Brian Bruce Gidney (6 April 1938 — 18 March 2019) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

Brian Gidney
Personal information
Full name
Brian Bruce Gidney
Born6 April 1938
Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Died18 March 2019(2019-03-18) (aged 80)
Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 16
Batting average 8.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 9
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2022

Gidney was born at Kingston upon Thames in April 1938. He was initially educated at Arundel House School in Surbiton, before receiving a scholarship to Kingston Grammar School.[1] From there he matriculated to Queens' College at the University of Cambridge,[2] following a spell in the Royal Air Force doing National Service.[1]

While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1963, making a single appearance against the touring Pakistan Eaglets at Fenner's.[3] Batting twice in the match as an opening batsman, he was dismissed in the Cambridge first innings for 7 runs by Asif Iqbal, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 9 runs by Farooq Hamid.[4] Gidney also played field hockey for Cambridge and was selected for four years running in the Varsity Match against Oxford.[1]

After graduating from Cambridge, Gidney accepted a teaching job at Charterhouse School, where he taught for around a year.[1] In 1965, he was offered a two-year teaching job at Hale School in Perth, Australia, which he accepted. It was there that he met his future wife, a school nurse from a competing school, which led him to remain in Australia and become Head of Economics at the school. He remained at Hale School until 1985, before taking up a similar role at Wesley College, Perth.

Gidney was successful as a junior cricket coach, managing biennial tours of a Combined Public Schoolboys of Western Australia XI to England. For his services to coaching cricket, Gidney was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.[1] Alongside his teaching, he was also a part-time lecturer and tutor at the University of Western Australia. He retired from teaching in 1997 and from his part-time lecturing in 2012. Gidney died at the Perth suburb of Subiaco in March 2019.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Brian Bruce Gidney". www.queens.shorthandstories.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998. Cambridge University Press. 1998. p. 289. ISBN 9780521777544.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Brian Gidney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Cambridge University v Pakistan Eaglets, 1963". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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