Gordon Charles Tovey (4 July 1912 – 16 April 1994) was an English first-class cricketer and schoolmaster.

Gordon Tovey
Personal information
Full name
Gordon Charles Tovey
Born6 July 1912
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Died16 April 1994(1994-04-16) (aged 81)
Olveston, Gloucestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1933Cambridge University
1929–1953Dorset
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average 1.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 2
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2018

Tovey was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire in July 1912. He was educated at Clifton College,[1] where he played for the cricket eleven from 1928 to 1931.[2] Tovey made his debut in minor counties cricket for Dorset in the 1929 Minor Counties Championship.[3] He later studied at the University of Cambridge, during which he made his only appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire at Fenner's in 1933.[4] He continued to play minor counties matches for Dorset throughout the thirties.[3] Tovey served in the Royal Artillery in World War II, holding the rank of Second Lieutenant in October 1941.[5] Following the war, he founded the independent Tockington Manor school in Tockington, Gloucestershire.[6] His son, Richard, later served as headmaster of the school for 38 years.[7] Tovey continued to play minor counties cricket alongside his school commitments, playing until 1953, having made 131 appearances for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship.[3] He died at Olveston, Gloucestershire, in April 1994.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p410: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  2. ^ "Teams Gordon Tovey played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Gordon Tovey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Gordon Tovey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ "No. 35303". The London Gazette. 10 October 1941. p. 5845.
  6. ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1994". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. ^ Sims, Aaron (20 June 2016). "Tockington Manor School celebrates MBE for former headmaster". Gazette Series. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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