Gilbert
Personal information
Full name
William Gilbert
Born(1856-06-04)4 June 1856
Newick, Sussex, England
Died4 January 1918(1918-01-04) (aged 61)
Holborn, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1879Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 5
Batting average 2.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 5
Balls bowled 92
Wickets 3
Bowling average 4.66
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/14
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 December 2011

William Gilbert (4 June 1856 – 4 January 1918) was an English cricketer. Gilbert was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. He was born at Newick, Sussex.

Gilbert made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1879.[1] He was run out for 5 runs in Sussex's first-innings, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings he took the wickets of Wilfred Flowers, William Kenyon-Slaney and Arnold Rylott, with Gilbert taking 3/14 from 23 overs. He was dismissed for a duck by Rylott in Sussex's second-innings, with Sussex being bowled out for just 38 to lose the match by an innings and 74 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.

He died at Holborn, London on 4 January 1918.

References

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Gilbert". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex, 1879". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.