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Wing Gillette

E. S. "Wing" Gillette was a cricket umpire from British Guiana. He stood in five Test matches played by West Indies between 1948 and 1958. He umpired 14 first-class matches, all of them at the Bourda ground in Georgetown, between October 1947 and March 1958.

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Wing Gillette
Personal information
Full name
E. S. Gillette
Born1916 or 1917
British Guiana
Died(1996-09-08)8 September 1996 (aged 79)
Florida, United States
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Tests umpired5 (1948–1958)
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2013

E. S. "Wing" Gillette (born 1916 or 1917, died 8 September 1996) was a cricket umpire from British Guiana. He stood in five Test matches played by West Indies between 1948 and 1958.1 He umpired 14 first-class matches, all of them at the Bourda ground in Georgetown, between October 1947 and March 1958.2

Gillette, of Chinese background, worked as a commission agent in Georgetown. He captained the British Guiana cricket club in Georgetown until he retired from playing in 1954 in order to concentrate on umpiring.3 He later moved to Florida, where he lived in Orlando and worked as an importer. He died there in September 1996, aged 79, survived by three daughters.4

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References

  1. "Wing Gillette". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. "Wing Gillette as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. Beames, Percy (26 April 1955). "Chinese to Make Test History". The Age. p. 16. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. "Obituaries", Orlando Sentinel, 10 September 1996.