Robert Gleeson
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| Full name | Robert Anthony Gleeson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1872 Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 September 1919 (aged 46) Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test | 13 February 1896 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Anthony Gleeson (10 December 1872 – 27 September 1919)[1] was a South African cricketer who played one Test match in 1896.
A useful batsman and a medium-pace bowler, Robert Gleeson's first-class career spanned the years 1894 to 1904, interrupted by a break of six years between 1897 and 1903. Playing for Eastern Province, he was more effective in the first half of his career, hitting up scores of, amongst others, 67 against Transvaal at Cape Town in March 1894[2] and 71 against Natal at Johannesburg in March 1897.[3] He also recorded his best bowling figures during this period, 4 for 9 against Griqualand West at Cape Town in March 1894.
When Lord Hawke brought an England side to South Africa in 1895–96, Gleeson was selected for the First Test, played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. Scoring just 3 in South Africa's first innings and 1 not out in their second, as well as holding two catches, he failed to impress enough to secure a place for the other two matches in the series.[4]
Gleeson, who worked as a wool buyer, married a widow, Florence Hall, in Port Elizabeth in April 1919.[5] He died in September that year, aged 46.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Robert Anthony Gleeson". Find-a-Grave. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Transvaal v Eastern Province 1893-94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Eastern Province v Natal 1896-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "1st Test, Gqeberha, February 13 - 14, 1896, England tour of South Africa". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Marriage Register". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Robert Gleeson". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary by Christopher Martin-Jenkins published by Oxford University Press (1996)
- The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977) compiled and edited by Bill Frindall published by Headline Book Publishing (1995)
- Who's Who of Cricketers by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn & Peter Wynne-Thomas published by Hamlyn (1993)
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