Neil Gamble

Neil Gamble
Personal information
Full name Neil Walton Gamble
Born (1943-01-17) 17 January 1943
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967 Oxford University
1965–1973 Cheshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 13
Runs scored 87
Batting average 7.25
100s/50s –/–
Top score 24
Balls bowled 1,384
Wickets 19
Bowling average 41.36
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/57
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 October 2018

Neil Walton Gamble (born 17 January 1943) is a former English first-class cricketer.

Gamble was born at Macclesfield in Cheshire. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Cheshire in 1965 against Northumberland at Macclesfield in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] Later attending St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Gamble made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1967 against Warwickshire at Oxford, with him featuring in thirteen first-class matches in 1967.[2] In what was his only season of first-class cricket, Gamble scored 87 runs with a highest score of 24;[3] with his medium pace he took 19 wickets at an average of 41.36, with best figures of 4/57.[4] He continued to play minor counties cricket intermittently for Cheshire until 1973, making a total of twelve appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] After leaving Oxford, Gamble became a teacher in south-west England. He was the headteacher of Exeter School and Trinity School, Teignmouth.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Neil Gamble". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Neil Gamble". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neil Gamble". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Neil Gamble". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  5. ↑ Kingston, Peter (2004-04-13). "Gleaming spires". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
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