Arthur Gibbs
Cricket Player
1894 – 1963
Who was Arthur Gibbs?
Arthur Holland Dyer Gibbs played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1919 and 1920. He was born at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and died at Uphill, also in Somerset. In CricketArchive's records, he is referred to as "Holland Gibbs", and in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's scorecards of the matches in which he played he is "Mr H. Gibbs".
Gibbs was a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, and his club cricket was for Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club. In 1919, he came into the Somerset side for the two matches of the annual August cricket festival at Weston, batting at No 10 and keeping wicket. In the second match of the festival, against Essex, he was at the wicket when the ninth Somerset wicket fell with the score at 236 and was joined by Jimmy Bridges, who survived a dropped catch before he had scored. The pair then put on 143 for the 10th wicket in 70 minutes, which remained the Somerset first-class record until broken by Ian Blackwell and Nixon McLean more than 80 years on. The Times reported that the first 50 runs came in 40 minutes, and the second 50 in only eight further minutes.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1894
Weston-super-Mare - Nationality
- England
- Died
- Oct 29, 1963
Uphill
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on July 23, 2013
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