Gerald Livock

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Gerald Livock
country = England
fullname = Gerald Edward Livock
dayofbirth = 11
monthofbirth = 7
yearofbirth = 1897
placeofbirth = Newmarket, Suffolk
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 27
monthofdeath = 1
yearofdeath = 1989
placeofdeath = Blandford Forum, Dorset
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling =
role = Wicket-keeper
club1 = Gentlemen of England
year1 = 1925-1934
clubnumber1 =
club2 = MCC
year2 = 1933
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Royal Air Force
year3 = 1927-1932
clubnumber3 =
club4 = Middlesex
year4 = 1925-1927
clubnumber4 =
club5 = LH Tennyson's XI
year5 = 1925-1926
clubnumber5 =
club6 = Lord Cowdray's XI
year6 = 1923
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 22 September
debutyear1 = 1923
debutfor1 = Lord Cowdray's XI
debutagainst1 = Rest of England
lastdate1 = 16 June
lastyear1 = 1934
lastfor1 = Gentlemen of England
lastagainst1 = Australia
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 13
runs1 = 403
bat avg1 = 25.18
100s/50s1 = 0/2
top score1 = 65
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 19/6
date = 15 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31028/31028.html CricketArchive

Gerald Edward Livock (11 July 1897 in Newmarket, Suffolk, England – 27 January 1989 in Blandford Forum, Dorset) was an English cricketer, aviator and archaeologist. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16611.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1923 and 1934. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31028/31028.html CricketArchive profile] ]

Cricket career

After playing some Minor Counties Championship matches for Cambridgeshire in 1921, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31028/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship matches played by Gerald Livock] at CricketArchive] Livock made his first-class debut for Lord Cowdray's XI against the Rest of England in 1923. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31028/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Gerald Livock] at CricketArchive] In 1924 he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States, also playing for the combined Malaya cricket team in matches against Shanghai and Hong Kong. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31028/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Gerald Livock] at CricketArchive]

Returning to English cricket, he played three County Championship matches for Middlesex in 1925, also playing in that season's Gentlemen v Players match. He next played for Middlesex in 1927, his top-level cricket career being restricted by his RAF career, when he played against Warwickshire and New Zealand. He also played a first-class match for the RAF against the Royal Navy that season.

Following a second match for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1930, he played three more first-class matches; for the RAF against the Army in 1932, for the MCC against Yorkshire in 1933 and for the Gentlemen of England against Australia in 1934. He also played cricket in Egypt that year.

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