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Full name Gilbert Roche Andrews Langley
Born September 14, 1919, North Adelaide, South Australia
Died May 14, 2001, Fullarton, Adelaide, South Australia (aged 81 years 242 days)
Major teams Australia,South Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relations Nephew - JN Langley
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
26
37
12
374
53
14.96
0
1
0
83
15
First-class
122
165
39
3236
160*
25.68
4
12
291
77
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
122
12
2
0
-
-
-
1.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Nov 9-13, 1951 scorecard
Last Test
India v Australia at Kolkata, Nov 2-6, 1956 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1945/46 - 1956/57
Profile
Even when wearing flannels, Gil Langley seemed to have stepped straight from a council dustcart, but he missed little behind the stumps after Don Tallon's withdrawal from Australia's 1949-50 tour of South Africa gave him a first overseas trip. Langley's rumpled kit, shambling gait and razor-edged appeal endeared him to team-mates, while his nine catches in the 1956 Lord's Test stood as an Australian record for almost 44 years. He actually began his first-class career as a batsman, and picked up some useful tailend runs in Tests, including a half-century at Bridgetown in April 1955. An outstanding Australian Rules footballer who represented his state, he was the Labour MP for Unley in South Australia's parliament for 20 years.
Gideon Haigh
Notes
First-class Debut: South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, 1945-46 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1957
