| Philip Gurdon | |
| Country: | England |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 1800 |
| Birth Place: | Letton, Norfolk, England |
| Death Place: | Cranworth, Norfolk |
| Club1: | Norfolk |
| Year1: | 1820 |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Year2: | 1822 |
| Date: | 24 March |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36922/36922.html CricketArchive |
Philip Gurdon (26 June 1800 – 1 August 1874) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Norfolk and Cambridge University. He is recorded in two matches, totalling 16 runs with a highest score of 9.[1]
Gurdon was educated at Eton College, 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. He held the following appointments:
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns compiled from different authors for the use of his parishioners, by the Rector of Cranworth, in Norfolk (East Dereham: H. C. Wigg). 1849; second ed. 1851