Gilbert Martin ("Gilly") Reay (24 January 1887 – 31 January 1967) was an English
first-class cricket
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er active 1913–23 who played for
Surrey
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. He was born in
Wallington, and died in
Croydon
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. He played 29 matches as an amateur either side of
World War I
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. His best season in first class cricket came in 1920, when he took 42 wickets at an average of 18.71. He appeared in the
Gentlemen v Players
Gentlemen v Players was a long-running series of cricket matches that began in July 1806 and was abolished in January 1963. It was a match between a team consisting of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and a team consisting of professionals (the Players ...
match of 1923.
1887 births
1967 deaths
English cricketers
Surrey cricketers
Gentlemen cricketers
Cricketers from Surrey
20th-century English sportsmen
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