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'''Geoffrey Alan "Geoff" Greenidge''' (born 26 May 1948, [[Fontabelle]], [[Saint Michael Parish, Barbados|St Michael]], [[Barbados]]) is a former [[West Indian cricket team|West Indian]] [[cricket]]er who played in five [[Test cricket|Tests]] from 1972 to 1973. His international career ended abruptly when he took part in a tour of [[Rhodesia]], which was then under white minority rule.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article5581223.ece | location=London | work=The Times | first=Simon | last=Wilde | title=Brendan Nash cracks Caribbean barrier | date=25 January 2009}}</ref> On his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut in 1966-67, he scored 205 runs and took seven wickets in the first innings of the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149864.html |title=The hard-nosed Kiwi |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref>
Greenidge was the last white player to play for West Indies, until Joshua Da Silva made his debut in 2020<ref>https://www.cricket.com.au/news/joshua-da-silva-west-indies-test-debut-new-zealand-wellington-dowrich/2020-12-11</ref>. For a time, it was believed that [[Brendan Nash]] had taken this distinction in 2008, but Nash was later revealed to be of mixed race.<ref>{{cite web |last1=English |first1=Peter |date=4 February 2009|title=Light Nash no white West Indian |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/389064.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>
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