About: Joe Gibbs (cricketer)

Ernest Gregory "Joe" Gibbs BEM (14 May 1946 – 9 January 2011) was a Grenadian cricketer who played for the Windward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-arm leg-spin bowler. Gibbs made his first-class debut in March 1967, playing for the Windwards in a friendly against the Leeward Islands. In January 1971, against the same team, he took a maiden first-class five-wicket haul, 5/46 from 21.4 overs. In the return fixture, played in January 1972, Gibbs surpassed his previous effort, taking 7/49 from 27 overs. He consequently became the first Windward Islands bowler to take seven wickets in an innings. Gibbs made his final first-class appearance in April 1973, against the touring Australians. He took the wickets of Doug Walters and Kerry O'Keeffe in Australia's only inn