Frank Gillingham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Gillingham

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1875

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1953

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Frank Hay Gillingham (6 September 1875 – 1 April 1953) was an English cricketer.
He played for Essex between 1903 and 1928.Born in Tokyo to a J.
Gillingham, he was educated at Dulwich College and Durham University.
He worked in the city of London for a while but was ordained as a priest in 1899 and became curate of Leyton.
He later became an army chaplain with the 2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers at Tidworth from 1905 to 1907 and again as Temporary Chaplain to the Forces during the First World War. As an amateur cricketer he was a member of the Essex XI who in 1905 beat the Australians at Leyton by 19 runs.
He then went on to tour Jamaica with the Hon.
L H Tennyson's team in 1927.
That year he also made the first ball-by-ball cricket commentary for the BBC, speaking for a total of 25 minutes over four sessions.
He was reportedly fired by BBC chairman Lord Reith for reading advertisement placards out on air to fill time during a rain break.In 1939, the Reverend Gillingham was appointed Chaplain to the Royal household.



Alternative names	"Spy", "Drawl"
Description	British portrait painter and caricaturist
Date of birth/death	21 November 1851	15 May 1922
Location of birth/death	England	London
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q920924 VIAF: 50798189 ISNI: 0000 0000 8452 2607 ULAN: 500015150 LCCN: n88603066 NLA: 35590992 WorldCat