Gother Clarke

Gother Clarke (27 April 1875 to 12 October 1917) was an Australian cricketer who also worked as a medical doctor. Born in Sydney, he was a grandson of the geologist William Branwhite Clarke, and he was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School before studying medicine at the University of Sydney. Playing for the university side against Melbourne University in 1898, he took seven wickets for 72 and six for 89 in the match and also scored a century. Between 1899 and 1902 he played seven first-class matches for New South Wales as a leg-spin bowler and lower-order batsman, his best match being against the touring English team in 1901-02, when he took four for 98 and six for 133 in a 53-run New South Wales victory. He was also prominent in tennis and bowls and once won the New South Wales bowls pairs title. In the First World War he served as a major in the medical corps of the 34th Australian Infantry Battalion and was killed in action at the First Battle of Passchendaele, struck by a shell after leaving his medical station to treat a casualty.