Sheldon Gomes
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Sheldon Anthony Gomes (18 October 1950 – 15 September 2020) was a cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago and other Trinidad teams from 1969 to 1983.
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| Full name | Sheldon Anthony Gomes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1950 Arima, Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 September 2020 (aged 69) Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Larry Gomes (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968-69 to 1982-83 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968-69 to 1973-74 | North Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970-71 to 1978-79 | East Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975-76 to 1982-83 | North and East Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gomes' highest first-class score was 213 against Jamaica in the 1976-77 Shell Shield.[1] That was also his most prolific first-class season, with 633 runs at an average of 70.33 and three centuries.[2]
His brother Larry Gomes played Test cricket for the West Indies. Gomes died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 15 September 2020.[3] He was of Portuguese descent.[4]
References
- ^ "Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago 1976-77". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Sheldon Gomes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Former T&T cricket star Sheldon Gomes passes on". Looptt.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "TIMELINE | The Portuguese of Trinidad & Tobago". Portuguese of T&T. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
External links
- Sheldon Gomes at ESPNcricinfo
- Sheldon Gomes at CricketArchive
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