Gordon Proverbs

{{Short description|Barbadian cricketer (1924–2019)}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gordon Proverbs

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| fullname = Nigel Gordon Proverbs

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|5|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Flint Hall, Saint Michael, Barbados

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|7|12|1924|5|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

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| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Barbados

| year1 = 1948-49 to 1954-55

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| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 268

| bat avg1 = 26.80

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 84

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| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 10 September 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52788.html Cricinfo

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Nigel Gordon Proverbs (22 May 1924 – 12 July 2019){{cite web |title=Nigel Gordon PROVERBS |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=nigel-gordon-proverbs&pid=193393051 |website=NZ Herald |accessdate=17 June 2020}} was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1949 to 1955.{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=275 |isbn=9781472975478}}

A middle-order batsman, his highest score was 84 in 1951-52, when he added 198 for the fourth wicket with Wilfred Farmer in a Barbados total of 753 against Jamaica.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20074.html| title = Barbados v Jamaica 1951-52| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 10 September 2017}} He later moved to New Zealand where he played for many years for the Athletic College Old Boys Cricket Club in Nelson.{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketpitch.co.nz/ACOB/honours.html | title = 1st Class representatives| publisher = Athletic College Old Boys Cricket Club | accessdate = 10 September 2017}}