cricketer september july amateur english cricketer played class cricket cousin played gloucestershire dominated grace family leading county gilbert best season scored county subsequently successful closely connected england professional touring team eventually secretary gilbert financially affected declining interest teams insufficient income continue amateur professional played match caught stealing team mates minor match ending class career serving day prison sentence gilbert moved canada worked calgary remaining prominent cricketer died aged nearly years death conspiracy silence fate early life career born london september spent time living maternal aunt mother result friendly grace brothers gilbert appearances minor cricket teams representing went play england fully professional teams toured country playing mainly minor matches class debut playing amateur team chosen match kent scored kept wicket innings held catches achieved virtue london birth gilbert qualified play cricket middlesex appearances county seasons achieving highest score averaging bat taking wickets score runs class matches came continued play regularly achieved success bowler taking wickets team kent achieving prominence english winter gilbert chosen accompany touring team australia gilbert string single figure scores highest score grace got popular member touring party grace enjoyed company extent hunting season gilbert double century minor cricket scoring later season representative appearance playing gentlemen players prince cricket ground opening batting scored took wickets players innings played corresponding fixture following year gilbert qualified play gloucestershire lived county length time required rules season club finished fifth class batting averages scoring runs average highest score england cambridge_university highest score season triple centuries innings lasted seven hours batted days match maiden class century scored later season runs combined kent gloucestershire team representing england season took wickets average including seven wickets runs match decline disgrace seasons gilbert successful bat failed exceed innings scored half number runs previous year average dropped average remained seasons passed seasons scored fifties hand took wickets averaging ball achieved notable performances bowler including bowling unchanged game partnership bowled frequently passed wickets season gilbert represented gentlemen players twice final appearances fixture games scored runs took wickets time gilbert faced financial difficulty amateur cricketer privileged backgrounds professionals mainly came working class amateur professional receive financial generous expenses positions county organisations unlike grace brothers gilbert profession outside cricket provide income allowing live comfortably solution arrive manager touring brothers died gilbert took paid job secretary popularity professional touring teams decline increasing number matches county teams attracted interest indication trouble came professional cricketer took gilbert court unpaid fees appearance match seasons gilbert batting form improved somewhat appearing mainly gloucestershire gilbert increased class batting average hit class century scored yorkshire start season gilbert featured popular biographical article weekly magazine cricket significant suggesting highly regarded days article appearance gilbert announced future play gloucestershire professional appearance county disappeared class cricket official sources including cricket magazine gilbert recently featured annual offered explanation ended match report gilbert professional appearance gilbert subsequent disappearance cricket need speak gilbert engaged club called based played minor cricket explanation gilbert disappearance found match played club june second day play gilbert arrived early ground went pavilion sums money recently gone missing pavilion policeman hidden team dressing room saw gilbert searching clothes stealing money confronted gilbert produced coins marked identified match continued gilbert omitted published wickets taken day credited smith players listed gilbert position batting order taken bat gilbert selected gloucestershire class match sussex june dropped place taken player making appearance gilbert match taking place charged theft admitted stealing men expressed remorse according report times stated australia solicitor argued gilbert harassed worried time suffering barely control behaviour solicitor requested punishment allow gilbert overseas gilbert sentenced days imprisonment gilbert family arranged canada time common families send members distant parts british_empire scandal class cricket gilbert scored runs average hundreds ball took wickets average obituary stated fielding deep leg bowling excellent covered ground sure catch overshadowed famous cousins played prominent victories gained gloucestershire greatest years final years canada gilbert found employment calgary worked years cricket historian wrote breath scandal disgrace attached gilbert thirty years exile found square inch missing gilbert finally retired gilbert children marriage daughter cricketer senior son killed world war flying daughters joined continued play cricket canada leading gilbert died calgary april aged continued controversy gilbert retirement following death controversy remained attached conspiracy silence surrounding fate cricket historians rarely mentioned despite varied career including gilbert appendix leading batsmen book cricket include text despite book pages grace described mention cousin evidence gilbert disgrace came pages gilbert began amateur cricketer entitled deaths section referred death gilbert denoted professional obituary received title deaths listed professional restored amateur status deaths reasons unclear obituary gilbert enforced retirement cricket simply observing beginning professional season far advanced career class cricket ended abruptly left silence continued historian wrote story concluded saying indication recurring instinct suppression suggestion story appeared print clear suggestion descendants grace family cricket administrator story published historian reviewing considered injustice case reflecting gilbert success canada green wrote wonder responsible act cruelty went lengths details secret
Walter Gilbert (cricketer)