Clement Gibson
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| Full name | Clement Herbert Gibson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 August 1900 Entre Ríos Province, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 1976 (aged 76) Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1919–1926 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1921 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922/23–1939 | MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 23 January 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clement Herbert Gibson (23 August 1900 – 31 December 1976) twice won fleeting fame as a cricketer.[1]
Gibson was born in Argentina, the second son of
After Eton, Gibson went up to Clare College, Cambridge.[2] In 1921, having had two successful seasons playing for Cambridge University, he was picked by the former England captain Archie MacLaren as a member of his amateur eleven that took on, and beat, the all-conquering Australia national cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, that had won eight successive Test matches against England. Gibson took six Australian wickets for 64 runs in the second innings.[4]
After Cambridge, he toured Australia and New Zealand on an unofficial Marylebone Cricket Club tour led by MacLaren.[1] Also at MacLaren's instigation, he was invited to join the 1924–25 official England tour of Australia and New Zealand, but declined the invitation as he had moved back to Argentina, where he spent most of the rest of his life. Having first played for the county in two matches after leaving school in 1919, he played occasional games for Sussex until 1926 and his last first-class appearance was for the M.C.C. in 1939.
In 1932, he captained the
He died, aged 76, in Buenos Aires.
References
- ^ a b "Clement Gibson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1543.
- ^ "Clement Gibson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: England XI v Australians". CricketArchive. 27 August 1921. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "South Americans in British Isles, 1932". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2015.