John Gleeson
INTL CAREER: 1967 - 1972
Full Name
John William Gleeson
Born
March 14, 1938, Kyogle, New South Wales
Died
October 08, 2016, Tamworth, New South Wales, (aged 78y 208d)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak Googly
Playing Role
Bowler
Australian spinner John Gleeson captured the hearts of cricket romantics everywhere as he bamboozled batsmen with his odd grip, borrowed from another mystery spinner, Jack Iverson. But his opponents soon found out that, as with most magic tricks, there was nothing untoward going on behind the scenes. As a result, Gleeson cut a fairly impotent figure at Test level - he had a strike rate of a wicket every 95 balls - although he did take five-fors in successive Tests against West Indies in 1968-69.
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