John Gosling (cricketer, born 1833)

John Gosling

Personal information
Full name	John Frederick Gosling
Born	19 February 1833 North Cray, Kent, England
Died	16 October 1882 (aged 49) Bream, Gloucestershire, England
Batting style	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1858	Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 2 Batting average 1.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 2 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2012

John Frederick Gosling (19 February 1833 – 16 October 1882) was an English cricketer. Gosling's batting style is unknown. He was born at North Cray, Kent, and was educated at Rugby School.

Gosling made a single first-class appearance for Kent against England in 1858 at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury.^[1] Kent won the toss and elected to bat first, making 85 all out, with Gosling being stumped by Tom Lockyer off the bowling of Edward Drake for 2 runs. England responded in their first-innings by making 66 all out, with Kent then making 103 all out in their second-innings, with Gosling being dismissed for a duck by Jem Grundy. Set a target of 123 for victory, England reached their target with five wickets to spare.^[2] This was his only major appearance for Kent.

He died at Bream, Gloucestershire, on 16 October 1882.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by John Gosling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
2. "Kent v England, 1858". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

External links

• John Gosling at ESPNcricinfo
• John Gosling at CricketArchive