John Greenstock, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Greenstock
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 15-May-1905
Date of Death: 06-Feb-1992
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About John Greenstock
- 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.
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- 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. 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.
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