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'''Leonard Gilbert''' (23 January 1908 &ndash; 25 June 1974) was an English [[cricket]]er. He played four [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] between 1934 and 1936.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28953.html |title=Leonard Gilbert |access-date=28 March 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Leonard Gilbert |url=https://wisden.com/players/leonard-gilbert |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Wisden |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026152227/https://wisden.com/players/leonard-gilbert |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
Gilbert was born in [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]], England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonard Gilbert Profile - Cricket Player India. Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/leonard-gilbert-28953 |access-date=2023-10-26 |work=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> He moved to India in the early 1930s and worked as a manager of a tea estate in [[Darjeeling]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=Race, Tea and Colonial Resettlement - Imperial Families, Interrupted | url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/25775/10/9781474299527.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026132208/https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/25775/10/9781474299527.pdf | archive-date=2023-10-26}}</ref> He joined the [[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta Cricket Club]] and made his first-class debut for Bengal against [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] in the 1934-35 [[Ranji Trophy]]. He scored 31 and took two wickets in his first match.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonard Gilbert's cricket profile on cricHQ. |url=https://mobile.crichq.com/players/1171740/statistics/career |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=cricHQ |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026132207/https://mobile.crichq.com/players/1171740/statistics/career |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Leonard married Nancy Willan on 14 Jan 1938 in Calcutta.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Bengal cricketers]]<br />
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[[Category:1908 births]]<br />
[[Category:1974 deaths]]<br />
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[[Category:Cricketers from Epsom]]<br />
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[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
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