EDDIE GILBERT.
Will Not Play Cricket This Season.—Quarantine Difficulty.
Eddie Gilbert, the aboriginal fast bowler, will not play for Queensland this season. This definite announcement was made in Brisbane recently. v
The reason is that there lias been an outbreak of leprosy at the Cherbourg (Lake Barmabah) Aboriginal Settlement, where Gilbert lives. Gilberts had been chosen to play in the country week games, and the Q.C.A. has decided that all country players must house together. In the circumstances it was felt that it would not be right to allow him to play.
In regard to the shield games, the Q.C.A. fears that his inclusion in the Queensland team would lead to trouble with the players, some of whom were not keen on having him in the side even before the discovery of leprosy at the Cherbourg station.
Dr. J. Coffey, the Queensland Commissioner of Public Health, save that the exclusion of Gilbert is ridiculous. His playing in a match would not in the least endanger the health of the other players or public.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 261, 4 November 1933, Page 5 (Supplement)
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