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Christopher Gott

English cricketer (born 1965)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ5112422 ↗
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Christopher Stephen Gott (born 5 August 1965) is an English former cricketer. Gott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Calverley, Pudsey, Yorkshire.

Gott represented the Yorkshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match, he wasn't required to bat or bowl.

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The public source identifies “Christopher Gott” as english cricketer (born 1965). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Christopher, Gott and English.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-08-05. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Christopher, Gott and English providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Christopher Gott” 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.