Alfred Gillow
English cricketer and farmer
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Alfred Gillow (2 May 1835 – 12 August 1897) was an English farmer and amateur cricketer. He was born at St Nicholas-at-Wade in Kent in 1835 and played in four important matches for Kent County Cricket Club and the Gentlemen of Kent amateurs in 1859 and 1860.[1][2]
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| Born | 2 May 1835 St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 August 1897 (aged 62) Chartham, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1860 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gillow made his first-class debut against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1859 before making three further first-class appearances in 1860, two for Kentand one for the Gentlemen of Kent.[3] He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and played local cricket for Sandwich Town Cricket Club.[4][5] As well as his first-class appearances, Gillow played in a number of minor matches for the Gentlemen of Kent.[3]
Gillow farmed at St Nicholas at Wade on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. He married Eliza Emmerson, granddaughter of Admiral Edward Harvey, in 1863; the couple had one daughter but Eliza had died by the 1871 census.[5] Gillow died at Chartham in Kent in August 1897 aged 62.[1]