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| Full name | Alfred Richard Gover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 February 1908 Epsom, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 October 2001 (aged 93) London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 25 July 1936 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 17 August 1946 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Richard Gover MBE (29 February 1908 – 7 October 2001) was an English Test cricketer. He was the mainstay of the Surrey bowling attack during the 1930s and played four Tests before and after the Second World War. He also founded and ran a cricket school in Wandsworth that coached many notable players.
"Good cricket was a crusade for one of the game's kindest men" wrote the cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, about Gover's long-standing coaching exploits.[1]
- ^ Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 73. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.