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David Gibson (1 May 1936 – 7 June 2012) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey from 1957 to 1969. He was a fast-medium bowler who captured over 500 wickets in his career, and also a useful enough batsman almost to rank as an all-rounder. He was also a fine rugby player, appearing at county level and in schoolboy internationals.〔David Lemmon, ''The History of Surrey County Cricket Club'', Christopher Helm, 1989, ISBN 0-7470-2010-8, p253.〕 His cricket career, though reasonably successful, could be considered an unlucky one. He never took 100 wickets in a season, but came close on several occasions. His best season with the bat saw him fall just four runs short of 1,000 runs. He never made a century, but had scores of 98 and 95 not out. Worst of all, he was struck down by an injury that all but finished his career just as he had appeared to have reached his peak. == Early career == Gibson made a promising beginning in first-class cricket in 1957, taking ten wickets in the match against Gloucestershire, in only his second appearance for the first team and on his debut in the County Championship. Taking ten wickets in a match was a feat that he would never repeat. In spite of this early success, with Alec Bedser and Peter Loader almost ever present as the opening bowlers, he made only one further appearance that season. However he could reflect that he had been a part, if a minor one, of the Surrey side that had won the Championship for an unprecedented sixth season in succession. In his three matches he had taken 17 wickets at an average of 15.58. In 1958, Surrey won the Championship yet again, the last time that they would do so during Gibson's career. With Alec Bedser having to miss the first half of the season through pneumonia,〔David Lemmon, ''The History of Surrey County Cricket Club'', Christopher Helm, 1989, ISBN 0-7470-2010-8, p252.〕 Gibson had more opportunities. In 14 matches he took 37 wickets at 19.75. He also made his first fifty with the bat. In 1959 he played in 22 matches, and captured 56 wickets. His average, however, was a disappointing 29.37. This may be at least partly explained by the fact that 1959 was the driest and sunniest summer for some years, so that conditions were more in favour of the batsmen.〔(''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 2000 edition, "Summers of the Century" by Philip Eden. )〕 He himself managed 405 runs at 16.20, and improved his highest score to 80. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Gibson (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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