Joe Gibbs (cricketer)

Joe Gibbs
Personal information
Full name
Ernest Gregory Gibbs
Born(1946-05-14)14 May 1946
Grenada
Died9 January 2011(2011-01-09) (aged 64)
Grenada
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967–1973Windward Islands
Source: CricketArchive, 24 February 2016

Ernest Gregory "Joe" Gibbs BEM (14 May 1946 – 9 January 2011) was a Grenadian cricketer who played for the Windward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-arm leg-spin bowler.

Gibbs made his first-class debut in March 1967, playing for the Windwards in a friendly against the Leeward Islands.[1] In January 1971, against the same team, he took a maiden first-class five-wicket haul, 5/46 from 21.4 overs.[2] In the return fixture, played in January 1972, Gibbs surpassed his previous effort, taking 7/49 from 27 overs.[3] He consequently became the first Windward Islands bowler to take seven wickets in an innings.[4] Gibbs made his final first-class appearance in April 1973, against the touring Australians. He took the wickets of Doug Walters and Kerry O'Keeffe in Australia's only innings.[1]

In later life, Gibbs worked for Grenada's Ministry of Health,[5] and was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1991 for his public service.[6] He died in January 2011.[7]

  1. ^ a b First-class matches played by Joe Gibbs – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ^ Leeward Islands v Windward Islands, Other First-Class matches in West Indies 1970/71 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ^ Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, Other First-Class matches in West Indies 1971/72 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ^ Most wickets in an innings for Windward Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ^ James Dumont (22 January 2011). "A Tribute to Joe Gibbs" – SpiceIslander.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 52771". The London Gazette. 30 December 1991. p. 45.
  7. ^ (10 January 2011). "Mourning losses in sports and culture" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Grenada Broadcast. Retrieved 26 February 2016.