Herbert Gladstone Coe Gibbons (12 March 1905 – 13 January 1963) was an English first-class
cricket
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er.
Gibbons was born at
Tilehurst in March 1905. He made his debut in
first-class cricket for
Hampshire against
Warwickshire at
Edgbaston in the
1925 County Championship
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. He played irregularly for Hampshire until 1928, making a further six appearances. He scored 70 runs in his seven matches with a highest score of 27, while with his
leg break
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googly bowling he went wicketless, having bowled a total of sixteen
overs. Gibbons had been a
detective constable
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with the
Southampton City Police
Southampton city police were a police force that operated between 7 March 1836 and 1967 when they were merged into Hampshire Constabulary
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since the early 1930s, with him continuing to serve as a police officer in the
Second World War, during which he partook in exhibition matches for the police.
Gibbons died at
Southampton in January 1963.
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1905 births
1963 deaths
People from Tilehurst
Cricketers from Berkshire
English cricketers
Hampshire cricketers
British police officers
Southampton City Police officers