James Gill (New Zealand cricketer) explained

James Gill
Fullname:James Allan Gill
Birth Date:11 April 1928
Birth Place:Invercargill, New Zealand
Death Place:Invercargill, New Zealand
Batting:Left-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper
Club1:Otago
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:16
Runs1:458
Bat Avg1:16.96
100S/50S1:0/2
Top Score1:91
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:18/5
Date:6 February 2018
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37158.html Cricinfo

James Allan Gill (11 April 1928 – 30 June 2019) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 16 first-class matches for Otago between 1953 and 1964.[1]

Jim Gill was a wicket-keeper and a useful batsman. He made his highest score of 91 as an opening batsman against Canterbury on Christmas Day 1954.[2] He also played for Southland from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s and was a life member and patron of the Southland Cricket Association.[3] He died on 30 June 2019 in Invercargill.[4]

Gill was born at Invercargill in Southland in 1928. In later life he was a selector for the Otago side.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Gill . 12 May 2016 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: Canterbury v Otago 1954–55. CricketArchive. subscription . 6 February 2018.
  3. Book: Otago Cricket Annual Report 2018-2019 . 2019 . Otago Cricket Association . Dunedin . 29 .
  4. Web site: James Allan Gill . Frasers Funerals . 16 October 2019.
  5. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 54. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.