Christopher Gimson (24 December 1886 – 8 November 1975) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator.

Biography

Gimson was born in

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, where the Gimson family was prominent. Christopher is said to have been exceptionally tall, so that his uncle

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made a special 7ft single oak bed for him.C Gimson 1955-56
Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society He was educated at

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and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mo ...

. He played cricket for

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and later for

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. He appeared in nine first-class matches as a right-handed

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, scoring a total of 175 runs with a highest score of 40. Gimson joined the

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in 1911 and spent most of his career in

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, eventually becoming

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there in 1933. He retired in 1947 and returned to Leicester, where he died in 1975. He was president of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society 1955–56. Gimson was appointed CIE in the 1943

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gimson, Christopher 1886 births 1975 deaths People educated at Oundle School Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge English cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire 20th-century English sportsmen