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Full name | Gordon Benedict John McGurk | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 5 September 1965|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1988–1995 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,19 June 2022 |
Gordon Benedict John McGurk (born 5 September 1965) is a Scottish lawyer and former cricketer.
One of ten children of Dr Francis Myrle McGurk,and his wife Josephine, [1] McGurk was born at Edinburgh in September 1965. A club cricketer for Uddingston Cricket Club, [2] McGurk made his debut for Scotland in a List A one-day match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. He was a regular in the Scottish eleven in one-day cricket in 1988 and 1989 in both the Benson &Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy,but did not feature for Scotland in one-day cricket between 1989 and 1994. He returned to Scottish one-day side in 1994 and 1995 in matches in the Benson &Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy. [3] In 12 one-day matches for Scotland,he scored 190 runs at an average of 17.27,with a highest score of 37. [4] In addition to playing one-day cricket for Scotland,McGurk also made two appearances in first-class cricket against Ireland in 1988 and 1994, [5] making a half century in the 1988 match. [6]
McGurk gained a PhD in genetics from the University of Edinburgh and later emigrated to Australia,where he gained the degree of Juris Doctor from Southern Cross University. He is a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Queensland,specialising in clinical trials and research integrity. He is chairperson of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee. [7]
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