 After coming down from Oxford at the end of 1909, Gilbert concentrated on his career as a barrister
and played only a handful of matches each season up until the First World War.These games came for the likes of MCC, Free Foresters and Gentlemen of England, though he also made a single (and unsuccessful) appearance for Minor Counties against the South Africans in 1912.On the resumption of first-class cricket in 1919, Gilbert played a few more games for such teams, but he made no appearances at all the following season.