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Gother Clarke (27 April 1875 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian cricketer and doctor.[1][2]

Gother Clarke

Personal information
Full name	Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke
Born	(1875-04-27)27 April 1875 Sydney, Australia
Died	12 October 1917(1917-10-12) (aged 42) Polygon Wood, Passchendaele salient, Belgium
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1899-1900 to 1901-02	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 7 Runs scored 140 Batting average 12.72 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 25 Balls bowled 1726 Wickets 28 Bowling average 31.21 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 6/133 Catches/stumpings 13/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 January 2021

Life and career

Clarke was born in Sydney, the grandson of the geologist William Branwhite Clarke.[2] He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he studied Medicine.[2] In a match for the university cricket team against Melbourne University in 1898 he took 7 for 72 and 6 for 89 and scored 100.[3]

He played seven first-class matches as a leg-spin bowler and lower-order batsman for New South Wales between 1899 and 1902.[4] His best performance was against the touring English team in 1901-02, when he took 4 for 98 and 6 for 133 in New South Wales' 53-run victory.[5] He was also prominent in tennis and bowls, once winning the New South Wales bowls pairs title.[2]

Clarke served as a major in the medical corps of the 34th Australian Infantry Battalion during World War I.[6] He was killed in action in the First Battle of Passchendaele.[7] After he left his medical station to treat a casualty in the field, Clarke and several others were killed by a shell.[8]

See also

• List of New South Wales representative cricketers
• List of cricketers who were killed during military service

References

External links

• Gother Clarke at ESPNcricinfo

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