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| Full name | James Allan Gill | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1928-04-11)11 April 1928 Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 June 2019(2019-06-30) (aged 91) Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1953/54–1963/64 | Otago | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2018 | |||||||||||||||
James Allan Gill (11 April 1928 – 30 June 2019) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 16 first-class matches for Otago between 1953 and 1964.
Jim Gill was a wicket-keeper and a useful batsman. He made his highest score of 91 as an opening batsman against Canterbury on Christmas Day 1954. He also played for Southland from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s and was a life member and patron of the Southland Cricket Association. He died on 30 June 2019 in Invercargill.
Gill was born at Invercargill in Southland in 1928. In later life he was a selector for the Otago side.
References
- "James Gill". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "Canterbury v Otago 1954–55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- Otago Cricket Annual Report 2018-2019 (PDF). Dunedin: Otago Cricket Association. 2019. p. 29.
- "James Allan Gill". Frasers Funerals. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 54. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
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