Full name Robert Alec Gale Role Cricket Player Name Bob Gale | 1956–1965 Middlesex Batting style Left-handed | |
Born 10 December 1933 (age 90) ( 1933-12-10 ) Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England Bowling style Right-arm medium, leg-break | ||
Robert Alec Gale (born 10 December 1933) is former English cricketer and businessman.
Bob Gale was born in Old Warden in Bedfordshire and was educated at Bedford Modern School, where he captained the school cricket team from 1951 to 1953. After national service in the Army, he represented Middlesex as a swashbuckling left-handed opening batsman between 1956 and 1965. He forged a successful opening partnership with Eric Russell. His highest score was 200, scored in only five hours, against Glamorgan at Newport in July 1962.
With MCC teams he toured South America in 1964-65, Canada and the United States in 1967, and the Netherlands in 1968.
He established a successful career in the City of London following his retirement from first-class cricket. He became a longtime member of the Middlesex general committee, before serving nine years as the Chairman of the cricket committee (1989–1998) and serving as President (2001–2003).
He now lives in Pevensey Bay in Sussex.