Summary
Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin (born 13 November 1817 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England), was an Australian banker and cricket player, who played one game for Tasmania. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class match in Australia, and opened the batting in the second innings.
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| Full name | Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1817 Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 1884 (aged 66) Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| 1851 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Only First-class | 11 February 1851 Tasmania v Victoria | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 January 2011 | |||||||||||||||
He was a member of Tasmania's notable Giblin family, whose members included William Robert Giblin (1840–1887), Tasmanian Premier and Supreme Court Judge.
Giblin served as manager of the Commercial Bank in Hobart until 1853, when he moved to Victoria to take a managerial position in the newly founded Bank of Victoria,[1] and was also president of the Geelong Land and Building Society around 1860. He was manager of the Geelong branch of the Bank of Victoria in 1868 when he succeeded A. H. Richardson as manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank in Sydney.[2]
Giblin died on 15 May 1884, in Milsons Point, New South Wales at the age of 66.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Commercial Bank". Launceston Examiner. Vol. XII, no. 1115. Tasmania, Australia. 8 February 1853. p. 7. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Late Mr. V. W. Giblin". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 395. New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links edit
- Vincent Giblin at ESPNcricinfo
- Vincent Giblin at CricketArchive (subscription required)