Lance Gun

Lancelot Townsend Gun (13 ga Afrilu 1903 - 25 ga Mayu 1958) ya kasance Mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko da lauya na Australiya. An yi imanin cewa shi ne dan wasan farko da ya yi amfani da dabarun bodyline.

 Ayyukan lauya 
Lance Gun ya yi karatu a Kwalejin St Peter, Adelaide, da Jami'ar Adelaide, inda ya yi karatun shari'a. An shigar da shi a hukumance a cikin aikin lauya a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1925, ya shiga kamfanin lauyan ɗan'uwansa na Nelligan & Gun, wanda daga baya ya zama Gun & Gun.

 Ayyukan wasan cricket 

 Wasan farko da wasan bowling 
Lance Gun dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na hagu. Ya fara buga wasan farko a lokacin da yake da shekaru 21 a Kudancin Australia a wasan Sheffield Shield da New South Wales a Adelaide Oval a watan Janairun 1925. A rana ta farko ya buga a lamba bakwai, ya tafi wicket lokacin da Kudancin Australia suka kasance 5 ga 122, kuma ya zira kwallaye 136 ba tare ba fita ba, ya dauki jimlar zuwa 389 duka.

A rana ta biyu, lokacin da New South Wales ta buga, Les Gwynne (kuma yana yin sa na farko) da Tommy Andrews suna gina haɗin gwiwa don wicket na uku game da wasan kwallo na Kudu lokacin da kyaftin din Kudancin Australia Vic Richardson ya nemi Gun ya yi kwallo. Gun ya kafa filin jiki na mazauna filin bakwai a gefen kafa, ciki har da biyar a bayan murabba'i da daya a gaba gajeren kafa. Bowling hannun dama da sauri-tsaki a kan wicket zuwa hannun dama batmen, ya ci gaba da yin kwallo a gajeren lokaci a batmen ko a waje da layin kafa. Andrews ya yi watsi da yin bugun jini game da irin wannan isarwar, amma ya yi mamakin kwallon da ya fi dacewa daga Gun wanda ya kori shi daga pads. Duk da cewa bai san yadda za a bi da kwallo na Gun ba, Gwynne ya kai ƙarni, amma daga baya Gun ya kore shi, ya kama shi bayan ya buga kwallon. Richardson ya ɗauki Gun, kuma bai sake yin kwallo a cikin aji na farko ba.[undefined][1]

 Ayyukansa na baya 
Ayyukan lauya na Gun ya fi dacewa da wasan kurket, kuma aikinsa na wasa ya kasance mai ɗan gajeren lokaci kuma ɗan gajeren. Ya yi karin ƙarni guda ga Kudancin Australia: a kan Yammacin Australia a 1925-26 ya yi 129, ya sanya 313 a kasa da sa'o'i hudu don haɗin gwiwar buɗewa tare da Arthur Richardson. Abokan haɗin gwiwar bude rikodin ne ga Kudancin Australia.

 Sauran wasanni 
Gun ya buga wasan kwallon kafa na Australiya a Arewacin Adelaide da Glenelg . Ya kuma kasance zakara dan wasan kwangila na kwangila.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Gun ya auri Monica Flannagan a Adelaide a watan Oktoba 1928. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1903