Glenn Trimble

Personal information

Full name

Glenn Samuel Trimble

Born

1 January 1963 (age 54)
Herston, Queensland, Australia

Batting style

Right-handed batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

all-rounder

International information

National side

Australia

ODI debut (cap 92)

19 January 1986 v New Zealand

Last ODI

27 January 1986 v New Zealand

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	2	57	22
Runs scored	4	2881	380
Batting average	4.00	33.11	22.35
100s/50s	–/–	4/16	1/–
Top score	4	138*	100*
Balls bowled	24	1848	120
Wickets	–	30	–
Bowling average	–	29.33	–
5 wickets in innings	–	1	–
10 wickets in match	n/a	–	n/a
Best bowling	–	5/50	4/49
Catches/stumpings	1/–	55/–	7/–

Glenn Samuel Trimble (born 1 January 1963, in Herston, Queensland) is a former cricketer who represented Australia and Queensland. A batsman who preferred to play straight, and a part-time medium pace bowler, Trimble was a regular member of the Queensland side in the mid-1980s, and won an Esso Scholarship in 1986, playing with the Essex County Cricket Club Second XI in England.

He played in four losing Queensland Sheffield Shield final teams.

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of former Queensland cricket captain and opening batsman Sam Trimble, Glenn Trimble attended Brisbane State High School and played in the cricket team.

Trimble was selected for the Australian Under 19 team in February 1982 and played three "tests" against the touring Pakistan U-19 team. (The captain was Mike Veletta and his teammates included Craig McDermott; Saleem Malik captained the Pakistan side). He scored 116 in the second test. He scored 232 runs over the 3 tests at 46.

Trimble made his Queensland debut in 1982-83 against WA, scoring 48.

The following summer he made 84 in a Shield game against Victoria and scored useful runs in a Queensland one day victory over the touring West Indians.

Other highlights that summer included 99 against Victoria and 71 against Tasmania. He played in the Shield final, which Queensland lost to WA; Trimble scored 0 and 6.

Trimble impressed over the 1984-85 summer with 42 for Qld against the touring West Indies., 90 against Victoria. and 67 not out against South Australia.

He made a century against Sri Lanka in a one day game. but then suffered a form slump.

His form recovered towards the end of the summer making 76 against South Australia. He scored some useful knocks of 38 and 16 in the Sheffield Shield final, which Queensland narrowly lost to NSW.

Trimble began the next summer well with 90 against Victoria. In a game against the touring New Zealand side, Trimble made 49 and 26. He had only bowled one first class over before but was given the ball and took 2-0 in his first over, and four for the game

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