Frederick Gamble | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Frederick Charles Gamble |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1905 |
Birth Place: | Charing Cross, London, England |
Death Place: | Lambeth, London, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Devon |
Year1: | 1939 |
Club2: | Surrey |
Year2: | 1933–1935 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 19 |
Runs1: | 132 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.80 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 29 |
Deliveries1: | 3,043 |
Wickets1: | 40 |
Bowl Avg1: | 38.87 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 4/82 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/– |
Date: | 21 March |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13549.html Cricinfo |
Frederick Charles Gamble (29 May 1905 – 15 May 1965) was an English footballer and cricketer. Gamble was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Charing Cross, London.
Gamble originally played Minor Counties Championship cricket for the Leicestershire Second XI.[1] He later made his first-class debut for Surrey in the 1933 County Championship against Oxford University at The Oval. Gamble played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1933 to 1935, making 19 first-class appearances, the last of which came against Oxford University.[2] A bowler, he took 40 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 38.87, with best figures of 4/82.[3] After being an infrequent member of the Surrey team, Gamble was relegated to the Second XI, who he played for until 1937.[1] He later played for Devon in the 1939 Minor Counties Championship.[1]
Prior to playing for Surrey, he had played football for Southall, Brentford, West Ham, Aldershot and Reading.[4]
He died in Lambeth, London on 15 May 1965.