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Gary "Gus" John Gilmour (26 June 195110 June 2014) was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977. At the peak of his career, Gilmour combined "talented hitting" with "penetrative" left-arm swing bowling and strong slip catching.〔 He earned comparisons to the Australian all-rounder Alan Davidson. He was called "Newcastle's greatest all-rounder and arguably its greatest cricketer".〔("Gary Gilmour: Charisma at the crease" By DAN PROUDMAN ''Newcastle Herald'' 10 June 2014 ) accessed 11 June 2014〕 ==Early life and education== Gary John Gilmour was born 26 June 1951 in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah. He attended Waratah Primary School〔 and Newcastle Boys High School.〔Chris Watson, "Home of champions" The Newcastle Herald, 6 June 2006 (Supplement: 100 years of NEWCASTLE HIGH SCHOOL : The Students) p44〕 He was awarded two "Blues" by the New South Wales Combined High Schools Sports Association: in 1967 (Baseball) and 1969 (Cricket).〔Bill Collins, Max Aitken and Bob Cork, ''One hundred years of public school sport in New South Wales 1889–1989'' (Sydney, ca. 1990, New South Wales Department of School Education, p180ff)〕 Gilmour was selected to play for Newcastle while still a teenager, and played against the West Indies when he was only 18.〔 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「Gary Gilmour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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