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              <text>Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge was born in Barbados and like many Caribbean families in the late 50’s and 60’s migrated to the UK to seek a better life. Educated at Speightstown  Boys School and Black Bess Boys School in Barbados, he continued his education at Alfred Sutton Boys in Reading, and later Clarendon College in Nottingham, where he developed a love for cricket, a game for which he would later become world famous.&#13;
He had the opportunity to display his cricket prowess playing in Reading, Berkshire and Hampshire and the England Boys School benefitted from his cricket skills. Even though he represented Barbados and the West Indies in cricket, he was still able to make a meaningful contribution to his adopted homeland of the United Kingdom.&#13;
Whilst still an apprentice at Hampshire,  he represented three different clubs playing on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. He was also privileged to play League Cricket for Leyland in the Lancashire League, playing 19 years for one club. Not only has he been a player but he also conducted Cricket Coaching Clinics at several places, including Nottingham High School and Merchant Taylor’s School. Schools in Scotland have also benefitted from his skills when playing for the club Greenock, which he also represented at the National Level. He continues to be involved in fund raising programmes for clubs and schools throughout the UK.</text>
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