{{Short description|Barbadian cricketer (1924–2019)}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Gordon Proverbs | country = | fullname = Nigel Gordon Proverbs | nickname = | 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 | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | family = | club1 = Barbados | year1 = 1948-49 to 1954-55 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 268 | bat avg1 = 26.80 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 84 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 10 September 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52788.html Cricinfo }} '''Nigel Gordon Proverbs''' (22 May 1924 – 12 July 2019)<ref>{{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}}</ref> was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1949 to 1955.<ref>{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=275 |isbn=9781472975478}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20074.html| title = Barbados v Jamaica 1951-52| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 10 September 2017}}</ref> He later moved to New Zealand where he played for many years for the Athletic College Old Boys Cricket Club in Nelson.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=52788}} *{{cricketarchive|id=24043}}
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