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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Gomes' highest first-class score was 213 against Jamaica in the 1976-77 Shell Shield. That was also his most prolific first-class season, with 633 runs at an average of 70.33 and three centuries.
His brother Larry Gomes played Test cricket for the West Indies. Gomes died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 15 September 2020. He was of Portuguese descent.
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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