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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Gerry Weigall
| country = England
| fullname = Gerald John Villiers Weigall
| nickname = Gerry
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|10|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], Surrey, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|5|17|1870|10|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| family = [[Louis Weigall]] (brother)<br />[[Evelyn Weigall]] (brother)
| batting = Right-handed
| club1 = [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]
| year1 = 1891–1892
| club2 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]
| year2 = 1891–1903
| club3 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]
| year3 = 1917–1920
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 232
| runs1 = 6,866
| bat avg1 = 19.39
| 100s/50s1 = 3/28
| top score1 = 138[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 52
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 45.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/4
| catches/stumpings1 = 92/–
| date = 6 June
| year = 2020
| source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22598.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Gerald John Villiers Weigall''' (19 October 1870 – 17 May 1944) was an English [[cricket]]er.

==Family==
Born in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], Weigall was the son of a Victorian artist, Henry Weigall (best known for his portrait of [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in 1878–1879), and his wife, the writer [[Rose Weigall|Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane]].<ref name="gerry" /> Through his mother, he was connected to several powerful aristocratic dynasties including the [[Duke of Wellington]]. A younger brother was Lieutenant-Colonel Sir [[Archibald Weigall|William Ernest George Archibald Weigall]], 1st Baronet, KCMG, a Conservative MP who was Governor of South Australia. Two other brothers, [[Louis Weigall|Louis]] and [[Evelyn Weigall|Evelyn]], were also first-class cricketers.

He married, in 1897, Josephine Harrison, and they had issue.

==Career==
Gerry Weigall was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire]], before going up to [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], in 1889.<ref name="gerry">{{acad|id=WGL889GJ|name=Weigall, Gerald John Villiers}}</ref> He made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Kent County Cricket Club]] as an [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batsmen or openers|opening batsman]] against [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in 1891; scoring a half-century in the second innings,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3691.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent in 1891|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 July 2008}}</ref> before achieving his Cambridge [[Blue (university sport)|blue]] later in the season. An all-round sportsman, he also represented Cambridge in [[Rackets (sport)|rackets]], and popularised [[Squash (sport)|squash]] — a sport he played into his seventies.<ref name="obit" />

A defensive batsman with a strong [[Batting (cricket)#Cut|cut shot]],<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228199.html|title=1945 – Obituaries in 1944|publisher=[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]|accessdate=19 July 2008}}</ref> he often batted [[Batting order (cricket)#Middle order|down the order]] after leaving Cambridge and often added useful runs, including his highest first-class score of 138 [[not out]] which helped Kent to victory over the [[Philadelphian cricket team|Gentlemen of Philadelphia]] in 1897.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4847.html|title=Kent v Gentlemen of Philadelphia in 1897|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 July 2008}}</ref>

Following his playing career, Weigall became a coach, coaching young players from Kent's [[Angel Ground#The Tonbridge Nursery|Tonbridge Nursery]] and the second eleven. He is credited with the discovery of [[Les Ames]]; who went on to play in 47 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] for [[England cricket team|England]].<ref>Carlaw, Derek (2005): "Leslie Ames"; from Kent County Cricket Club Annual, p. 73. ''Kent County Cricket Club''. {{ISBN|0-9527926-1-3}}.</ref> He also coached [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]'s colts side for a time. As a coach, he was noted as a "stickler for orthodox batting", and would demonstrate a perfect technique with items ranging from borrowed bats to umbrellas.<ref name="obit" />

He was a great character. According to [[E.W. Swanton]], "He always had a few pet bees buzzing around in his bonnet, and used to inveigh against the criminal folly of selectors and authority generally if their view did not match his own." When [[Maurice Leyland]] was preferred to [[Frank Woolley]] in the touring party to Australia in 1928-9, he fulminated against the selection of a "cross-batted village-greener". When he scored 63 not out in the 1892 [[University Match (cricket)|University Match]], three of the best Cambridge batsmen were run out during his innings, including no less a figure than [[Stanley Jackson|F.S. Jackson]], his captain. When it appeared that one of them would have to go, Weigall is supposed to have sacrificed his partner by calling: "Get back, Jacker. I'm set." Swanton sums him up thus: "... he may well sound a rather preposterous fellow... I can only say that every cricketer was his friend, and that he never spoke an unkind word about anyone."<ref>EW Swanton, ''Sort of a Cricket Person'', Sportsman's Book Club edition, 1974, pp84-5.</ref>

He died in a [[Dublin]] Hospital on 17 May 1944, "troubled by illness from the outbreak of war".<ref name="obit" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=22598}}

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