Ray Gripper
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Raymond Arthur Gripper (born 7 July 1938)[1] is a former cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman and became a regular member of the Rhodesian side for 15 years starting in 1957–58, at one stage captaining them. His highest score was an innings of 279 not out made against Orange Free State in 1967–68. This remained a Currie Cup record for some years. His son Trevor played Test cricket for Zimbabwe, also as an opening batsman.
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Full name | Raymond Arthur Gripper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1938-07-07) 7 July 1938 (age 85) Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1957/58–1971/72 | Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 26 December 1957 Rhodesia v Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 19 February 1972 Rhodesia v Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 14 January 2010 |
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