Gerry Duffy

{{short description|Irish cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gerry Duffy

| fullname = Gerald Andrew Anthony Duffy

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|15|1930|11|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg spin

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 16

| runs1 = 317

| bat avg1 = 15.09

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 55*

| deliveries1 = 1,217

| wickets1 = 15

| bowl avg1 = 28.40

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/8

| catches/stumpings1= 12/–

| international = true

| country = Ireland

| internationalspan = 1953–1974

| source = https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26741/26741.html CricketArchive

| date = 6 August

| year = 2018

}}

Gerald Andrew Anthony Duffy (4 November 1930 – 15 June 2015) was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in July 1953 against Scotland[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire84.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] in a first-class match.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26741/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Gerald Duffy at Cricket Archive] He went on to play for Ireland on 55 occasions, his last match coming against the Netherlands in June 1974.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26741/26741.html Cricket Archive profile]

Of his matches for Ireland, 16 had first-class status. In all matches for Ireland, he scored 1123 runs at an average of 18.11, with a top score of 92 against the MCC in September 1970. He took 82 wickets at an average of 19.23, with best bowling of 6/29 against Australia in September 1961.

He played his club cricket at Leinster Cricket Club in Dublin where he was a stalwart of the 1st XI until the early 1980s. He played his final 1st XI match at the age of 60 recording figures of 4 for 70.

Duffy died on 15 June 2015, after a short illness, at the age of 84 years.[http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/gerry-duffy-one-of-the-greats-of-irish-cricket-1.2297431 Gerry Duffy - one of the greats of Irish cricket]