# Gilbert Lacy

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{{Short description|English cricketer (1834–1878)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Gilbert de Lacy Lacy
|          birth_date = 26 February 1834
|         birth_place = [Tring](/source/Tring), [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1878|6|7|1834|2|26}}
|         death_place = [Mount Frere](/source/Mount_Frere), [Cape Colony](/source/Cape_Colony)
|            nickname = 
|              family =
|             batting = Unknown
|             bowling = 
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1854
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 2
|               runs1 = 12
|            bat avg1 = 12.00
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 4[*](/source/not_out)
|      hidedeliveries = true
|  catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
|                date = 23 June 
|                year = 2019
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16732.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Gilbert de Lacy Lacy''' (26 February 1834 – 7 June 1878) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er.

A member of the [de Lacy](/source/de_Lacy) family, Lacy was born to Charles de Lacy Lacy at [Tring](/source/Tring) in February 1826. He was educated at [Westminster School](/source/Westminster_School),<ref>{{cite book |title=Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses Sive Prologi Et Epilogi |volume=1 |date=1867 |publisher=J.H. et J. Parker |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCAsAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref> before going up to [Magdalen College, Oxford](/source/Magdalen_College%2C_Oxford).<ref>{{cite book |title=Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 |volume=3 |date=1888 |publisher=Parker and Company |page=808 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaZAUWVWfqsC |language=en}}</ref> He made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) at [Oxford](/source/Magdalen_Ground) in 1854, following this up with a second first-class appearance for the [Gentlemen of England](/source/Gentlemen_of_England) against the [Gentlemen of Kent](/source/Gentlemen_of_Kent) in the same year at [Canterbury](/source/St_Lawrence_Ground).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37157/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Gilbert Lacy |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-23 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>  At some point after this he left England for [Cape Colony](/source/Cape_Colony), where he died at [Mount Frere](/source/Mount_Frere) in June 1878.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=16732}}

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Category:1834 births
Category:1878 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Tring
Category:People educated at Westminster School, London
Category:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Category:English cricketers
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Gentlemen of England cricketers
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Category:English expatriates in South Africa
Category:Cricketers from Hertfordshire

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