Philip Gurdon


Philip Gurdon was an English first-class cricketer associated with Norfolk who was active in the 1820s. He also played for Cambridge University. He is recorded in two matches, totalling 16 runs with a highest score of 9.
Gurdon was educated at Eton, then went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, but after two years he moved to Downing College. After graduating he was ordained as a Church of England priest and was rector of parishes in Norfolk near his family's home at Letton Hall from 1825 until his death in 1874.