Gordon GREENIDGE

	Date	Test	Venue	1st	2nd	Ct	Result
	03/06/76	1	Nottingham	22	23	0	Match Drawn
	17/06/76	2	Lord's	84	22	0	Match Drawn
	08/07/76	3	Manchester	134	101	3	won by 425 runs
	22/07/76	4	Leeds	115	6	2	won by 55 runs
	12/08/76	5	The Oval	0	85*	2	won by 231 runs
	05/06/80	1	Nottingham	53	6	1	won by 2 wickets
	19/06/80	2	Lord's	25	dnb	1	Match Drawn
	10/07/80	3	Manchester	0	dnb	0	Match Drawn
	24/07/80	4	The Oval	6	dnb	1	Match Drawn
	07/08/80	5	Leeds	34	dnb	0	Match Drawn
	13/02/81	1	Port-of-Spain	84	dnb	1	won by an inns & 79 runs
	13/03/81	3	Bridgetown	14	0	1	won by 298 runs
	27/03/81	4	St. John's	63	dnb	2	Match Drawn
	10/04/81	5	Kingston	62	dnb	2	Match Drawn
	14/06/84	1	Birmingham	19	dnb	1	won by an inns & 180 runs
	28/06/84	2	Lord's	1	214*	0	won by 9 wickets
	12/07/84	3	Leeds	10	49	0	won by 8 wickets
	26/07/84	4	Manchester	223	dnb	0	won by an inns & 64 runs
	09/08/84	5	The Oval	22	34	2	won by 172 runs
	21/02/86	1	Kingston	58	dnb	1	won by 10 wickets
	07/03/86	2	Port-of-Spain	37	45	0	won by 7 wickets
	21/03/86	3	Bridgetown	21	dnb	0	won by an inns & 30 runs
	03/04/86	4	Port-of-Spain	42	dnb	1	won by 10 wickets
	11/04/86	5	St. John's	14	dnb	1	won by 240 runs
	02/06/88	1	Nottingham	25	dnb	0	Match Drawn
	16/06/88	2	Lord's	22	103	0	won by 134 runs
	30/06/88	3	Manchester	45	dnb	3	won by an inns & 156 runs
	04/08/88	5	The Oval	10	77	1	won by 8 wickets
	24/02/90	1	Kingston	32	36	1	lost by 9 wickets
	23/03/90	3	Port-of-Spain	5	42	0	Match Drawn
	05/04/90	4	Bridgetown	41	3	1	won by 164 runs
	12/04/90	5	St. John's	149	dnb	1	won by an inns & 32 runs

 
(Gordon is pictured above during his splendid knock of 134 in the West Indies 1st innings of the 3rd Test against England at Old Trafford, Manchester in July 1976. Greenidge's innings was all the more important given that the majority of the West Indians failed with the bat (the remainder of the top 5 - Fredericks, Richards, Kallicharran & Lloyd no less - managed just 6 runs between them) and his 134 was nearly two thirds of the overall total of 211 all out. If England thought that put them in control they were in for a rude awakening however, as they were skittled for a meagre 71 off just 32.5 overs, Michael Holding returning the remarkable figures of 14.5-7-17-5. Clive Lloyd did not enforce the follow-on, preferring instead to make England toil in the field as the tourists ran riot to score 411-5 declared, with Gordon racking up a second century (101) of the match, sharing century stands with Roy Fredericks and Viv Richards in the process. The home side fared little better second time around, Andy Roberts doing the damage with a terrific spell of 20.5-8-37-6 as England slumped to 126 all out. That meant the West Indies comprehensively won the match by 425 runs to put them 1-0 up in the 5 match series and further victories in the final two tests saw them clinch a 3-0 win. Greenidge enjoyed an excellent series with the bat in that blazing English summer of '76, his 10 innings yielding 592 runs at an average of 65.78. Gordon took a particular liking to English bowling during his Test career, his average of 50.39 in 32 matches significantly better than his overall average of 44.46.)