Full name Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge
Batting Right-hand batsman
Bowling Right-arm off-break, right-arm medium pace
Test debut India vs West Indies at Bangalore, 1st Test, 1974/75
Latest Test West Indies vs Australia at St John's, The Frank Worrell Trophy, 5th Test, 1990/91
ODI debut Pakistan vs West Indies at Birmingham, Prudential World Cup, 8th Match, 1975
Latest ODI England vs West Indies at Manchester, Texaco Trophy, 2nd ODI, 1991

 

Biographical Interest
1st May 1951 Born– Cuthbert Gordon Lavine at Black Bess, St Peter, Barbados
1955 Attended St.Peter Boys’ School, Barbados.
1965 Moved to the UK at 14 years of age to Reading, Berkshire.
  Changed name to Greenidge, after my mother married my stepfather.
  Attended Alfred Sutton’s Secondary School, Reading, leaving at 16 years of age.
  Worked for Suttons Seeds in Reading.
  Studied Book keeping and Accountancy whilst honing my cricket skills on the staff at Hampshire.
21st August 1967 I made my debut for Hampshire against Warwickshire in a second team game.
1970 The ‘New Gordon Greenidge’ appeared ready for action culminating in a first team selection.
1972 Hampshire cap
22nd August 1970

Barry Richards and I came together for the first time as Hampshire’s opening pair, the start of what has been hailed subsequently by others as the finest opening partnership in post war cricket. Ironically this too was against Warwickshire. We also made a long lasting slip fielding partnership too.

1977 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1978 Walter Lawrence Trophy winner
1986 Hampshire Cricket Society Player of the Year