Arthur Gilligan
English cricketer (1894-1976) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 81
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan was an English first-class cricketer who captained the England cricket team nine times in 1924 and 1925, winning four Test matches, losing four and drawing one.
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Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji Teammate at Sussex County Cricket Club, 1924-1931- Jim Parks, Sr. Teammate at Sussex County Cricket Club, 1924-1932
Vallance Jupp Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Johnny Douglas Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Wilfred Rhodes Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925- Claude Ashton Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Frank Woolley Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Arthur Carr Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
George Gunn Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
George Macaulay Teammate at England cricket team, 1923-1925
Herbert Strudwick Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Percy Fender Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Cec Parkin Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1924- Nigel Haig Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Patsy Hendren Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Percy Holmes Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Phil Mead Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Andy Sandham Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Ernest Tyldesley Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925- George Street Teammate at Sussex County Cricket Club, 1920-1923
J. W. Hearne Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
Charlie Hallows Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925- Greville Stevens Teammate at England cricket team, 1922-1925
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Gilligan (right) is tossing a coin at the first Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 14 June 1924. South African captain Herbie Taylor is watching
Gilligan (third from left) is leading the England team onto the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the Australian second innings during the fourth Test on 18 February 1925.![Gilligan (second from the left) and Frederick Toone (extreme right) were presented with silver trays at the end of the 1924-25 tour in appreciation of the MCC team's sportsmanship.[39]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gilligan_and_Toone.tiff/lossless-page1-330px-Gilligan_and_Toone.tiff.png)
Gilligan (second from the left) and Frederick Toone (extreme right) were presented with silver trays at the end of the 1924-25 tour in appreciation of the MCC team's sportsmanship.[39]
A. E. R. Gilligan's MCC team and the Madras team when they met at Chepauk in 1927
Gilligan in the 1930sAwards
About this person
In first-class cricket, he played as an amateur, mainly for Cambridge University and Sussex, and captained the latter team between 1922 and 1929. A fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Gilligan completed the double in 1923 and was one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year for 1924. When his playing career ended, he held several important positions in cricket, including that of England selector and president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). A popular figure within cricket, he was widely regarded as sporting and friendly.
