Geoff Greenidge

Geoff Greenidge
Personal information
Full name
Geoffrey Alan Greenidge
Born 26 May 1948
Fontabelle, St Michael, Barbados
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Leg spin
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 142) 6 April 1972 v New Zealand
Last Test 6 April 1973 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1967–1976 Barbados
1968–1975 Sussex
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 5 182 107
Runs scored 209 9,112 1,879
Batting average 29.85 29.39 20.20
100s/50s 0/1 16/45 0/11
Top score 50 205 82
Balls bowled 156 1,355 6
Wickets 0 13 1
Bowling average – 72.92 6.00
5 wickets in innings – 1 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0
Best bowling – 7/124 1/6
Catches/stumpings 3/– 95/– 32/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 January 2009

Geoffrey Alan Greenidge (born 26 May 1948) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1972 to 1973. His international career ended abruptly when he took part in a tour of Rhodesia, which was then under white minority rule. On his first-class debut in 1966–67, he scored 205 runs and took seven wickets in the first innings of the match.

Greenidge was the last white player to play for West Indies, until Joshua Da Silva made his debut in 2020. For a time, it was believed that Brendan Nash had taken this distinction in 2008, but Nash was later revealed to be of mixed race.