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Full name | Geoffrey Alan Greenidge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fontabelle, St Michael, Barbados | 26 May 1948||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 142) | 6 April 1972 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 6 April 1973 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1967-1976 | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968-1975 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,31 January 2009 |
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