Trevor Francis Greenshields (born 27 October 1941) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Greenshields was a left-handed batsman. He was born in

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...

, Northumberland. Greenshields made his debut for Durham against

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in the 1969

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1969 to 1978, making 34 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his

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debut against

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in the Gillette Cup. He 3 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the

1978 Gillette Cup The 1978 Gillette Cup was the sixteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 5 July and 2 September 1978. The tournament was won by Sussex County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Crick ...

. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 42 runs at an average of 10.50, with a high score of 20.

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at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenshields, Frank 1941 births Living people Cricketers from Newcastle upon Tyne English cricketers Durham cricketers