George Richard "Reg" Gregory (1 February 1892 – 17 August 1970) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in sixteen first-class matches for Canterbury from 1922 to 1929.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Richard Gregory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 1892 Madeley, Shropshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 August 1970 (aged 78) Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922–23 to 1928–29 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 28 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gregory was a solid opening batsman.[3] He had his best Plunket Shield season in 1927–28, when he was Canterbury's leading scorer, with 247 runs at an average of 41.16,[4] including his highest first-class score of 67 against Auckland, when Canterbury won by 11 runs.[5] He was the highest scorer in Christchurch senior club cricket in 1926–27, with 806 runs at an average of 62.00.[6]
For many years he managed Quill Morris liquor merchants in Christchurch.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Reg Gregory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Reg Gregory". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "The Canterbury Team". Waikato Times: 4. 9 January 1928.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1927/28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Auckland v Canterbury 1927–28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "The Season's Averages". Press: 13. 4 April 1927.
- ^ "Mr G. R. Gregory Was Noted Cricketer". Press: 15. 18 August 1970.
External links
edit
  | This biographical article related to a New Zealand cricket person born in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |