| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward John Greatrex | ||
| Date of birth | (1936-11-18) 18 November 1936 (age 88) | ||
| Place of birth | Nuneaton, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Norwich City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1958 | Norwich City | 1 | (0) |
| Cambridge City | |||
| Chelmsford City | |||
| Clacton Town | |||
| Bury Town | |||
| Great Yarmouth | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edward John Greatrex (born 18 November 1936) was an English cricketer and footballer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Norfolk. He was born in Nuneaton.
Greatrex, who represented Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship for seventeen seasons, made a single List A appearance for the team, during the 1970 Gillette Cup. He scored 12 runs with the bat.
Greatrex also played football as a goalkeeper for Norwich City, Cambridge City, Chelmsford City, Clacton Town, Bury Town and Great Yarmouth Town. Greatrex made one Football League appearance for Norwich.
External links
- John Greatrex at Cricket Archive
References
- "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- "John Greatrex". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- 1936 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Norfolk cricketers
- Footballers from Nuneaton
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- English men's footballers
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Chelmsford City F.C. players
- Cambridge City F.C. players
- F.C. Clacton players
- Bury Town F.C. players
- Great Yarmouth Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen