Gerry Chalk

Gerry Chalk

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Gerald Hudson Chalk
Born	7 September 1910 Sydenham, London, England
Died	17 February 1943 (aged 32) Louches, Pas-de-Calais, France
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1931–1934	Oxford University
1933–1939	Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 156 Runs scored 6,732 Batting average 28.16 100s/50s 11/31 Top score 198 Balls bowled 605 Wickets 7 Bowling average 58.42 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/22 Catches/stumpings 62/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2009

Frederick Gerald Hudson Chalk DFC (born Gerald Frederick Hudson Chalk and known as Gerry Chalk) (7 September 1910—17 February 1943) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Kent and Marylebone Cricket Club between 1931 and 1939.

Chalk was born in Sydenham and initially played first-class cricket while at Oxford University, making several appearances over three years, and in the latter stages of his university career, appearing simultaneously at Kent.

After his university career had finished, Chalk got his chance to appear for Kent on a more regular basis, having received his cap in his first year at the club. He appeared in the County Championship for the first time at the age of 22 in 1933, scoring a self-assured 73 runs in a partnership approaching 200 with teammate, Kent stalwart Frank Woolley. Thanks to Chalk's persistent batting and pairing with Woolley on various occasions, Kent finished within the top three places in the 1933 table, and more-or-less maintained this form over the next three years.

With the Second World War to contend with, the County Championship was not to be played again during Chalk's lifetime. Chalk was a pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II and perished at the age of 32 in 1943 in Louches, France.^[1] Chalk's extended family of cricket-playing relatives included William Greenstock, Harold Prest, and the group of cricketing brothers known as Fostershire, all of whom played first-class cricket with varying degrees of success throughout their life.

References

1. Bob Ogley. Kent: A Chronicle of the Century. Volume Two: 1925-1949. Froglets, 1997. ISBN 978-1-872337-84-5; p. 137

External links

• Gerry Chalk at Cricket Archive