Gordon Belcher
Gordon Belcher (26 September 1885 – 16 May 1915) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Hampshire. He was born in Kemp Town and died just outside Richebourg in Belgium, during World War I.[1]
Belcher made a single first-class appearance, for Hampshire in 1905. As a lower-middle order batsman, he scored a duck in each of his first-class innings.
Belcher played frequently for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1910 and 1913.
Belcher died at the age of 29. His father, Thomas, played for Oxford University between 1869 and 1870.
References[]
- ^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 1 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
External links[]
- Gordon Belcher at Cricket Archive (subscription required)
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- 1885 births
- 1915 deaths
- English cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
- Berkshire cricketers
- People educated at Brighton College
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Royal Berkshire Regiment officers
- British Army personnel of World War I