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Gordon Gurr Personal information Full name Gordon Caleb Gurr Date of birth 22 December 1881 Place of birth Adelaide Date of death 11 August 1960 (aged 78)Place of death
Loxton, South AustraliaPlaying career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1902-1907 Sturt 1 Playing statistics to end of 1907 season .Gordon Caleb Gurr (22 December 1881 - 11 August 1960) was an Australian sportsman who represented South Australia in cricket and played with Sturt in the South Australian Football Association.
Gurr started playing football for Sturt in 1902, just their second season in the South Australian Football Association. He was club captain in 1904 and 1905, years in which Sturt finished fifth on the ladder, in a six team competition.[1][2]
He made one appearance for the South Australian cricket team at first-class level, which was against Western Australia on Fremantle Oval in the 1905/06 season. Playing as a wicket-keeper, Gurr scored a duck in his only innings and was unable to register a catch or a stumping.[3]
References
- ^ The Advertiser,"Norwood Versus West Torrens", 16 May 1904, p. 6
- ^ The Advertiser,"Sturt Versus Glenelg", 13 March 1905, p. 7
- ^ "Western Australia v South Australia". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6936.html.
Categories:- 1881 births
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Sturt Football Club players
- Australian cricketers
- South Australia cricketers
- Australian wicket-keepers
- 1960 deaths
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