Barney Gibson
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Fullname
Barney Peter Gibson
Born31 March 1996
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England[1]
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
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| Full name | Barney Peter Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1996 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| 2011 | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||
| Only First-class | 27 April 2011 Yorkshire v Durham MCCU | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 3 April 2015 | |||||||||||||||
Barney Peter Gibson (born 31 March 1996) is a former English cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Yorkshire. He is the youngest cricketer to play first-class cricket in England making his debut for Yorkshire in April 2011 aged 15 years and 27 days.
Gibson was born in Leeds, England and attended Crawshaw School in Pudsey.[2] Before making his first-class debut, he represented Yorkshire County Cricket Club at Under-11, Under-12 and Under-13 levels.[3][4] He had also played at schoolboy level for Leeds United, whose books he had been on between the ages of eight and twelve,[3] before giving up football to concentrate on cricket.[5]