Career
Filgate represented Ireland in three matches between 1868 and 1871. He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) who made 25 first-class career appearances. He scored 563 runs with a highest score of 93 and held 18 catches.
A practising Barrister-at-Law, he lived for sometime at The Terrace, Matlock Bank, Derbyshire, England, and had two children:
William Alexander Jerome Filgate (12 April since 1908)
Margaret Penelope Filgate (21 January since 1910).