John Greenstock

John Greenstock

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 46 Runs scored 507 Batting average 9.38 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 43 Balls bowled 7,179 Wickets 139 Bowling average 26.34 5 wickets in innings 4 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5-36 Catches/stumpings 31/0
Source: CricketArchive

John Wilfrid Greenstock (15 May 1905 – 6 February 1992) was an English cricketer 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. ^[1] He played one further match that summer, against Somerset, and this time claimed 4-69 including the wicket of Jack White, but Worcestershire were nevertheless heavily defeated. ^[2]

From 1925 to 1927, Greenstock played mostly for Oxford, winning a Blue in all three years. ^[3] In 1926 he played no county 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 at The University Parks in June 1926) and in batting (43 against Essex at Chelmsford in June 1927); both these feats were performed for Oxford. ^{[4] [5]}

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 of William Harbison. ^[6]

Greenstock was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire; he died in a Gloucester hospital at the age of 86. ^[3]

He was the nephew of the seven Foster brothers, all of whom played first-class cricket for Worcestershire. Like them, he was also educated at Malvern College but he did not show great potential at cricket there. His cousin Peter Foster played for Oxford and Kent, while another cousin (Christopher Foster) and his father William Greenstock also had short first-class careers. ^[7]

References

1. "Worcestershire v Northamptonshire in 1924". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
2. "Somerset v Worcestershire in 1924". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
3. Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1993.
4. "Oxford University v Army in 1926". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
5. "Essex v Oxford University in 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
6. "HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Cambridge University in 1929". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
7. "John Greenstock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2007-05-10.

External links

• Player profile: John Greenstock from ESPNcricinfo
• Statistical summary from CricketArchive