Roderick Ian "Derry" Gill (21 July 1919 in Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

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 – 28 October 1983 in Dublin) was an Irish cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he played seven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1947 and 1951, including three first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches.

Playing career

Gill made his debut for Ireland in May 1947, playing against Scotland in a first-class match. He played a match against the Craven Gentlemen the following month, before spending two years outside the Ireland team, his next game coming in August 1949 against the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 at Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

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He played three times for Ireland in 1950, against Scotland, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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 and the MCC. Against Scotland, he scored 37 in the Ireland first innings, his highest score for Ireland. Against the MCC, in his final first-class match, he took 2/19 in the MCC first innings, his best bowling figures for Ireland. These are also his best first-class performances. The following year, he played his last match for Ireland, against the MCC at Lord's.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 127 runs

Run (cricket)

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 at an average of 11.55, and took four wickets at an average

Bowling average

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of 47.25.