Eddie Gilbert
Australia's Aboriginal fast bowler - Eddie Gilbert, the successful cricketer who represented Queensland. Harold Edward Gilbert (1905 - 1978), known as Eddie Gilbert, was an Australian Aboriginal cricketer who represented Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. He was described as an exceptionally fast bowler. He competed for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield between 1930 and 1936. Described by Don Bradman as the fastest bowler he ever faced, Bradman said he was "faster than anything seen from (England fast bowler) Harold Larwood or anyone else."
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14118026
Media ID
46823614
Size
4555px x 5052px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News', 24 January 1931, page 176
Date
1931
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