Robert Gleeson

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Robert Gleeson
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm medium
tests = 1
test runs = 4
test bat avg = 4.00
test 100s/50s = 0 / 0
test top score = 3
test balls = 0
test wickets = 0
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 2 / 0
FCs = 9
FC runs = 312
FC bat avg = 18.35
FC 100s/50s = 0 / 2
FC top score = 71
FC balls = 166
FC wickets = 7
FC bowl avg = 9.85
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 4 / 9
FC catches/stumpings = 6 / 0
debut date = 13 February
debut year = 1896
last date = 13 February
last year = 1896
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/188/188.html CricketArchive

Robert Anthony Gleeson - A useful batsman and a medium pace bowler, Robert Gleeson was born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, on December 6, 1873 and died in the same city on September 27, 1919, aged 45. His first-class career spanned the years 1894 to 1904 but in truth it was interrupted by a break of six years between 1897 and 1903. Playing for Eastern Province, he was more effective in the first half of his career, hitting up scores of, amongst others, 67 against Transvaal at Cape Town in March 1894 and 71 against Natal at Johannesburg in March 1897. He also recorded his best bowling figures during this period, 4 wickets for 9 runs against Griqualand West at Cape Town in March 1894. When Lord Hawke brought an England side to South Africa in 1895/96, Gleeson was selected for the 1st Test, played at St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth. Scoring just 3 in South Africa’s first innings and 1 not out in their second, as well as holding two catches, he failed to impress enough to secure a place for the other two matches in the series. His relatively early death in 1919 went unrecorded at the time and no obituary appeared within Wisden for him.

References

# "World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary" by Christopher Martin-Jenkins published by Oxford University Press (1996)
# "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977)" compiled and edited by Bill Frindall published by Headline Book Publishing (1995)
# "Who's Who of Cricketers" by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas published by Hamlyn (1993)
# www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players