John Greenstock

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Field	Value
name	John Wilfrid Greenstock
birth_date	15 May 1905
birth_place	Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England
death_date
death_place	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
batting	Right-handed
bowling	Slow left arm orthodox
columns	1
column1	First-class
matches1	46
runs1	507
bat avg1	9.38
100s/50s1	0/0
top score1	43
deliveries1	7,179
wickets1	139
bowl avg1	26.34
fivefor1	4
tenfor1	0
best bowling1	5/36
catches/stumpings1	31/–
source	http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29777/29777.html CricketArchive
date	8 November
year	2022
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John Wilfrid Greenstock (15 May 1905 – 6 February 1992) was an English first-class cricketer who played in 46 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. 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.

From 1925 to 1927, Greenstock played mostly for Oxford, winning a Blue in all three years. 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.

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. 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 a Gloucester hospital at the age of 86.

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.

References

"John Greenstock profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
"Worcestershire v Northamptonshire in 1924". CricketArchive.
"Somerset v Worcestershire in 1924". CricketArchive.
Obituary. ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' 1993.
"Oxford University v Army in 1926". CricketArchive.
"Essex v Oxford University in 1927". CricketArchive.
"John Greenstock". CricketArchive.

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