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English cricketer and schoolmaster Not to be confused with Arthur Gordon Tovey.

Gordon Tovey
Personal information
Full nameGordon Charles Tovey
Born6 July 1912
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Died16 April 1994(1994-04-16) (aged 81)
Olveston, Gloucestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1933Cambridge University
1929–1953Dorset
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average 1.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 2
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2018

Gordon Charles Tovey (4 July 1912 – 16 April 1994) was an English first-class cricketer and schoolmaster.

Tovey was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire in July 1912. He was educated at Clifton College, where he played for the cricket eleven from 1928 to 1931. Tovey made his debut in minor counties cricket for Dorset in the 1929 Minor Counties Championship. He later studied at the University of Cambridge, during which he made his only appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire at Fenner's in 1933. He continued to play minor counties matches for Dorset throughout the thirties. Tovey served in the Royal Artillery in World War II, holding the rank of Second Lieutenant in October 1941. Following the war, he founded the independent Tockington Manor school in Tockington, Gloucestershire. His son, Richard, later served as headmaster of the school for 38 years. Tovey continued to play minor counties cricket alongside his school commitments, playing until 1953, having made 131 appearances for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship. He died at Olveston, Gloucestershire, in April 1994.

References

  1. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p410: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  2. "Teams Gordon Tovey played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Gordon Tovey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Gordon Tovey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. "No. 35303". The London Gazette. 10 October 1941. p. 5845.
  6. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1994". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. Sims, Aaron (20 June 2016). "Tockington Manor School celebrates MBE for former headmaster". Gazette Series. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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