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Full name | Gerard Peter O'Brien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | 12 November 1942||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976–1977 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,21 October 2018 |
Gerard Peter O'Brien (born 12 November 1942) is a former Irish first-class cricketer.
O'Brien was born at Dublin in County Down and was educated in the city at O'Connell School. [1] A wicket-keeper for Malahide at club level, [1] O'Brien played two first-class cricket matches for Ireland. The first came against Scotland at Glasgow in 1976,with his second match coming against the same opposition at Dublin in 1977. [2] Across his two first-class matches,O'Brien scored a total of 22 runs,with a high score of 11. [3] He worked in the insurance industry as his profession. [1]
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