Archie Gibson

Archibald Lesley Gibson (4 September 1877 – 29 July 1943) was an English cricketer.

Archie Gibson
Personal information
Full nameArchibald Lesley Gibson
Born(1877-09-04)4 September 1877
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Died29 July 1943(1943-07-29) (aged 65)
Nakuru, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
RelationsKenneth Gibson (cousin)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895–1910Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 25
Runs scored 504
Batting average 14.00
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 71
Balls bowled 36
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 9/0
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2013

Beginning while he was still a schoolboy at Winchester College, Archie Gibson played a few matches for Essex from 1895 to 1897, and then most of the season in 1910.[1][2] His only fifty came in Essex's victory over Kent in July 1910, when he made 71 batting at number three.[3] He also played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset in 1905.

He spent most of his working life as a tea planter in Ceylon, where he was the superintendent of Diyagama Estate, Agrapatana. He captained Ceylon at cricket and served as president of the Ceylon Cricket Association.[4] He played his last first-class match against the touring MCC in February 1927.[5][6] He was highly regarded by the Ceylonese for his rapport with and care for the local people, and a cricket match, Sinhalese Sports Club versus A. L. Gibson's XI, was played in his honour in 1931 just before his departure from Ceylon.[4]

References
  1. "Archie Gibson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Archie Gibson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. "Essex v Kent 1910". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996), Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, p. 321.
  5. "Wisden Obituaries in 1943". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  6. "Up-Country XI v MCC 1926-27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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