Harold Gilligan

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Harold Gilligan England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Leg break
	Tests	First-class
Matches	4	321
Runs scored	71	8873
Batting average	17.75	17.96
100s/50s	0/0	1/44
Top score	32	143
Balls bowled	0	7094
Wickets	0	115
Bowling average	n/a	33.66
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	n/a	4/13
Catches/stumpings	0/0	123/0
Test debut: 10 January 1930 Last Test: 24 February 1930 Source: [1]

Alfred Herbert Harold Gilligan (born 29 June 1896 in London, died 5 May 1978 in Shamley Green, Surrey) was a cricketer who played for Sussex and England. Gilligan captained England on their four-Test tour of New Zealand in 1929-30, which England won 1-0. This tour was played simultaneously to another England Test tour to the West Indies, where England were captained by the Honourable Freddie Calthorpe.

A right-handed batsman of limited ability and occasional change bowler, Gilligan set a record in 1923 that is unlikely to be equalled when, in batting 70 times during the season, he scored 1,186 runs at an average of 17.70 runs per innings: the average is the lowest by any cricketer who achieved 1,000 runs in a season.

Gilligan's brother was Arthur Gilligan, who captained England in 1926 and 1929, making them the first, and to date only, brothers to have captained England. His daughter Virginia married the England captain Peter May in 1959. They had four daughters.

Preceded by:
Jack White

English national cricket captain
1929/1930¹

Followed by:
Percy Chapman

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