CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Patrick Gada

Zimbabwean cricketer (1978-)

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ28835110 ↗
Source-derived summary

Patrick Gada (born 5 May 1978) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his first-class debut in the 1998/99 season.

Biography

Gada cricket journey began at Chengu Primary School, advancing to Prince Edward High School on a cricketing scholarship. He performed consistently in both batting and occasional bowling roles during his school and club cricket career.

In 1999, Gada joined the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy and later had stints in England and the United States. Post-academy, he represented Manicaland in the Logan Cup, and then returned to his hometown club, Takashinga.

Editorial summary

“Patrick Gada” enters the record as zimbabwean cricketer (1978-). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Patrick, Gada and Zimbabwean can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 1998, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-05-05. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Patrick, Gada and Zimbabwean.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Patrick Gada” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Patrick, Gada and Zimbabwean provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q28835110. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978, 1998 and 1999.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Patrick Gada”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Patrick Gada primary sources, Patrick Gada archive and Patrick research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Patrick Gada”?
  2. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
  3. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Patrick Gada” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.