Ernest Gill

Ernest Harry Gill (24 August 1877 – 1 June 1950) was an English amateur footballer who made single appearances at right-back for Southampton in 1900 and for Leicester Fosse in 1901. He also made five appearances for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1901.

Ernest Gill
Personal information
Full name Ernest Harry Gill
Date of birth (1877-08-24)24 August 1877
Place of birth Mountsorrel, England
Date of death 1 June 1950(1950-06-01) (aged 72)
Place of death Drypool, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
Poole White Star
Bridgwater Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bristol City
Grimsby Town
1899–1900 Southampton 1 (0)
1900–1901 Freemantle
1901–1902 Leicester Fosse 1 (0)
Melton Amateurs
Excelsior Thursday
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Gill was born in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire before moving to South West England where he played as an amateur for White Star (Poole), Bridgwater Town and Bristol City (without making any first-team appearances). His performances earned him a call-up to represent the Somerset County Football Association.[1]

After playing for Grimsby Town reserves, he was offered a trial by Southern League champions, Southampton. He made his solitary appearance for the "Saints" on 17 March 1900, when he took the place of Peter Meechan at right-back against Sheppey United. Although the match was won 5–0 (with two goals each from former England internationals Alf Milward and Harry Wood),[2] Gill had a poor game. Nonetheless, the Southampton board offered him a position with the club, which Gill decided to decline.[1]

He subsequently turned out for local rivals, Freemantle, before moving back to his home county in 1901. He then signed for Leicester Fosse of the Football League Second Division, making one appearance at left-back, replacing George Swift.[1]

Cricket career
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1901Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 23
Batting average 11.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 11*
Balls bowled 831
Wickets 12
Bowling average 34.41
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/61
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricInfo, 16 August 2009

During the summer of 1901, Gill made five appearances for Leicestershire, in which he scored a total of 23 runs and took 12 wickets, at averages of 11.50 and 34.41 respectively.[3]

Family

His brother, George Gill also played cricket for Leicestershire, as well as for London County and Somerset.[4]

References
  1. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 141. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  3. "Ernest Harry Gill". Cricket career. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. "George Cooper Gill". Cricket career. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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