From the moment he stepped on to the pitch for Lisburn at CIYMS in April and scored 114 not out the club knew they had signed a very special batsman.

He has since been the scourge of most of the Senior League teams, registering centuries against, Derriaghy, Cliftonville, Carrickfergus and North Down and greatly helping Lisburn to the comfortable position of winning six league games out of twelve.

Gerry was born in Cape Town in 1979 and from an early age he was a very talented sportsman. He attended De Hoop and Paul Roos Gymnasium schools from 1991 and 1997 with awards for the best junior cricketer in 1994 and best senior cricketer in 1996 before moving into adult cricket with Cape Town team, Maties. After having seasons with Hermanus C.C, Easterns C.C and Brackenfell he returned there in 2006/2007.
Provincially, Gerry played for Boland from the age of 13 eventually making it into the Boland First team in 1999 and in 2004 he made his debut for the local franchise team Cape Cobras playing alongside names such as South African captain Graham Smith.

He served as a professional with Hetton Lyons in Durham and Himley C.C near Wolverhampton from 2003 until 2005 but it was not until club official Dean Simpson made contact with him through previous Lisburn pro, Andy Cyster that the likelihood of signing him became a reality.
Both Dean's sons, Lisburn players, David and Richard had been to Cape Town to improve their cricket and had seen Gerry play for Cape Cobras and were nothing short of greatly impressed.

Gerry's first class record is also extremely impressive having played 91 innings and scored 2980 runs at an average of 34.65 with a top score of 151 and his class was immediately obvious when he put together an unbeaten 114 against CIYMS on a typically wet early season wicket.
Since that afternoon in April, Gerry has shown his class on all kinds of wickets and was getting into full stride when the weather took a hand in the course of the season.

His outstanding performances were his 180 against Derriaghy and his 168 not out against Carrickfergus. In the Derriaghy game, Gerry hit the highest ever score by a Lisburn player and struck 16 boundaries and 5 sixes while against Cliftonville in the Park he completed his 168 with 10 boundaries and no less than 11 sixes including that never to be forgotten 6 sixes in an over bowled by the unfortunate Cliftonville spinner.
Gerry still reckons that his 116 against North Down was his best effort because of the quality of the bowling attack but his ambition is to score a century against every team in the league before he leaves Lisburn.
A quiet unassuming man who says little but offers a massive amount through his cricketing talent. He is keen to score many more runs and win a trophy for his adopted club and to coach the Lisburn youngsters into the senior team during the rest of this season and next as he has already renewed his contract for 2009.