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Hector Gillespie
 Hector Gillespie in 1931 |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Hector Donald Gillespie |
| Born | (1901-05-29)29 May 1901Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 12 October 1954(1954-10-12) (aged 53)Auckland, New Zealand |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Role | Batsman |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1920/21–1931/32 | Auckland |
| FC debut | 25 December 1920 Auckland v Hawke's Bay |
| Last FC | 8 January 1932 Auckland v Caterbury |
| Career statistics | |
| Competition First-class Matches 30 Runs scored 1,208 Batting average 23.23 100s/50s 1/6 Top score 183 Balls bowled 96 Wickets 2 Bowling average 35.50 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/43 Catches/stumpings 20/– | |
| Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2009 |
Hector Donald (or David) Gillespie (29 May 1901 – 12 October 1954)[nb 1]was a New Zealand cricketer who played first class cricket for Auckland and briefly for a pre-Test status New Zealand international side between 1920 and 1932 as a right-handed batsman.
Educated at Auckland Grammar School, Gillespie made 1,208 runs from his thirty first-class matches at 23.23,[2][3] including one century – 183 against Canterbury in January 1930.[4] He also made six half-centuries, and took two wickets for 35.50 with his occasional bowling.[2] He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1925-26 but played in only one of the four first-class matches.[5]
He captained Eden Cricket Club in Auckland for some years; in 1924–25 he shared a 441-run opening partnership with Jackie Mills for Eden against University.[1] He was also an avid rugby player.
He went on to become a justice of the peace after a 38-year career in law.[1]
^ Wisden's obituary refers to him as Hector Donald Gillespie,[1] While both CricInfo and CricketArchive list him as Hector David Gillespie, the Registrar-General's online website has Hector Donald Gillespie for his birth (27 May 1901) and death.[2] [3]
^ a b c "Obituaries in 1954". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. 1955. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^ a b c "Player Profile: Hector Gillespie". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^ a b "Player Profile: Hector Gillespie". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^ "Scorecard: Auckland v Canterbury – Plunket Shield 1929/30". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 69–73.