Gordon Charles Tovey (4 July 1912 – 16 April 1994) was an English first-class cricketer and schoolmaster.
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| Full name | Gordon Charles Tovey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1912 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 April 1994 (aged 81) Olveston, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1933 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929–1953 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tovey was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire in July 1912. He was educated at Clifton College,[1] where he played for the cricket eleven from 1928 to 1931.[2] Tovey made his debut in minor counties cricket for Dorset in the 1929 Minor Counties Championship.[3] He later studied at the University of Cambridge, during which he made his only appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire at Fenner's in 1933.[4] He continued to play minor counties matches for Dorset throughout the thirties.[3] Tovey served in the Royal Artillery in World War II, holding the rank of Second Lieutenant in October 1941.[5] Following the war, he founded the independent Tockington Manor school in Tockington, Gloucestershire.[6] His son, Richard, later served as headmaster of the school for 38 years.[7] Tovey continued to play minor counties cricket alongside his school commitments, playing until 1953, having made 131 appearances for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship.[3] He died at Olveston, Gloucestershire, in April 1994.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p410: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
- ^ "Teams Gordon Tovey played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Gordon Tovey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Gordon Tovey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "No. 35303". The London Gazette. 10 October 1941. p. 5845.
- ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1994". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Sims, Aaron (20 June 2016). "Tockington Manor School celebrates MBE for former headmaster". Gazette Series. Retrieved 2 October 2018.