Ernest Gill

Ernest Gill
Personal information
Full name	Ernest Harry Gill
Date of birth	24 August 1877
Place of birth	Mountsorrel, England
Date of death	1 June 1950 (aged 72)
Place of death	Drypool, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Full-back
Youth career
	Poole White Star
	Bridgwater Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Bristol City
	Grimsby Town
1899–1900	Southampton
1900–1901	Freemantle
1901–1902	Leicester Fosse
	Melton Amateurs
	Excelsior Thursday
Batting
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
1901	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Matches	5
Runs scored	23
Batting average	11.50
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	11*
Balls bowled	831
Wickets	12
Bowling average	34.41
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	3/61
Catches/stumpings	3/–
	Source: CricInfo, 16 August 2009
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Harry Gill (24 August 1877 – 1 June 1950) was an English amateur footballer who made single appearances at right-back for Southampton in 1900 and for Leicester Fosse in 1901. He also made five appearances for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1901.

Football career

Gill was born in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire before moving to South West England where he played as an amateur for White Star (Poole), Bridgwater Town and Bristol City (without making any first-team appearances). His performances earned him a call-up to represent the Somerset County Football Association.^[1]

After playing for Grimsby Town reserves, he was offered a trial by Southern League champions, Southampton. He made his solitary appearance for the "Saints" on 17 March 1900, when he took the place of Peter Meechan at right-back against Sheppey United. Although the match was won 5–0 (with two goals each from former England internationals Alf Milward and Harry Wood),^[2] Gill had a poor game. Nonetheless, the Southampton board offered him a position with the club, which Gill decided to decline.^[1]

He subsequently turned out for local rivals, Freemantle, before moving back to his home county in 1901. He then signed for Leicester Fosse of the Football League Second Division, making one appearance at left-back, replacing George Swift.^[1]

Cricket career

During the summer of 1901, Gill made five appearances for Leicestershire, in which he scored a total of 23 runs and took 12 wickets, at averages of 11.50 and 34.41 respectively.^[3]

Family

His brother, George Gill also played cricket for Leicestershire, as well as for London County and Somerset.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 141. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
^ "Ernest Harry Gill". Cricket career. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ "George Cooper Gill". Cricket career. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[ABC-1] Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 141. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.

[2] Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.

[3] "Ernest Harry Gill". Cricket career. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[4] "George Cooper Gill". Cricket career. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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