- John Greenstock
Infobox Old Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Slow left arm orthodox
FCs = 46
FC runs = 507
FC bat avg = 9.38
FC 100s/50s = 0/0
FC top score = 43
FC balls = 7,179
FC wickets = 139
FC bowl avg = 26.34
FC 5s = 4
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 5-36
FC catches/stumpings = 31/0
debut date = 16 August
debut year = 1924
last date = 5 July
last year = 1929
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29777/29777.html CricketArchiveJohn Wilfrid Greenstock (
15 May 1905 –6 February 1992 ) was an Englishcricketer who played 46 first-class matches in the 1920s, the bulk of these for Oxford University and Worcestershire.Greenstock made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Northamptonshire at Worcester in August 1924, but was not called upon to bowl a single ball. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11323.html | title=Worcestershire v Northamptonshire in 1924 | accessdate=2007-05-10 | publisher=
CricketArchive ] He played one further match that summer, against Somerset, and this time claimed 4-69 including the wicket of Jack Hunt, but Worcestershire were nevertheless heavily defeated. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11340.html | title=Somerset v Worcestershire in 1924 | accessdate=2007-05-10 | publisher=CricketArchive ]From 1925 to 1927, Greenstock played mostly for Oxford, winning a Blue in all three years.Obituary. "
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack " 1993.] In 1926 he played nocounty cricket , but he did turn out for Worcestershire a few times in 1925 and 1927. It was during this period that he achieved career-bests both in bowling (5-36 for against the Army atThe University Parks in June 1926) and in batting (43 against Essex at Chelmsford in June 1927); both these feats were performed for Oxford. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11871.html | title=Oxford University v Army in 1926 | accessdate=2007-05-10 | publisher=CricketArchive ] [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/12/12333.html | title=Essex v Oxford University in 1927 | accessdate=2007-05-10 | publisher=CricketArchive ]After that, Greenstock played only two more first-class matches, for
Free Foresters against Oxford in 1928, and for H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI against Cambridge University the following year. He bowled only seven overs in that final match, taking the single wicket ofWilliam Harbison . [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29941/29941.html | title= HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Cambridge University in 1929 | accessdate=2007-05-10 | publisher=CricketArchive ]Greenstock was born in
Great Malvern ,Worcestershire ; he died in aGloucester hospital at the age of 86.He was the nephew of the seven Foster brothers, all of whom played first-class cricket for Worcestershire. His cousin Peter Foster played for Oxford and Kent, while another cousin (
Christopher Foster ) and his fatherWilliam Greenstock also had short first-class careers. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29777/29777.html | title=John Greenstock | accessdate=2007-05-10 | publisher=CricketArchive ]References
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