Edgar Giberne

Edgar Giberne (24 June 185021 September 1889) was an English artist and illustrator from a notable Huguenot family. His output was limited to some extent by his short life. He was also a keen cricketer. Biography Giberne was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, on 24 June 1850, and was baptised on 25 July that year at St. Martin's in Epsom. His father was George Giberne, who had served as a judge Supreme Court of Judicature, Bombay in the Indian Civil Service. Giberne's ancestors were Huguenots from Languedoc in France where the "de Gibernes" lived in Chateau de Gibertain. George Giberne was from a large family. He had eight sisters and four brothers. His cousin Agnes Giberne was a prolific author of juvenile fiction and of works popularising science. Three of his brothers also served in India. Giberne's mother was Maria Smith the second daughter of surgeon John Sim Smith. She was twenty-five years younger than her husband. The couple were married in Reigate on 20 July 1846. Giberne was a prodigious artist as a child. He entered Rugby, in August 1864, where he was placed in C. B. Hutchinson's House in Barby Road. In Rugby he showed "a remarkable taste and facility for drawing". Giberne was a keen cricketer and played for Epsom in 1876, scoring 21 runs against Deddington. He also played for Espom in 1877, when he scored four runs against the Private Banks team, and again in 1878 when he scored 12 runs against Wimbledon. He played for the Old Rugbeians against the school's second eleven and scored no runs in the first innings before being bowled by schoolboy J. D. Yates. He fared little better in the second innings, scoring 1 run before being bowled by schoolboy T. L Lomax. In August 1878, He played for the Incogniti, a cricket team without any home grounds, in their two-day match against the Gentlemen of Herts at Moor Park, the seat of Lord Ebury on 26 and 27 July 1878, scoring 16 runs and one catch on the first day, and 9 runs on the second. He continued to play for the Incogniti, and batted for them in matches against Oatlands, Bury and West Suffolk, and Middleton, in 1879. He remained a fixture on the Incogniti until his death, and served for a while as a member of the committee of the club. In the 1889 season the Incogniti played 47 matches with 26 wins, 8 losses, and 13 draws. Giberne had 14 innings, had never been "not out", and scored 182 runs, an average of 13 runs per inning, with a max score of 39 runs.