Eddie Gilbert (cricketer)

Eddie Gilbert

Personal information
Full name	Harold Edward Gilbert
Born	(1905-08-01)1 August 1905 Woodford, Queensland, Australia
Died	9 January 1978(1978-01-09) (aged 72) Wacol, Queensland, Australia
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1930/31–1935/36	Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 23 Runs scored 224 Batting average 7.22 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 34* Balls bowled 4,920 Wickets 87 Bowling average 28.97 5 wickets in innings 6 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/64 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 January 2010

Harold Edward Gilbert (1 August 1905 – 9 January 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.”^[1]