Anthony Gifford

Anthony Aubrey Kenward Gifford (19 January 1921 – 11 February 2016) was an English-born Australian first-class cricketer, British Indian Army officer and educator.

Gifford was born in Paddington in January 1921 and was educated at Blundell's School, with Gifford, who was a talented slow left-arm orthodox bowler playing cricket for the Kent Second XI in 1939. He served in the Second World War as an officer in the Garhwal Rifles, part of the British Indian Army. He played first-class cricket while in British India, making a single appearance for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees cricket team in the semi-final of the 1941/42 Bombay Pentangular played at Bombay. Gifford had little success in the match, scoring a single run and going wicketless from 39 overs bowled. He was seriously injured during the war when he was involved in a traffic accident while stationed in Cyprus, with his injuries invalidating him out of the army.

Soon after arriving in Australia, he found employment at Launceston Church Grammar School, before taking up a teaching post at St Peter's College in Adelaide, where one of his students was Don Bradman's son. Away from sport, Gifford was an active member of the Liberal Party of Australia and served as secretary of the Palm Beach branch of the party for ten years. His wife, Bunny, predeceased him in 2014, with Gifford passing away in February 2016 following a short illness.