Sheldon Gomes
Trinidad and Tobago cricketer (1950–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | (1950-10-18)18 October 1950 Arima, Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 September 2020(2020-09-15) (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 |
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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]