Alfred Gillow
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| Born | 2 May 1835 St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 August 1897 (aged 62) Chartham, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1860 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 May 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alfred Gillow (2 May 1835 – 12 August 1897) was an English farmer and amateur cricketer. He was born at St Nicholas-at-Wade in Kent in 1835 and played four first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club and the amateur Gentlemen of Kent side in 1859 and 1860.[1][2]
Gillow made his first-class debut against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1859 before making three further first-class appearances in 1860, two for Kentand one for the Gentlemen of Kent.[3] He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and played local cricket for Sandwich Town Cricket Club.[4][5] As well as his first-class appearances, Gillow played in a number of non-first-class matches for the Gentlemen of Kent.[3]
Gillow farmed at St Nicholas at Wade on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. He married Eliza Emmerson, granddaughter of Admiral Edward Harvey, in 1863; the couple had one daughter but Eliza had died by the 1871 census.[5] Gillow died at Chartham in Kent in August 1897 aged 62.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Alfred Gillow, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 194. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ a b Alfred Gillow, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ First-class cricketers, The King's School, Canterbury. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ a b Gillow family, Austen Family History. Retrieved 2017-07-17.