Gary Gilmour

Gary John Gilmour (26 June 1951 – 10 June 2014) was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 test matches and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.

Not to be confused with Gary Gilmore.

Gary Gilmour
Personal information
Full name
Gary John Gilmour
Born(1951-06-26)26 June 1951
Waratah, New South Wales
Died10 June 2014(2014-06-10) (aged 62)
Sydney, New South Wales
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 267)29 December 1973 v New Zealand
Last Test12 March 1977 v England
ODI debut (cap 22)30 March 1974 v New Zealand
Last ODI20 December 1975 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971/72–1979/80New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 15 5 75 19
Runs scored 483 42 3,126 182
Batting average 23.00 42.00 30.64 14.00
100s/50s 1/3 0/0 5/18 0/0
Top score 101 28* 122 44
Balls bowled 2,661 320 13,830 1,046
Wickets 54 16 233 29
Bowling average 26.03 10.31 31.52 22.34
5 wickets in innings 3 2 6 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/85 6/14 6/85 6/14
Catches/stumpings 12/– 2/– 68/– 4/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up1975 England
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 June 2014

At the peak of his career, Gilmour combined "talented hitting" with "penetrative" left-arm swing bowling and 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".

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