Gother Clarke

Gother Clarke (27 April 1875 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian cricketer and doctor.[1][2]

Gother Clarke
Personal information
Full nameGother Robert Carlisle Clarke
Born(1875-04-27)27 April 1875
Sydney, Australia
Died12 October 1917(1917-10-12) (aged 42)
Polygon Wood, Passchendaele salient, Belgium
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1899-00 to 1901-02New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 140
Batting average 12.72
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 25
Balls bowled 1726
Wickets 28
Bowling average 31.21
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/133
Catches/stumpings 13/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 January 2021

Life and career

Clarke was born in Sydney, the grandson of the geologist William Branwhite Clarke.[2] He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he studied Medicine.[2] In a match for the university cricket team against Melbourne University in 1898 he took 7 for 72 and 6 for 89 and scored 100.[3]

He played seven first-class matches as a leg-spin bowler and lower-order batsman for New South Wales between 1899 and 1902.[4] His best performance was against the touring English team in 1901-02, when he took 4 for 98 and 6 for 133 in New South Wales' 53-run victory.[5] He was also prominent in tennis and bowls, once winning the New South Wales bowls pairs title.[2]

Clarke served as a major in the medical corps of the 34th Australian Infantry Battalion during World War I.[6] He was killed in action in the First Battle of Passchendaele.[7] After he left his medical station to treat a casualty in the field, Clarke and several others were killed by a shell.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Gother Clarke". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  2. "For the Empire: Mrs Langer Owen and Major Gother Clarke". Sydney Mail: 19. 12 December 1917.
  3. "Remembering Gother Clarke". Sydney University Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "Gother Clarke". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  5. "New South Wales v AC MacLaren's XI 1901-02". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. "Major Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. "Clarke, Gother". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  8. "Major Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke" (PDF). Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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