Fairfax Gill

Fairfax Gill

Fairfax Gill was a first class cricketer who played 2 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1906.

A right-handed middle order batsman, he made his debut against Derbyshire CCC at Queen's Park, Chesterfield in June. He was run out for 1 and bowled by Billy Bestwick for 3 as Yorkshire won a tight game by 33 runs thanks to 9 wickets and a fifty from George Hirst. His second, and final game, came against Nottinghamshire CCC later the same month at Trent Bridge. He was bowled by John Gunn for 11 and then, promoted to open the innings, bowled by Albert Hallam for 3 in a drawn match notable for twin centuries by David Denton.

He also played for the Yorkshire Cricket Council in 1903 and Yorkshire Second XI in 1906.

He was born on September 3, 1883 in Wakefield and died, aged just 34, on November 1, 1917 at Wimereux, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France in the Great War.

References

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13621.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29650/29650.html Cricket Archive Statistics]


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