Gary Gilmour
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| Full name | Gary John Gilmour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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26 June 1951 Waratah, New South Wales |
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| Died | 10 June 2014 (aged 62) Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1972–1980 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gary "Gus" John Gilmour (26 June 1951 – 10 June 2014) was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977.
At the peak of his career, Gilmour combined "talented hitting" with "penetrative" left-arm swing bowling and strong slip catching. He earned comparisons to the Australian all-rounder Alan Davidson. He was called "Newcastle's greatest all-rounder and arguably its greatest cricketer".
Gary John Gilmour was born 26 June 1951 in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah. He attended Waratah Primary School and Newcastle Boys High School.
He was awarded two "Blues" by the New South Wales Combined High Schools Sports Association: in 1967 (Baseball) and 1969 (Cricket).
Gilmour was selected to play for Newcastle while still a teenager, and played against the West Indies when he was only 18.
A score of 122 on his debut for New South Wales in January 1972, first caught the eye of the Australian selectors, who chose to select him at age 22. Gilmour's Test debut consisted of 52 runs and 4 for 75 in a win over New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. However, he appeared in only two of the next five Tests, as Australia rotated through a number of players with an eye on the Ashes series later in the year. Gilmour took seven wickets in a Test at Auckland, which included 5 for 64 in the first innings to set up a series-tying victory.
Competition for fast bowling places in the Australian team was intense at this time. Gilmour wasn't selected for the 1974–75 Ashes series, but reappeared in green and gold when selected for the 1975 England tour, which included the inaugural World Cup. The Australians, inexperienced at one-day cricket, adopted a casual yet aggressive approach, often employing a full slips cordon for their opening bowlers. Gilmour was twelfth man in the early stages of the tournament, but selected for the semi final against England at Headingley. On a day tailor-made for his style of bowling, he finished with 12 overs, six for 14, thus bowling out the opposition for 93. This was the first time that a bowler had taken six wickets in an ODI, and remained the best ODI bowling performance until Winston Davis claimed 7–51 in the 1983 competition.
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