Herbert Gladstone Coe Gibbons (12 March 1905 – 13 January 1963) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Herbert Gladstone Coe Gibbons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1905 Tilehurst, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1963 (aged 57) Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925–1928 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibbons was born at Tilehurst in March 1905. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in the 1925 County Championship. He played irregularly for Hampshire until 1928, making a further six appearances.[1] He scored 70 runs in his seven matches with a highest score of 27,[2] while with his leg break googly bowling he went wicketless, having bowled a total of sixteen overs.[3] Gibbons had been a detective constable with the Southampton City Police since the early 1930s,[4] with him continuing to serve as a police officer in the Second World War, during which he partook in exhibition matches for the police.[5] Gibbons died at Southampton in January 1963.
References edit
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Gibbons". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Herbert Gibbons". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Herbert Gibbons". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Totton man sentenced at Southampton". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 18 March 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 30 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A to Z (G2)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 June 2023.