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Full name Gary John Gilmour
Born June 26, 1951, Waratah, New South Wales
Current age 57 years 107 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
22
1
483
101
23.00
708
68.22
1
3
67
6
8
0
ODIs
5
2
1
42
28*
42.00
39
107.69
0
0
7
0
2
0
First-class
75
120
18
3126
122
30.64
5
18
68
0
List A
19
14
1
182
44
14.00
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
28
2661
1406
54
6/85
9/157
26.03
3.17
49.2
2
3
0
ODIs
5
5
320
165
16
6/14
6/14
10.31
3.09
20.0
0
2
0
First-class
75
7345
233
6/85
31.52
6
0
List A
19
1046
648
29
6/14
6/14
22.34
3.71
36.0
0
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Dec 29, 1973 - Jan 2, 1974 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 12-17, 1977 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Australia at Dunedin, Mar 30, 1974 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 20, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1971/72 - 1979/80
List A span
1972/73 - 1979/80
Profile
At his mid-1970s peak, Gary Gilmour was a penetrative left-arm swing bowler and a talented hitter, bringing comparisons with another left-armer from New South Wales's central coast, Alan Davidson. He struck 122 on his first outing for New South Wales in January 1972, and made 52 and took 4 for 75 on his Test debut against New Zealand two years later. He then excelled in English conditions when Australia toured England in 1975; his 6 for 14 in the World Cup semi-final against England and 5 for 48 in the final against West Indies were followed by 9 for 157 in the third Test at Headingley. But after an impressive home series against West Indies, Gilmour's powers as a bowler ebbed dramatically, so much so that he bowled only nine inconsequential overs in the Centenary Test. A debilitating foot injury was a handicap; so was a light-hearted attitude to training and fitness that owed more to the 1950s than to the increasingly professional era of which he was part. Gideon Haigh
