Personal information | |
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Full name | Alan William Gilbertson |
Born | Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand | 6 December 1927
Died | 7 May 2009 Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand | (aged 81)
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm medium |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1947/48–1966/67 | Southland |
1951/52–1953/54 | Otago |
Source: CricInfo, 12 May 2016 |
Alan William Gilbertson (6 December 1927 – 7 May 2009) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for Otago between the 1951–52 and 1953–54 seasons.[1][2]
Gilbertson was born at Invercargill in Southland in 1927, the son of James Gilbertson and nephew of John Gilbertson, both of whom had played first-class cricket for Southland. Like his father, he worked as a builder. He set a seventh wicket record partnership of 182 runs for Otago, batting with Bert Sutcliffe in 1952–53.[3]