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{{short description|Australia cricketer, British Army officer and educator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = Australia
| fullname = Anthony Aubrey Kenward Gifford
| birth_date = 19 January 1921
| birth_place = [[Paddington]], [[London]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|11|1921|1|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1941/42
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 1
| bat avg1 = 0.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 1
| deliveries1 = 234
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 9 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28952.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Anthony Aubrey Kenward Gifford''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (19 January 1921 – 11 February 2016) was an [[English people|English]]-born [[Australian people|Australian]] first-class [[cricket]]er, [[British Indian Army]] officer and educator.

Gifford was born in [[Paddington]] in January 1921 and was educated at [[Blundell's School]],<ref name="BLUN">{{cite web|url=https://my.blundells.org/obclub/obclub/where_are_they_now.htm|title=Anthony Aubrey Kenward Gifford, OAM NC 1933-38|publisher=www.my.blundells.org|accessdate=2021-11-10}}</ref> with Gifford, who was a talented [[slow left-arm orthodox]] bowler playing [[cricket]] for the [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] Second XI in 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13515/all_teams.html|title=Teams Anthony Gifford played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He served in the [[Second World War]] as an officer in the [[Garhwal Rifles]], part of the [[British Indian Army]]. He played [[first-class cricket]] while in [[British India]], making a single appearance for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team]] in the semi-final of the 1941/42 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Pentangular]] played at [[Brabourne Stadium|Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13515/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Anthony Gifford|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Gifford had little success in the match, scoring a single run and going wicketless from 39 [[over (cricket)|overs]] bowled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17335.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Pentangular Tournament 1941/42 (Semi-Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was seriously injured during the war when he was involved in a traffic accident while stationed in [[British Cyprus|Cyprus]], with his injuries invalidating him out of the army.<ref name="BLUN"/> On advice of doctors, he emigrated to Australia in 1948, with it being suggested that the warmer climate would better suit his long-term recovery from his accident.<ref name="OAM">{{cite web|url=https://schoolsrugby.com.au/mr-aak-gifford-oam-deceased/|title=Anthony Aubrey Kenward [Tony ] Gifford [O.A.M.]|publisher=www.schoolsrugby.com.au|accessdate=2021-11-10}}</ref>

Soon after arriving in Australia, he found employment at [[Launceston Church Grammar School]], before taking up a teaching post at [[St Peter's College, Adelaide|St Peter's College]] in [[Adelaide]], where one of his students was [[Don Bradman]]'s son.<ref name="BLUN"/> From there he moved to [[Knox Grammar School]] in [[Sydney]], where he was to teach for the next 32 years.<ref name="OAM"/> While teaching at Knox, he started youth cricket in Australia by founding the Australian School Cricket Council in 1966, serving as its secretary until 1981.<ref name="BLUN"/> Gifford was also active in Australian [[rugby union]] and was a member of [[New South Wales Rugby Union]], serving as a delegate from 1974 to 1989, in addition to being appointed treasurer of the Australian Schools' Rugby Union in 1978, which was a role he held until 1991.<ref name="OAM"/> He was awarded the Certificate of Distinguished Services to Australian Cricket by [[Cricket Australia]] chairman [[Jack Clarke (cricket administrator)|Jack Clarke]] in 2010 for his service to cricket,<ref name="BLUN" /> in addition to being awarded the [[Order of Australia|Order of Australia Medal]] in the [[2008 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2008 Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mr Anthony Kenward Gifford|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1138845|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-11|website=It's an Honour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111002743/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1138845 |archive-date=11 November 2021 }}</ref> Away from sport, Gifford was an active member of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] and served as secretary of the [[Palm Beach, New South Wales|Palm Beach]] branch of the party for ten years.<ref name="BLUN"/> His wife, Bunny, predeceased him in 2014, with Gifford passing away in February 2016 following a short illness.<ref name="OAM"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=28952}}

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[[Category:People from Paddington]]
[[Category:People educated at Blundell's School]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Australian cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:English emigrants to Australia]]
[[Category:Australian schoolteachers]]
[[Category:Australian cricket administrators]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia]]

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