John Guy (New Zealand cricketer)
John William Guy (born 29 August 1934) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 12 Tests for the national team between 1955 and 1961. He was born in Nelson and currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.
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Full name | John William Guy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nelson, New Zealand | 29 August 1934|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm slow-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 76) | 7 November 1955 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 26 December 1961 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017 |
Domestic career
Guy played twice for Northamptonshire in the 1958 English cricket season.
In the early 1960s he worked for Shell.[1] Following the end of his cricket career, he became a national selector and was a representative for Newbury cricket bats. Guy developed the shoulderless Excalibur bat used by fellow New Zealand cricketer Lance Cairns.[2][3]
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References
- NZ Cricketer Comes to Gisborne
- Coverdale, Brydon. "The man behind Excalibur". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- Eva, B. "Kiwi Cairns' six sixes in 1983", The Sunday Age, 3 February 2013, Sport section, p. 20.
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