[3] In 1857 the Australian Cricketer's Guide said of him: His batting is very effective, but wanting in finish, and he would do more if not so fond of hitting to leg.

[4]Gilbert made the top score of the match when New South Wales beat Victoria in Sydney in 1856-57, 31 in the second innings.

[7] A tobacconist by preference, he also worked as surveyor, clerk, station master and timber worker to feed his nine children.

[1] He was also at one stage the groundsman for the cricket ground in the Sydney suburb of Burwood, and later fossicked for gold at Fish River, near Bathurst.

[8] Gilbert died in June 1906 at his daughter's house in the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill after being ill for four months.