Glendon Gibbs

Glendon Lionel Gibbs (27 December 1925 – 21 February 1979) was a West Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1955.

Glendon Gibbs

Personal information
Full name	Glendon Lionel Gibbs
Born	(1925-12-27)27 December 1925 Georgetown, British Guiana
Died	21 February 1979(1979-02-21) (aged 53) Georgetown, Guyana
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 85)	26 March 1955 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1949/50-1962/63	British Guiana
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC Matches 1 28 Runs scored 12 1,730 Batting average 6.00 36.80 100s/50s 0/0 5/6 Top score 12 216 Balls bowled 24 2,170 Wickets 0 23 Bowling average – 53.47 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling – 6/80 Catches/stumpings 1/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 July 2022

Glendon Gibbs was a left-handed opening batsman and an occasional slow left-arm bowler who played regularly in West Indies cricket for British Guiana from 1949–50 to 1962–63.^[1] In 1951, playing against Barbados at Bourda cricket ground, Georgetown, he scored 216 and put on 390 for the first wicket with Leslie Wight, then a West Indies record.^[2]

Gibbs' single Test match was the first game in the 1954–55 series at home to the Australians at Kingston, Jamaica. He scored 12 and 0 and was dropped for the next match.^[3] In a period when West Indies sometimes struggled to find reliable openers, he was perhaps unlucky not to receive further chances.

After Gibbs retired from playing, he became an administrator, and was secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board at the time of his death.^[4]