During the mid-1970`s Glamorgan were on the lookout for an overseas pace bowler. The county`s committee reasoned that, like most of the other Championship sides, they needed an overseas fast bowler to spearhead their attack.

Their eventual choice was Greg Armstrong, a young Bajan, who had a decent record with Barbados and who subsequently made his Glamorgan debut against the Pakistani tourists at Swansea in 1974. But the following summer the raw youngster had difficulty adapting in Championship matches to the slow, low Welsh wickets. Then to make matters worse, Greg was also plagued by run-up and no ball problems, and during his two full seasons with Glamorgan, he failed to reproduce his excellent form back home in the West Indies

In 1982/83 Greg acted as the Assistant Manager of the so-called `rebel` West Indian team to South Africa.

ARMSTRONG, Gregory de Lisle

Born – Bank Hall, Barbados 11th May, 1950

Best performances for Glamorgan:

In First-class cricket – 64 v Leicestershire at Swansea, 1976; 6/91 v Warwickshire at Swansea, 1975.

In List A cricket – 28* v Surrey at Byfleet, 1976; 4/28 v Worcestershire at Ebbw Vale.

	M	I	NO	RUNS	AV	100	50	CT	ST
First-class	30	42	11	426	13.74	–	1	10	–
List A	33	20	11	115	12.77	–	–	7	–

	Balls	M	R	W	AV	5wI	10wM
First-class	3934	122	2423	72	33.65	2	–
List A	1465	18	1102	44	25.04	–	–