Cliff Gladwin
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| Full name | Clifford Gladwin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 April 1916 Doe Lea, Derbyshire, England |
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| Died | 10 April 1988 (aged 72) Chesterfield, England |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Joseph Gladwin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 5 July 1947 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 June 1949 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1939–1958 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clifford Gladwin (1916–1988) was an English cricketer, who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958, and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949. He took over 1,600 first class wickets.
A tall right-arm medium-fast seam bowler of great accuracy and consistency, Gladwin formed, with Les Jackson, the most feared new ball attack in the English first-class game for a dozen years after World War II. Gladwin was both penetrative and mean, with around a third of his overs being maidens, and in thirteen full seasons he took 100 or more wickets twelve times, usually at an average of under 20 runs per wicket.
Cricket writer, Colin Bateman noted that "Gladwin was so proud of his miserly bowling, that he would correct the scorers at the close of play if there was an error in their figures".
Gladwin was born 3 April 1916 at Doe Lea, Derbyshire, the son of Joseph Gladwin who also played for Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1939 season and played a handful of games that year.
After World War II, Gladwin returned to the county in the 1946 season, taking over 100 wickets and leading an attack weakened by the absence of Bill Copson. With the return of Copson and George Pope the following year, Gladwin formed the only pace attack of even reasonable quality in an era when most counties relied largely on spin. All three played Test cricket against South Africa the following year. Gladwin at Old Trafford conceded only 58 runs in a marathon stint of 50 overs.
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