Will Gifford

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Will Gifford
Personal information
Full name
William McLean Gifford
Born (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 38)
Sutton Coldfield, England
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches81
Runs scored2521
Batting average 22.901.00
100s/50s0/20/0
Top score711
Balls bowled00
Wickets 00
Bowling average ––
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling––
Catches/stumpings 4/02/0
Source: CricketArchive, 6 May 2009

William McLean Gifford (born 10 October 1985) is an English cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Loughborough UCCE and one List A game for Worcestershire. He is, as Wisden put it, "no known relation" to former Worcestershire captain Norman Gifford. [1]

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Early life and career

Gifford was educated at Malvern College, where he was captain [2] of the First XI cricket team, and played against a Worcestershire Development XI in 2000. [3] In 2002 he scored 104 for Worcestershire Under-19s against their Glamorgan counterparts, putting on 292 for the fourth wicket with Craig Everett (215 not out). [4] In 2003 and 2004 Gifford made a number of appearances for Worcestershire Second XI, his innings including 104 against Gloucestershire II in May 2004. [5] In 2004–05 he was selected for the England Under-19s' tour of India, playing in two Youth Tests and four Youth ODIs. [6]

Loughborough UCCE

In April 2005, Gifford made his first-class debut, captaining Loughborough UCCE against Sussex at Hove, scoring 19 and 12 in a drawn game. [7] He played seven further first-class matches for Loughborough UCCE between then and May 2007, including leading the side to an eight-wicket victory over Worcestershire at Kidderminster in May 2005. [8] His highest score of 71 was made against Yorkshire at Headingley in May 2007; Yorkshire won by a single run. Gifford was not captain in this match. [9]

Worcestershire and after

Gifford made only one first-team appearance for Worcestershire, when he played in a List A game at Worcester against West Indies A in July 2006, scoring just 1. [10] While at Worcestershire, he played club cricket for Kidderminster Victoria in the Cockspur Cup, hitting 94 in a narrow quarter-final defeat by Kibworth. [11]

Although he scored 125 for Worcestershire II against Leicestershire seconds in early August 2007, [12] the following month Worcestershire announced that his summer scholarship deal would not be upgraded to a full contract. [13]

Gifford played for Esher against Mitcham in the 2008 Cockspur Cup. [14]

Notes

  1. ↑ "West Indies A in England". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007. p. 616.
  2. ↑ Talking School Sport: Captain Cook's summer of runs breaks all Bedford's records. Gareth A Davies. The Daily Telegraph. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Malvern College v Worcestershire Development XI in 2000". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Glamorgan Under-19s v Worcestershire Under-19s in 2002". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Gloucestershire Second XI v Worcestershire Second XI in 2004". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Player Oracle Reveals Results". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Sussex v Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in 2005". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  8. ↑ "Worcestershire v Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in 2005". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  9. ↑ "Yorkshire v Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  10. ↑ "Worcestershire v West Indies A in 2006". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  11. ↑ "Kidderminster Victoria v Kibworth in 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  12. ↑ "Worcestershire Second XI v Leicestershire Second XI in 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  13. ↑ "Worcestershire Release Players". Worcestershire County Cricket Club. 17 September 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  14. ↑ "Mitcham v Esher in 2008". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

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