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Lewis McGibbon was an English cricketer active from 1950 to 1959 who played for
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(Northants). He appeared in thirteen first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. McGibbon was born in Byker,
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on 8 October 1931 and died in
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, Northamptonshire on 22 September 2012. He scored 17 runs with a highest score of 4 and took 33
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s with a best performance of four for 42. McGibbon provided much of the financial backing for the management buyout of
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from its parent companies Crosby Valves and Edward Le Pas in 1975. The company were based in Market Harborough, and briefly traded as McGibbon until the registration of the new
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was completed.


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1931 births 2012 deaths English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Northumberland cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1930s-stub