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Glendon Gibbs

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Glendon Gibbs
Personal information
Full name
Glendon Lionel Gibbs
Born(1925-12-27)27 December 1925
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died21 February 1979(1979-02-21) (aged 53)
Georgetown, Guyana
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 85)26 March 1955 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1949/50-1962/63British Guiana
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC
Matches 1 28
Runs scored 12 1,730
Batting average 6.00 36.80
100s/50s 0/0 5/6
Top score 12 216
Balls bowled 24 2,170
Wickets 0 23
Bowling average 53.47
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/80
Catches/stumpings 1/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 July 2022

Glendon Lionel Gibbs (27 December 1925 – 21 February 1979) was a West Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1955.

Glendon Gibbs was a left-handed opening batsman and an occasional slow left-arm bowler who played regularly in West Indies cricket for British Guiana from 1949–50 to 1962–63.[1] In 1951, playing against Barbados at Bourda cricket ground, Georgetown, he scored 216 and put on 390 for the first wicket with Leslie Wight, then a West Indies record.[2]

Gibbs' single Test match was the first game in the 1954–55 series at home to the Australians at Kingston, Jamaica. He scored 12 and 0 and was dropped for the next match.[3] In a period when West Indies sometimes struggled to find reliable openers, he was perhaps unlucky not to receive further chances.

After Gibbs retired from playing, he became an administrator, and was secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board at the time of his death.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Glendon Gibbs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ British Guiana v Barbados 1951-52
  3. ^ "1st Test, Kingston, March 26 - 31, 1955, Australia tour of West Indies". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Glendon Gibbs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
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