Clement Gibson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Clement Gibson

cricketer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1900

Place of Birth: Entre Ríos Province, Argentina

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1976

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Clement Gibson

  • Clement Herbert Gibson (23 August 1900 – 31 December 1976) twice won fleeting fame as a cricketer.Gibson was born in Argentina, the second son of Sir Herbert Gibson, 1st Baronet, of Linconia and Faccombe.
  • In 1918, in the absence of first-class cricketers to choose from because cricket was suspended during the First World War, Wisden picked Gibson, a fast-medium swing bowler from Eton College, as one of its Cricketers of the Year, along with four other "public school bowlers".
  • He was captain of cricket at Eton in both 1918 and 1919. After Eton, Gibson went up to Clare College, Cambridge.
  • In 1921, having had two successful seasons playing for Cambridge University, he was picked by the former England captain Archie MacLaren as a member of his amateur eleven that took on, and beat, the all-conquering Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, that had won eight successive Test matches against England.
  • Gibson took six Australian wickets for 64 runs in the second innings.After Cambridge, he toured Australia and New Zealand on an unofficial Marylebone Cricket Club tour led by MacLaren.
  • Also at MacLaren's instigation, he was invited to join the 1924-25 official England tour of Australia and New Zealand, but declined the invitation as he had moved back to Argentina, where he spent most of the rest of his life.
  • Having first played for the county in two matches after leaving school in 1919, he played occasional games for Sussex until 1926 and his last first-class appearance was for the M.C.C.
  • in 1939. In 1932, he captained the South American touring team which played six first-class matches in England.
  • He also represented Argentina in matches against touring sides. He died, aged 76, in Buenos Aires.

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