Gordon Campbell (mai wasan cricket)

Gordon Cathcart Campbell MC (4 Yuni 1885 - 13 Agusta 1961) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wasan ƙwallaye na farko a Kudancin Australia daga 1909 zuwa 1915. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Cross da mashaya a yakin duniya na farko, kuma daga baya ya zama lauya a Adelaide.

 Rayuwa da aiki 
An haifi Campbell ne a yankin Adelaide na Bankin Myrtle. Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin St Peter da Jami'ar Adelaide, inda ya yi karatun zane-zane da doka.

Campbell ya bayyana a wasanni 23 na farko a matsayin mai buga kwallo na hannun dama wanda ya ci gaba da wicket. Ya zira kwallaye 497 tare da mafi girman maki na 43 kuma ya gudanar da kama 28 tare da 20 stumpings. Ya zagaya Arewacin Amurka tare da ƙungiyar Australiya daga Mayu zuwa Satumba 1913, yawon shakatawa na wasanni 54 ciki har da wasanni biyar na farko. An zaba shi a cikin tawagar Australiya wacce za ta ziyarci Afirka ta gudu a shekara ta 1914-15 a matsayin daya daga cikin masu tsaron gida guda biyu, da kuma manajan da mai zabar na uku;  amma yaƙin ya hana yawon shakatawa.

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na farko, Campbell ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Daular Australiya na Farko (1st AIF) tare da matsayin kyaftin. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Cross a cikin Kyautar Sabuwar Shekara ta 1917, kuma an ba shi mashaya ga Cross na Soja a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1917.[1] Bayan yakin ya ƙare, Hukumar Kula da (Cricket) ta Australiya ta nada Campbell a matsayin wakilin ta a cikin hulɗa tare da Hukumar Kula da Wasanni ta AIF game da ƙungiyar AIF da aka tsara wacce aka kafa ta daga ma'aikatan soja a matsayin Australian Imperial Force Touring XI.[2]

Campbell ya koma doka a Adelaide bayan yakin kuma ya zama shugaban kamfanin Bennett, Campbell & Ligertwood . A shekara ta 1928 ya kafa aikinsa."Gordon Cathcart CAMPBELL MC and Bar". Virtual War Memorial. Retrieved 8 March 2025.

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Rukuni:Matattun 1961