John Gleeson bowls during the 1971 one-dayer in Melbourne.
TAMWORTH’S first test cricketer John Gleeson has sadly died, leaving behind a legacy both on and off the pitch as one the city’s greatest products.
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Gleeson died in Tamworth Hospital at the age of 78.
Gleeson played 27 test matches for six years from 1967 as the 42nd Australian to wear the Baggy Green.
Tributes are flowing for Gleeson as the cricket world remembers one of the game’s original 'mystery spinners’.
More to come.
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