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Full name | Andrew Douglas Gilfillan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | 21 August 1959||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1982 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,11 July 2020 |
Andrew Douglas Gilfillan (born 21 August 1959) is a South African former first-class cricketer.
Gilfillan was born at Johannesburg in August 1959. He later studied in England at Worcester College at the University of Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford,he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1982,making three appearances against Kent,Gloucestershire and Hampshire. [2] He scored 40 runs in his three matches,with a high score of 33, [3] while with his leg break bowling he took 2 wickets, [4] with both coming against Kent with Gilfillan taking the wickets of Neil Taylor and Chris Cowdrey. [5]
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