lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date bowling debutagainst country death_place club batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
worcestershire balls 1913 26 may 1934 26 august 1901 1 40 / - / william curgenven , henry curgenven 1901 & ndash ; 1922 1 december 1882 slow hampshire england birmingham , england derbyshire right-handed batsman gilbert curgenven gilbert curgenven derbyshire derby , england first-class 5 august http://cricketarchive.co.uk/archive/players/28/28888/28888.html first-class 1922 3440 1882 12 1 yes 25 derbyshire 3/18 / 96 gilbert curgenven

gilbert curgenven

gilbert curgenven -lrb- 1 december 1882 - 26 may 1934 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played first class cricket for derbyshire between 1901 to 1922 .
curgenven was born at friar gate , derby , the son of william curgenven a doctor who was one of the founders of derbyshire county cricket club .
he was educated at repton school and became a farmer .
he made his first-class debut for derbyshire in the 1901 season in august against hampshire when he made 15 not out in his second innings .
although he played six more games that season , he only played four games in the 1902 season and one in the 1903 season .
he played in full in the 1904 season making his top score of 124 against surrey .
in the 1905 season , he was down to four games and then was absent from english first class cricket until the 1909 season .
he played a spread of games in 1909 and also in the 1910 season when he scored centuries against essex and nottinghamshire .
he went to british columbia where in 1912 and 1913 he played for a newly formed club at cowichan .
in a game for them against the australians he took 5 for 89 in a non first-class game .
back in derbyshire in the 1914 season , he played a full season that year .
during world war i curgenven was a 2nd lieutenant in the 2nd county of london yeomanry and then joined the royal flying corps .
after the war , he played fully for derbyshire in the 1921 season and a partially in the 1922 season which was his last .
curgenven was a right-hand batsman and played 169 innings in 96 matches at an average of 20.97 .
he scored three centuries with a top score of 124 .
he was a slow bowler and took 25 first class wickets at an average of 46.52 and a best performance of 3 for 32 .
curgenven died at birmingham , warwickshire at the age of 52 .
as well as his father , his brother henry curgenven also played cricket for derbyshire .
curgenven married lily katinka d naerup at swansea in 1906 and had two daughters .
