Archie Gibson

Archie Gibson
Personal information
Full name Archibald Lesley Gibson
Born (1877-09-04)4 September 1877
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Died 29 July 1943(1943-07-29) (aged 65)
Nakuru, Kenya
Batting Right-handed
Role Batsman
Relations Kenneth Gibson (cousin)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895–1910 Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 25
Runs scored 504
Batting average 14.00
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 71
Balls bowled 36
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 9/0
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2013

Archibald Lesley Gibson (4 September 1877 – 29 July 1943) was an English cricketer.

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

  1. ↑ "Archie Gibson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Archie Gibson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Essex v Kent 1910". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996), Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, p. 321.
  5. ↑ "Wisden Obituaries in 1943". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Up-Country XI v MCC 1926-27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
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