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{{short description|Australia cricketer, British Army officer and educator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = John William Edward Gilhespy
| birth_date = Q4 1883
| birth_place = [[Penzance]], [[Cornwall]], England
| death_date = 4 July 1959
| death_place = [[Roehampton]], [[Surrey]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Cornwall County Cricket Club|Cornwall]]
| year1 = 1921–1924
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1923/24
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 42
| bat avg1 = 10.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 29
| deliveries1 = 72
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 10 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28956.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''John William Edward Gilhespy''' {{postnominal|OBE}} (1883 – 4 July 1959) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[Royal Navy]] officer.

The son of Thomas Gilhespy, he was born at [[Penzance]] in the final quarter of 1883. He served in the [[Royal Navy during the First World War]], initially as an assistant [[Supply officer (Royal Navy)#Paymaster|paymaster]], before being promoted to paymaster in September 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29759|date=22 September 1916|page=9211|supp=y}}</ref> By wars end he held the rank of paymaster [[Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)|lieutenant commander]] and was appointed to the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1919 New Year Honours]] for services rendered during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31099|date=31 December 1918|page=112|supp=y}}</ref> In October 1919, he was decorated by France with the [[Croix de Guerre]] and by the [[Kingdom of Italy]] with the [[Order of the Crown of Italy|Order of the Crown of]], both for distinguished service during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31604|date=14 October 1919|page=12782|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31604|date=14 October 1919|page=12783|supp=y}}</ref> As a cricketer, he played [[National Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for his native [[Cornwall County Cricket Club|Cornwall]] from 1921 to 1924, making eight appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13520/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Gilhespy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played [[first-class cricket]] while stationed in [[British India]], making two appearances for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in December 1923 against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] and the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13520/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Gilhespy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 42 runs across his two matches, with a highest score of 29.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13520/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Gilhespy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Gilhespy was a paymaster-[[Commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] by 1932, with him being promoted to paymaster-[[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]] in December 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33899|date=3 January 1933|page=48}}</ref> He retired from active service in September 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34552|date=16 September 1938|page=5891}}</ref> Gilhespy died in July 1959 at [[Roehampton|Roehampton, Surrey]].

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1883 births]]
[[Category:1959 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Penzance]]
[[Category:Royal Navy logistics officers]]
[[Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Australian recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Italy)]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Cornwall cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Cornwall]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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