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| Full name | Gordon Benedict John McGurk | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1965-09-05) 5 September 1965 (age 59) Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1995 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 19 June 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gordon Benedict John McGurk (born 5 September 1965) is a Scottish lawyer and former cricketer.
One of ten children of Dr Francis Myrle McGurk, and his wife Josephine, McGurk was born at Edinburgh in September 1965. A club cricketer for Uddingston Cricket Club, McGurk made his debut for Scotland in a List A one-day match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. He was a regular in the Scottish eleven in one-day cricket in 1988 and 1989 in both the Benson & Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy, but did not feature for Scotland in one-day cricket between 1989 and 1994. He returned to Scottish one-day side in 1994 and 1995 in matches in the Benson & Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy. In 12 one-day matches for Scotland, he scored 190 runs at an average of 17.27, with a highest score of 37. In addition to playing one-day cricket for Scotland, McGurk also made two appearances in first-class cricket against Ireland in 1988 and 1994, making a half century in the 1988 match.
McGurk gained a PhD in genetics from the University of Edinburgh and later emigrated to Australia, where he gained the degree of Juris Doctor from Southern Cross University. He is a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Queensland, specialising in clinical trials and research integrity. He is chairperson of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee.
References
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- "McGurk the danger". The Herald. 1 June 1990. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- "List A Matches played by Gordon McGurk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gordon McGurk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- "First-Class Matches played by Gordon McGurk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- "Scotland v Ireland, 1988". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- "Gordon McGurk - AHRECS". www.ahrecs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2022.