Gill (Buckinghamshire cricketer)

Gill (Buckinghamshire cricketer) (first name and dates of birth and death unknown) was a noted All-England cricketer of the 18th century who was a prominent wicketkeeper. Personal details of Gill, including his first name, have not been found in surviving records.

Gill was active in the period before cricket's "statistical record" began in the 1772 season and his name appears in the first [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/0/4.html scorecard] of that season. However, it was the last time he is recorded as he must have reached the end of his career. He was previously recorded in the All-England team that played two matches against Dartford in 1759 and it is here that he is named as a wicketkeeper from Buckinghamshire Arthur Haygarth, "Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826)", Lillywhite, 1862] .

Gill's career therefore spanned at least the 1759 to 1772 seasons and, given his involvement in All-England teams at both ends of that span, there can be little doubt that he was one of the most accomplished wicketkeepers of the 1760s, a period from which unfortunately little information has survived [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300–1787] ] .

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