lastagainst death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date debutagainst country death_place club batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date lastfor matches article_title
nottinghamshire 7 january 1987 17 august 1935 1 10 / & ndash ; derbyshire captain 1946 1935 & ndash ; 1946 19 february 1913 south africans england mickleover , england derbyshire right-handed batsman gilbert hodgkinson gilbert frank hodgkinson derbyshire derby , england first-class 29 may http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/30/30296/30296.html first-class 1946 472 1913 2 19 yes derbyshire 19 gilbert hodgkinson

gilbert hodgkinson

gilbert frank hodgkinson -lrb- 19 february 1913 -- 7 january 1987 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played for derbyshire between 1935 and 1946 and captained the team in 1946 .
hodgkinson was born at derby , the second son in a family of six children , and educated at derby school .
he ran a family grocery business `` austin hodgkinson '' , having as a result little time to spare for the sport .
he made his debut for derbyshire in the 1935 season against the touring south africans in may .
in the match , he made 44 runs including nine fours which came mainly from drives and this was the side 's top score in the match and his own career best score .
he made two more first-team appearances for the derbyshire team in 1935 and one in the 1937 season .
otherwise , he played mainly in second team games in the pre-war period .
in world war ii hodgkinson was wounded badly in the head and taken prisoner in 1940 .
after the war he was captain for the 1946 season at a time when derbyshire had difficulty finding anyone to commit to the task .
he played regularly in the season and derbyshire ended the season fifteenth in the table .
hodgkinson ended his career with derbyshire in 1946 but played one game for north wales in 1947 .
hodgkinson was a right-handed batsman and played 32 innings in 19 first class matches with an average of 14.75 and a top score of 44 .
he was considered to be `` never anything more than a good club cricketer '' .
hodgkinson died at the pastures , mickleover , derbyshire , at the age of 73 .
