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{{About|the West Indian cricketer|the Australian football (soccer) player|Gerry Gomez (footballer)}}
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| name = Gerry Gomez
| name = Gerry Gomez
| image = Gerry Gomez.jpg
| image = Gerry Gomez.jpg
| caption = Gomez in 1950
| caption = Gomez in 1950
| batting = Left-handed
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium<br />Right-arm off-break
| bowling = Right-arm medium<br />Right-arm off-break
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Gomez was born in [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad]]. During his career at the domestic level, he was an [[all-rounder]] of good standard, playing 126 matches and scoring runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of nearly 45, in addition to taking 200 wickets at an average just above 25 with his medium pace.
Gomez was born in [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad]]. During his career at the domestic level, he was an [[all-rounder]] of good standard, playing 126 matches and scoring runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of nearly 45, in addition to taking 200 wickets at an average just above 25 with his medium pace.


He remained involved with cricket, as manager and administrator, and also served as an [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] in the Test match between West Indies and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in [[Georgetown, Guyana]], in April 1965, when the appointed umpire, [[Cecil Kippins]], pulled out on the day before the match.<ref name="umpire">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149475.html |title=Pommie bashers |accessdate=18 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Kippins was ordered to withdraw by the [[British Guiana]] umpires' association, as Barbadian umpire [[Cortez Jordan]] was appointed as the second umpire, the first time a West Indian umpire had stood in a Test match outside his home territory.[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62971.html] This was the first first-class match that Gomez umpired, and his only Test as an umpire.
He remained involved with cricket, as manager and administrator, and also served as an [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] in the Test match between West Indies and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in [[Georgetown, Guyana]], in April 1965, when the appointed umpire, [[Cecil Kippins]], pulled out on the day before the match.<ref name="umpire">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149475.html |title=Pommie bashers |access-date=18 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Kippins was ordered to withdraw by the [[British Guiana]] umpires' association, as Barbadian umpire [[Cortez Jordan]] was appointed as the second umpire, the first time a West Indian umpire had stood in a Test match outside his home territory.[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62971.html] This was the first first-class match that Gomez umpired, and his only Test as an umpire.


Gomez also played football for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |title=Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref> and both his father and his son played first-class cricket.
Gomez also played football for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |title=Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 June 2018}}</ref> and both his father and his son played first-class cricket.


In June 1988 Gomez was celebrated on the $1.50 Trinidad and Tobago stamp alongside the [[Barbados Cricket Buckle]].
In June 1988 Gomez was celebrated on the $1.50 Trinidad and Tobago stamp alongside the [[Barbados Cricket Buckle]].


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=51893}}
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=51893}}
* [https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/gerry-gomez-west-indies-crickets-portuguese-connection-586627 Gerry Gomez: West Indies cricket’s Portuguese connection]


{{West Indies Test Cricket Captains}}
{{West Indies Test Cricket Captains}}
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Revision as of 01:34, 9 July 2023

Gerry Gomez
Gomez in 1950
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Right-arm off-break
International information
National side
Test debut22 July 1939 v England
Last Test30 March 1954 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 29 126
Runs scored 1,243 6,764
Batting average 30.31 43.63
100s/50s 1/8 14/29
Top score 101 216*
Balls bowled 5,236 15,178
Wickets 58 200
Bowling average 27.41 26.33
5 wickets in innings 1 5
10 wickets in match 1 2
Best bowling 7/55 9/24
Catches/stumpings 18/0 92/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 May 2019

Gerry Ethridge Gomez (10 October 1919 – 6 August 1996) was a cricketer who played 29 Test matches for the West Indies cricket team between 1939 and 1954, scoring 1,243 runs and taking 58 wickets. He captained in one match for the West Indies when England toured in 1947/8.

Gomez was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. During his career at the domestic level, he was an all-rounder of good standard, playing 126 matches and scoring runs at a batting average of nearly 45, in addition to taking 200 wickets at an average just above 25 with his medium pace.

He remained involved with cricket, as manager and administrator, and also served as an umpire in the Test match between West Indies and Australia in Georgetown, Guyana, in April 1965, when the appointed umpire, Cecil Kippins, pulled out on the day before the match.[1] Kippins was ordered to withdraw by the British Guiana umpires' association, as Barbadian umpire Cortez Jordan was appointed as the second umpire, the first time a West Indian umpire had stood in a Test match outside his home territory.[1] This was the first first-class match that Gomez umpired, and his only Test as an umpire.

Gomez also played football for Trinidad,[2] and both his father and his son played first-class cricket.

In June 1988 Gomez was celebrated on the $1.50 Trinidad and Tobago stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle.

References

  1. ^ "Pommie bashers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 June 2018.