Gordon Orford Explained

Country:England
Fullname:Gordon Arthur Orford
Birth Date:18 August 1917
Birth Place:Thornton Heath, Surrey, England
Death Place:Truro, Cornwall, England
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:Europeans
Year1:1943/44
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:4
Bat Avg1:4.00
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:4
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Date:28 November
Year:2022
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/gordon-orford-32113 ESPNcricinfo

Gordon Arthur Orford (18 August 1917 — 19 October 2004) was an English first-class cricketer.

Orford was born in August 1917 at Thornton Heath, Surrey. He was educated at Whitgift School, where he played for the school cricket eleven. During the Second World War, Orford was an emergency commission into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant in October 1941. While serving in British India during the war, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in the Madras Presidency Match of December 1943.[1] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 4 runs in the Europeans first innings by A. G. Ram Singh.[2] Orford died at Truro in October 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Gordon Orford. CricketArchive. 28 November 2022. subscription.
  2. Web site: Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1943/44. CricketArchive. 28 November 2022. subscription.