Ian Gompertz
Ian Gompertz (born 1975) is a former English cricketer. Gompertz was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Royal Melbourne Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and educated at Blundell's School.
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Full name | Ian Gompertz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Gompz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1993-2000 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2010 |
Gompertz made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. From 1993 to 2000, he represented the county in 16 Championship matches, the last of which came against Wilshire.[1] His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1998. From 1998 to 2000, he represented the county in 11 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire.[2]
He won the Daily Telegraph U19 England Batsmen of the Year and Bowler of the Year in 1994 in a year where he presented England U19, National Association of Young Cricketers and the MCC young cricketers against India, Scotland and Wales. He also represented Devon in The Minior Counties Championship scoring a notable century against Berkshire and in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Berkshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. He played 2 further List A matches for Devon against Staffordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and Surrey in the same competition.[3] In his 3 matches, he scored 41 runs at a batting average of 13.66, with a high score of 18.[4] With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average of 39.00, with best figures of 1/5.[5]
Gompertz had previously played Second XI cricket for the Glamorgan and Somerset Second XI's.[6]
References
- Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ian Gompertz
- Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Ian Gompertz
- List A Matches played by Ian Gompertz
- List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ian Gompertz
- List A Bowling For Each Team by Ian Gompertz
- In more recent times Ian has been a regular on the table tennis scene, losing his last two games for a mysterious Brad Pitt lookalike who goes by the name of The B Fox.... “Teams Ian Gompertz played for
External links
- Ian Gompertz at Cricinfo
- Ian Gompertz at CricketArchive