Harold Gilligan

Harold Gilligan (left) and his New Zealand counterpart Tom Lowry in 1929-30

Cricket information

Batting style

Right-handed batsman (RHB)

Bowling style

Leg break

International information

National side

English

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	4	321
Runs scored	71	8873
Batting average	17.75	17.96
100s/50s	0/0	1/44
Top score	32	143
Balls bowled	0	7094
Wickets	0	115
Bowling average	n/a	33.66
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	n/a	4/13
Catches/stumpings	0/0	123/0

Source:

Alfred Herbert Harold Gilligan (29 June 1896 in London – 5 May 1978 in Shamley Green, Surrey) was a cricketer who played for Sussex and England. Gilligan captained England on their four-Test tour of New Zealand in 1929-30, which England won 1-0. This tour was played simultaneously with another England Test tour to the West Indies, where England were captained by the Honourable Freddie Calthorpe.

A right-handed batsman of limited ability and occasional change bowler, Gilligan set a record in 1923 that is unlikely to be equalled when, in batting 70 times during the season, he scored 1,186 runs at an average of 17.70 runs per innings: the average is the lowest by any cricketer who achieved 1,000 runs in a season.

Gilligan's brother was Arthur Gilligan, who captained England in 1924–25, making them the first, and to date only, brothers to have captained England. Both brothers attended Dulwich College, as did their brother Frank, who played for Essex.^[1] Harold's daughter, Virginia, married the England captain Peter May in 1959. They had four daughters.

References

↑ Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, pages 233, (Heinemann: London)

External reference

Cricinfo page on Harold Gilligan

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jack White	English national cricket captain with Honourable Freddie Calthorpe 1929/1930	Succeeded by Percy Chapman
Preceded by Arthur Gilligan	Sussex county cricket captain 1930	Succeeded by Duleepsinhji

England Test cricket captains

1876/77: Lillywhite 1878/79–1884: Harris 1881/82: Shaw 1882; 1884: Hornby 1882/83: Bligh 1884/85–1886/87: Shrewsbury 1886; 1888: Steel 1887/88–1891/92: Read 1888–1896; 1899: Grace 1888/89: C. A. Smith 1888/89: Bowden 1893; 1894/95–1897/98: Stoddart 1895/96: O'Brien 1895/96–1898/99: Hawke 1897/98; 1899–1909: MacLaren 1903/04–1905/06: Warner 1905: Jackson 1907: Foster 1907/08; 1909/10: Fane 1907/08: Jones 1909/10: Leveson Gower 1911/12–1920/21; 1921; 1924: Douglas 1912: Fry 1921: Tennyson 1922/23: F. Mann 1924–1924/25: A. Gilligan 1926; 1929: A. Carr 1926; 1928–1930/31: Chapman 1927/28: Stanyforth 1927/28: Stevens 1928/29; 1929: White 1929/30: H. Gilligan 1929/30: Calthorpe 1930; 1932/33; 1933; 1934–1935: Wyatt 1931–1933/34: Jardine 1934: Walters 1936–1947/48: Allen 1937: Robins 1938–1946/47: Hammond 1946/47; 1947–1950: Yardley 1947/48: Cranston 1948/49–1949: G. Mann 1949; 1950; 1950/51–1951: Brown 1951/52: Howard 1951/52: D. Carr 1952–1954/55: Hutton 1954: Sheppard 1955–1961: May 1959; 1959/60; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1966–1968/69: M. Cowdrey 1961/62–1964: Dexter 1963/64–1965/66; 1966: M. Smith 1966; 1967: Close 1968: Graveney 1969–1973: Illingworth 1972/73: Lewis 1973/74–1974/75; 1975: Denness 1974/75: Edrich 1975–1976/77: Greig 1977–1981: Brearley 1977/78; 1977/78: Boycott 1980–1980/81; 1981: Botham 1981/82: Fletcher 1982–1983/84; 1983/84: Willis 1982; 1983/84–1985/86; 1986; 1989: Gower 1986–1987/88; 1988: Gatting 1988: Emburey 1988: C. Cowdrey 1988; 1988–1993: Gooch 1989/90; 1990/91: Lamb 1992/93; 1992/93–1998/99; 2000; 2001: Stewart 1993; 1993/94–1997/98; 2001: Atherton 1999–2003: Hussain 1999: Butcher 2003–2008: Vaughan 2004; 2005/06: Trescothick 2006–2006/07: Flintoff 2006; 2007; 2008/09–2012: Strauss 2008–2008/09: Pietersen 2010; 2012–: Cook

Italics denote deputised captaincy

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