Archibald Lesley Gibson (4 September 1877 – 29 July 1943) was an English cricketer.
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| Full name | Archibald Lesley Gibson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1877 Kingsclere, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 1943 (aged 65) Nakuru, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Kenneth Gibson (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1895–1910 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning while he was still a schoolboy at Winchester College, Archie Gibson played a few matches for Essex from 1895 to 1897, and then most of the season in 1910.[1][2] His only fifty came in Essex's victory over Kent in July 1910, when he made 71 batting at number three.[3] He also played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset in 1905.
He spent most of his working life as a tea planter in Ceylon, where he was the superintendent of Diyagama Estate, Agrapatana. He captained Ceylon at cricket and served as president of the Ceylon Cricket Association.[4] He played his last first-class match against the touring MCC in February 1927.[5][6] He was highly regarded by the Ceylonese for his rapport with and care for the local people, and a cricket match, Sinhalese Sports Club versus A. L. Gibson's XI, was played in his honour in 1931 just before his departure from Ceylon.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Archie Gibson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Archie Gibson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Essex v Kent 1910". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996), Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, p. 321.
- ^ "Wisden Obituaries in 1943". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Up-Country XI v MCC 1926-27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
External links
edit- Archie Gibson at ESPNcricinfo
- Archie Gibson at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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