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Gillian McCall

cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ43542358 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gillian McCall is a former Irish woman cricketer. She has played for Ireland in 2 Women's ODIs. She has represented Irish women's cricket team at the 1990 Women's European Cricket Cup and in the 1991 Women's European Cricket Cup.

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The public source identifies “Gillian McCall” as cricketer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gillian, McCall and cricketer.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990, 1991—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gillian, McCall and cricketer providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Gillian McCall” 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.