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	Harold Gimblett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harold Gimblett (October 19, 1914, Bicknoller, Somerset, - March 30, 1978, Dewlands Park, Verwood, Dorset) was a brilliant strokeplayer who played cricket for Somerset and England.
		In the years immediately before the Second World War and for eight seasons after it Gimblett was the mainstay of the Somerset batting, regularly scoring up to 2,000 runs a season and hitting the county's then-highest score, 310 not out, against Sussex at Eastbourne in 1948.
		In contrast to his brash batting, Gimblett's personality was inclined to be morose and depressive, and there is evidence that he considered leaving the game several times in 1952 and 1953, when the county finished bottom of the County Championship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Gimblett (353 words)

	Reverse Swing » Gimblett at Frome . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The story of Harold Gimblett’s first ever game for Somerset at the Agricultural Showgrounds Frome is well known, and has been told many times. How he was originally not selected for the match, as he had failed to impress in a trial and was about to be released by the county.
		Harold Gimblett was one of the generation of players who lost a significant chunk of their careers to the second world war; between 1940 and 1945 Gimblett would have been 26 –31, the age at which he would have been at the height of his powers.
		Harold Gimblett’s final visit to Frome was in 1953,when he was one of the Wisden cricketers of the year.
	reverseswing.co.uk /?p=74 (1678 words)

	Gimblett
		Gimblett arrived at the county ground at Taunton in May 1935 having made a local reputation as a big hitter in village cricket.
		Harold Gimblett walked out to the wicket at Frome to score one of the most romantic and publicised maiden centuries in the history of English first-class cricket.
		Harold, on his own admission, looked like a wide-eyed innocent, in trouble because he was late for work.
	www.buckhornwestoncc.co.uk /Stories/Gimblett.htm (1669 words)

	Cricinfo - When the game became too much
		Post-war, Gimblett continued to accumulate runs with little recognition, although he was chosen for the third Test against West Indies in 1950 but was forced to withdraw by illness.
		Although Gimblett was persuaded to bat in the second innings - he was lbw to Trueman for 5 - that was it.
		When the secretary found out Gimblett was present he summoned him to his office and threw him out of the ground, an act of severance which reflected appallingly on the county.
	www.icc-cricket.com /india/content/story/141581.html (925 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Harold Gimblett
		To watch Harold Gimblett bat in the years immediately before and after the war was a delight.
		Harold Gimblett, who died at his home at Verwood, Dorset, on March 30, aged 63, was the most exciting English batsman of his day.
		Gimblett played in three Tests only, two against India in 1936, the first of which at Lord's he finished with a dazzling 67 not out, culminating in five consecutive boundaries, and one against the West Indies in 1939.
	www.icc-cricket.com /india/content/player/13379.html (901 words)

	HAROLD GIMBLETT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Harold Gimblett made the most dramatic debut in the history of first-class cricket.
		Rejected after a fortnight’s trial with Somerset in May 1935, he was asked on the final afternoon to make up numbers for the county in their match at Frome the next day.
		Some months later the Gimblett family passed over the tapes to David, who undertook the harrowing task of writing this book.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /fairfieldbooks/Gimblett/harold_gimblett.htm (280 words)

	Gimblett Family Genealogy Forum
		Re: NZ GIMBLETTs to Treneglos and Warbstow Cornwall - Christine 8/15/02
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	genforum.genealogy.com /gimblett (375 words)

	EXTRACT PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		West Country schoolboys came to recite the facts and circumstances of Gimblett’s magnificent and impudent century of 18th May 1935 with a local vigour never remotely matched in the ritual of the twice-times table.
		At 2.20pm 20-year-old Harold Gimblett, head down and already pessimistic about what he imagined was a token appearance in county cricket, meandered to the wicket to join Wellard.
		The young batsman had not spotted it but he pushed it away to mid-wicket and was off the mark.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /fairfieldbooks/Gimblett/gimblett_extract_page.htm (1437 words)

	Reverse Swing » Book Review - Harold Gimblett: Tormented Genius of Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Born in Bicknoller in 1914 Gimblett did not really shine in a trial with Somerset, and in May 1935 the county was ready to let him go when they unexpectedly found themselves a man short against Essex, in a match at the Frome showground.
		Drawing on interviews with Gimblett, tape-recorded not long before his death, Foot also gives us a sense of the prickliness of Gimblett, and how keenly he felt both the real and imagined slights at the hands of the Somerset committee.
		It’s all of this that Foot captures so well in his biography, where he conveys both the anguish and the glory, and we are left with the sense of what Gimblett was like as a man and the shape of the life.
	reverseswing.co.uk /?page_id=30 (647 words)

	Happy, Happy Days
		Harold Gimblett, born at Bicknoller in 1914, played for Somerset from 1935 to 1954, having burst upon the scene with a sensational innings of 123 at Frome against Essex.
		He reached his century in 63 minutes, won the Lawrence Trophy, and was immortalised in verse in Punch.
		Harold Gimblett died in March 1978, aged 63.
	www.cricinfo.com /db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/OCT/069040_CRICKETER_10OCT2004.html (1054 words)

	Gimblett One-Name Study
		I began the one-name study after an attempt to prove or disprove the family rumour that we were related to Harold Gimblett, the Somerset and England cricketer.
		Looking on the 1881 census, I realised that Gimblett and its' variants were not common names and the rest, as they say, is history.
		On the home front, Gimbletts appear to have concentrated mainly in the South West of England and South Wales.
	www.one-name.org /profiles/gimblett.html (253 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Top 10s \| Vic Marks's favourite books on cricket
		Gibson was a minor genius - whether as a broadcaster, writer or journalist, arriving late from Didcot.
		Harold Gimblett, Tormented Genius of Cricket by David Foot
		Gimblett was his boyhood hero, but he explores him with rigour nonetheless.
	books.guardian.co.uk /top10s/top10/0,,97628,00.html (283 words)

	www.haroldpinter.org - Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This appreciation formed part of a one-man show performed by Edward de Souza later broadcast by Harold Pinter himself.
		In July 1974 Gaieties C.C. was engaged in an excruciatingly tense contest with Banstead.
		I'll tell you, he was a bit quick, Harold Larwood.
	www.haroldpinter.org /cricket/wellard.shtml (2145 words)

	Somerset 11 \|\| Grockles.com - Unofficial Somerset Message Board
		Gimblett HAS to open with Trescothick for a start.
		Harold might just get in for his bowling however having taken 1 wicket for 135 compared with Rob's 0-58!!!
		I think I am also right in saying that although it was probably the time for him to leave, SCCC once again demonstrated its ability not to be able to part on amicable terms.
	www.sportnetwork.net /boards/read/s59.php?f=60&i=26905&t=26905 (2466 words)

	Cricinfo - The XI last-minute call-ups
		Hitchhiking his way to the ground, Gimblett, 20, clobbered the Essex attack scoring 123 on debut
		With Jack Meyer suffering from malaria and amateurs thin on the ground, Somerset sent an SOS to Gimblett, a village cricketer who had just been sent packing after an unsuccessful county trial.
		After missing the morning bus, Gimblett had to hitchhike and when he arrived at Frome, Somerset were in dire straits at 107 for 6.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /wisdencricketer/content/story/244713.html (1160 words)

	FRANKLYN CARDS, cricket: the finest English team
		There are occasions when a quick hitter is required and for this function you may not need to look a lot further than Harold Gimblett (Somerset).
		So Harold is in there to flash that willow when it becomes necessary.
		Probably forever associated in the cricketing public's mind with the bodyline series he was a fantastic bowler of the fast pace which could put the fear of God into any batting side.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Franklyn_Roberts/crick1.htm (1860 words)

	Somerset County Cricket Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Famous names from the pre-First World War period included the England players Sammy Woods, Lionel Palairet and Len Braund, and the fast bowler Tom Richardson also played for the county after his retirement from Surrey.
		Between the wars, the west Somerset farmer Jack White played for England as an off-spinning all-rounder with some success; lesser international careers were enjoyed by the hard-hitting batsman Harold Gimblett, whose entry into first-class cricket was the stuff of legends, and by Arthur Wellard, fast bowler and a mighty smiter of sixes.
		The briefest Test match career of them all was "enjoyed" by Jack MacBryan, whose only game for England was the rain-ruined match against the South Africans in 1924, in which he neither batted nor fielded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club (1248 words)

	Cricket and Radio Drama - DIVERSITY
		With Tom Wilkinson as Gimblett; the narrator was Christopher Benjamin, Mr.
		Penney was David King, Young Harold was Matthew Rudge, and his brother Denis Tom Laurenson, the spectators were Terence Edmond and George Parton.
		The author would like to acknowledge his debt to the author of the book about Harold Gimblett, David Foot, and Ralph Barker, writer of Ten Great Innings.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /suttonelms/cricketplays.html (1164 words)

	Corsham Cricket Club on the Web
		There is little record of the Club’s history after 1928, the only visible record being that of a picture which hangs in the pavilion of the 1936 1
		The Centenary season of 1947 was celebrated by two special matches: Corsham Present took on a team attired in the style and fashion of the 1840’s, representing Corsham Past.
		Corsham Past arrived in a horse-drawn wagon complete with Country Squire (played by Bill Gale) resplendent in frockcoat, ‘stovepipe’ top hat, and mounted on a hunter; The renowned Somerset and England player, Harold Gimblett, brought a team to play W.Smith’s XI, in which members of the Club took part.
	www.corshamcc.co.uk /history_of_corsham_cricket_club_3.html (350 words)

	CRICKETNEXT.COM NEWS ::: Fit Aussies snub historic hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Part of the tradition was also to serve the Australians whortleberry pie, made from locally grown berries.
		It started in 1938 when Somerset all-rounder Harold Gimblett plucked some whortleberries on his way to a match against Australia and gave them to a hotel chef to prepare a pie, which the Australian cricket team enjoyed that night.
		Bradman thoroughly approved of the pie and serving it to the Australians became a regular feature.
	www.cricketnext.com /news/reuters/reuters2071.htm (346 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - News Shopper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jack was born on March 27, 1914, and, like many of his generation, was an all-round sportsman.
		He topped the batting averages for Queen's College, in Taunton, two seasons running, and played against Harold Gimblett, later a free-scoring batsman for Somerset and England.
		Jack was a useful rugby player, able to kick conversions with either foot, but it was at football that he excelled.
	www.newsshopper.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=516752 (587 words)

	Harold Gimblett at Frome \|\| Grockles.com - Unofficial Somerset Message Board
		I've pulled together a few bits and pieces on Harold Gimblett's overall record at Frome.
		It's always good to read anything about one of the finest players ever to play for the County,though finding new material on the subject matter is always going to be difficult.I have a copy of John Arlott's poem entitled "Harold Gimblett's Hundred",which is a nice homage to the great man.
		I did actually play once at Frome many years ago and remember the openness of the ground and the white railings.
	www.sportnetwork.net /boards/read/s59.php?f=60&i=40191&t=40191 (373 words)

	Harold Gimblett : Tormented Genius of Cricket - Price Comparison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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	Scores, reports and series summaries from ENG v IND 1936 tour
		India's second innings started badly with Vijay Merchant departing without a run on the board and Allen's second five-wicket haul earned him match figures of 10-78 as India were bowled out for 93.
		Harold Gimblett posted only the second half century of the match and his 67 not out was enough to help England to a nine-wicket victory.
		The 2nd Test at Old Trafford proved to be more batsman friendly although India didn't make the most of their decision to have first dig.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/international/thd_253.html (482 words)

	Somerset County Cricket Club \| About SCCC \| NEW DISPLAYS AS MUSEUM OPENS
		The display relating to Somerset's overseas Test stars shows that so far the county can boast two dozen players who have appeared in their colours who have played for their respective countries, including Viv Richards, Joel Garner, Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith.
		A special display cabinet has been devoted to one of Somerset's finest home grown players- Harold Gimblett- who in 1935 announced his arrival on the first class cricketing scene by scoring 123 on his debut appearance against Essex at Frome, in what has now become part of the county's cricketing folk history.
		Two other new displays that are also bound to create interest relate to Somerset wicket-keepers, whilst another is devoted to Somerset's Cricketing Clergy, of which the county can probably boast more than it's fair share.
	www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/Museum/0,,11333,00.html (520 words)

	Observer \| How you voted
		As your entries flooded in, via email and through the post, it became clear that sporting literature divides opinion just as much as, if not more than, sport itself.
		Nominations ranged from the inevitable - Pete Davies's All Played Out, Lance Armstrong's It's not about the Bike - to American classics such as AJ Liebling's Sweet Science and Roger Khan's The Boys of Summer, as well as the obscure (thanks for alerting us to David Foot's fine study of cricketing suicide Harold Gimblett).
		There were several campaigns to push a wild card on to the list.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5185796-103977,00.html (330 words)

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