Gibson (Kent cricketer)
Encyclopedia
Gibson was an English professional cricket
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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 who made 2 known appearances in major cricket matches during the 1780 season
1780 English cricket season
In the 1780 English cricket season, Duke & Son of Penshurst made the first-ever six-seam cricket ball.-Matches:# Hampshire players Richard Veck and Thomas Taylor played for Alresford in these games. The Odiham & Alton teams include players called Beldam and Wells...
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Career
He played twice for Sir Horace Mann's XI and was mainly associated with KentKent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
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