# Eric Gillott

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**Eric Kenneth Gillott** (born 15 April 1951) is a former New Zealand [cricketer](/source/Cricketer). He played [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) and [List A cricket](/source/List_A_cricket) for [Northern Districts](/source/Northern_Districts_men's_cricket_team) between 1971/72 and 1978/79.[1] He also toured England in 1973 as part of the [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team) team that played three [Tests](/source/Test_cricket), though he did not feature in the Tests.

## Life and career

Gillott was born at [Waiuku](/source/Waiuku), [Auckland](/source/Auckland). He was a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman. He made his first-class and List A debuts for Northern Districts in the 1971/72 season and in his second match he took six [Otago](/source/Otago_cricket_team) wickets for 79 runs in 43 overs in the match at [Dunedin](/source/Carisbrook).[2] The 29 wickets he took in six matches in that New Zealand cricket season were beaten only by the 31 taken by another slow left-arm bowler, the Test player [Hedley Howarth](/source/Hedley_Howarth).[3] He followed this with 23 wickets in the 1972/73 season, with a further six-wicket haul, six for 105, in the match against [Wellington](/source/Wellington_cricket_team) at the [Basin Reserve](/source/Basin_Reserve).[4]

This led to his call-up for the [1973 New Zealand tour of England](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_England_in_1973), but he was not a success and took only 10 first-class wickets on the tour. [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'s report of the tour said of him: "Gillott showed he had yet to develop all the skills of a top-class left-hander."[5] It noted also that there were few pitches suited to spin bowling, which also had not helped the senior left-arm spinner, Howarth, who had been successful on the [1969 tour](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_England_in_1969). Gillott was no more successful on his return to New Zealand for the 1973/74 season, and he dropped out of the Northern Districts side at the end of the season.

In 1976, Gillott spent a cricket season in England playing non-first-class [Minor Counties](/source/Minor_Counties) cricket for [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club), taking 41 wickets in the season, the most by any player in the team.[6] He returned to New Zealand for a further single season of first-class cricket for Northern Districts in 1978/79, but with little success, and left top-class cricket entirely after that.

## References

1. ["Eric Gillott"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21963/21963.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

1. ["Scorecard: Otago v Northern Districts"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32126.html). CricketArchive. 1972-01-04. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

1. ["First-class bowling in New Zealand in 1971/72"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/NZ/1971-72_f_Bowling_by_Average.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

1. ["Scorecard: Wellington v Northern Districts"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33020.html). CricketArchive. 1972-12-28. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

1. "New Zealanders in England, 1973". *[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)*. 1974 ed. [Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack). p. 300.

1. "The Minor Counties in 1976". *[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)*. 1977 ed. [Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack). p. 777.

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