Gary Whitbread
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Gary George Whitbread was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batman and wicket-keeper who played for Huntingdonshire
. He was born in Huntingdon
.
Whitbread, who played for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1985 and 1989, and in the Minor Counties Trophy for Huntingdonshire between 1998 and 2002, made a single List A appearance for the side during the 1999 NatWest Trophy, against Bedfordshire
. From the tailend, he scored 3 not out.
After retirement from cricket, Whitbread was a keen footballer and regularly played for Kempston Athletic. He also held the position of Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club Chairman. Whitbread died on January 10, 2011 at Addenbrooke's Hospital
, Cambridge
following a three month battle with illness.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batman and wicket-keeper who played for Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...
. He was born in Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
.
Whitbread, who played for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1985 and 1989, and in the Minor Counties Trophy for Huntingdonshire between 1998 and 2002, made a single List A appearance for the side during the 1999 NatWest Trophy, against Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire County Cricket Club
Bedfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Bedfordshire and competing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play three-day...
. From the tailend, he scored 3 not out.
After retirement from cricket, Whitbread was a keen footballer and regularly played for Kempston Athletic. He also held the position of Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club Chairman. Whitbread died on January 10, 2011 at Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned teaching hospital in Cambridge, England, with strong links to the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street with £4,500 from the will of Dr John Addenbrooke, a fellow of St Catharine's College...
, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
following a three month battle with illness.