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Full name John William Gleeson
Born March 14, 1938, Kyogle, New South Wales
Current age 70 years 249 days
Major teams Australia,Eastern Province,New South Wales
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
29
46
8
395
45
10.39
0
0
0
17
0
First-class
116
137
38
1095
59
11.06
0
1
58
0
List A
5
3
1
41
32
20.50
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
29
53
8857
3367
93
5/61
8/186
36.20
2.28
95.2
4
3
0
First-class
116
10731
430
7/52
24.95
22
2
List A
5
262
115
7
2/15
2/15
16.42
2.63
37.4
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v India at Adelaide, Dec 23-28, 1967 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Nottingham, Jul 13-18, 1972 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1966/67 - 1974/75
List A span
1970/71 - 1973/74
Profile
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.
