Notes On Former Bowerchalke CC Players: Richard Gulliver

INTRODUCTION
One Bowerchalke CC player from the 1960s who went on to do well elsewhere was Richard Gulliver our Uncle (pictured above in the 2006 Gullivers versus Mouldings game, left hand-side, tackling an imaginary ball-tampering incident) playing his club cricket at South Wilts CC in Salisbury and for Wiltshire in Minor Counties cricket including a stint as captain and later as coach. He was also the ECB's Development Officer for Wiltshire for some years.

STATISTICS
Details of Richard's Minor Counties record can be found at this website: http://bbb.cricketworld.com/Players/34/34629/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html
The website does state that it only includes records of games it has available in its archive database...which could be the reason why Wiltshire only seemed to play against Berkshire between 1966 and 1976!! Anyway, the website lists 41 of Richard's appearances for Wiltshire between August 1966 and August 1983, a fantastic achievement. The website has links to detailed scorecards for some games.

A breakdown of some of Richard's Wiltshire appearances and detailed statistics can be found at this web page: http://bbb.cricketworld.com/Players/34/34629/statistics_lists.html

We'll have to ask him: was he still playing for Bowerchalke CC when he made his debut for Wiltshire or had he moved on?

A summary of Richard's bowling performances for South Wilts CC in The Southern Premier League between 1969 and 1999 can be seen at this webpage: http://www.southernpremierleague.com/career_bowling.htm

And at this webpage: http://www.cricket.com.hk/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/LEAGUES/SPCL/STATISTICS/CAREER_BOWLING.html

And he is also listed on this webpage as having one of the best all-time bowling performances in The Southern League: http://www.cricket.com.hk/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/LEAGUES/SPCL/STATISTICS/BOWLING_RECORDS.html

ECB CRICKET DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR WILTSHIRE
See the following webpage links for some examples of the work Richard did in this role:
PRIMARY SCHOOL KWIK CRICKET FESTIVAL in the SDC website at: http://www.salisbury.gov.uk/news/2005/display-press-release.htm?id=2005-06-07-a.asp

CRICKET AT THE NURSERY END in The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald at: http://archive.gazetteandherald.co.uk/2001/6/18/215891.html

BOWLED OVER BY NEW TALENT in the website This Is Wiltshire at: http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2002/6/21/185287.html

THE WILTSHIRE GROUNDSMEN'S ASSOCIATION in the Wiltshire Cricket website at: http://www.wiltshirecricket.co.uk/Officials/Groundsmen/WGA/

WILTSHIRE CRICKET TO TAKE OFF in the BBC Where I Live website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2005/09/14/wiltshire_cricket_140905_feature.shtml

WILL CRICKET RISE FROM THE ASHES? in The Wiltshire Times website at: http://archive.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/2005/9/16/249836.html

OTHER NOTES
KeithG recalls playing at Fordingbridge CC for Bishopstone CC many, many years ago and seeing an old black and white photograph in their pavillion which included Richard helping to pull the roller! So we know he also played there occasionally.

Clearly, Richard enjoys sharing his cricketing experiences, an example is mentioned at this website of The Dorset Cricket Society where Richard teamed-up with Brian White another former Wiltshire and South Wilts CC player of long-standing: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~ccla/memories%202007-8.html

Do you remember playing with or against Richard Gulliver? Got any stories? If so we would love to hear from you!
KeithG and StuartG