Clifford Archibald Roach was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in 1928. Two years later,he scored the West Indies' first century in Test matches,followed two matches later by the team's first double century. Roach played for Trinidad,but before having any great success at first-class level,he was chosen to tour England with a West Indies team in 1928 and scored over 1,000 runs. When England played in the West Indies in 1930,he recorded his ground-breaking centuries but had intermittent success at Test level afterwards. He toured Australia in 1930–31 and returned to England in 1933,when he once more passed 1,000 runs,but was dropped from the team in 1935. Within three years,he lost his place in the Trinidad team. Roach was generally inconsistent,but batted in an attacking and attractive style. Outside of cricket,he worked as a solicitor. Later in his life,he suffered from diabetes which necessitated the amputation of both his legs.
Nelson Betancourt ISO was a cricketer,A Right Handed wicket keeper batsman. He was born in Trinidad and Tobago and died there.
Maurius Pacheco Fernandes,known as Maurice Fernandes,was a West Indian Test cricketer who played first-class cricket for British Guiana between 1922 and 1932. He made two Test appearances for the West Indies,in 1928 and 1930. Fernandes played as a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He scored 2,087 first-class runs in 46 appearances at an average of 28.20.
Wilton H. St Hill was a West Indian international cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match during their inaugural Test tour of England. A right-handed batman who played in a variety of batting positions,he represented Trinidad in first-class cricket between 1912 and 1930 and played in three Test matches in total. Although his Test record was poor,he was highly regarded in Trinidad. In particular,writer C. L. R. James considered St Hill to be among the top batsmen in the world and dedicated a chapter of Beyond a Boundary to him. At the peak of his career,Lord Harris described him as the best batsman in the West Indies.
Joseph A. Small was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England. He scored the first half century for a West Indies player in Test cricket and played two further Test matches in his career. An all-rounder,he played domestic cricket for Trinidad between 1909 and 1932.
Edwin Lloyd St Hill was a Trinidadian cricketer who played two Test matches for the West Indies in 1930. His brothers,Wilton and Cyl,also played for Trinidad and Tobago;in addition,the former played Test matches for the West Indies. St Hill first played local cricket in with some success and graduated to the Trinidad and Tobago team. He played regularly for the next five years but was not selected for any representative West Indian teams. His increased success in 1929 attracted the attention of the West Indies selectors,and he played two Test matches against England in 1930. Although not particularly successful,he bowled steadily and was chosen to tour Australia with the West Indies in 1930–31. He was fairly effective in first-class games but the form of the other fast bowlers in the team meant that he was not chosen for any of the Test matches.
Glendon Lionel Gibbs was a West Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1955.
Cameron Wilberforce Smith is a former West Indian international cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1960 to 1962.
This article describes the history of West Indies cricket to 1918.
The West Indian cricket team that toured England in the 1928 season was the first to play Test cricket. The team was not very successful,losing all three Tests by an innings and winning only five of the 30 first-class matches played.
The English cricket team in the West Indies in 1934–35 was a cricket touring party sent to the West Indies under the auspices of the Marylebone Cricket Club for a tour lasting 2+1⁄2 months in 1934–35. The team played four Test matches against the West Indian cricket team,winning one match but losing two –the first series defeat of an English side by the West Indies.
Lord Brackley's XI was the fifth team of English cricketers to tour the West Indies,playing in the 1904–05 season. The team was captained by John Egerton,4th Earl of Ellesmere and played a total of 20 matches between January and April 1905,of which ten are regarded as first-class.
A team of Amateurs under the captaincy of Arthur Priestley toured the West Indies in the 1896-97 season playing matches between January and March 1897. They played a total of sixteen matches of which nine are regarded as first-class. They did not play in British Guiana.
Archibald Belford Cumberbatch was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler.
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1939 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 1–0 with two matches drawn. A total of 25 first-class matches were played and the West Indian side won eight of them and lost six,with the others drawn. The tour was abandoned a few days after the final test match because of the worsening international situation with the Second World War imminent. The last six matches from 26 August to 12 September were cancelled.
This article describes the history of cricket in the West Indies from 1919 to 1945.
This article describes the history of West Indies cricket from 1946 to 1970.
Yannick Ricardo Elliott is a Jamaican cricketer. Elliott is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Kingston,Surrey County.
George Alric R. Dewhurst was a Trinidadian cricketer who played for West Indies before the team attained Test match status. A highly regarded wicket-keeper,Dewhurst was an influential and popular member of the Trinidad and West Indian sides. In his later career,he improved substantially as a batsman. He toured England with the West Indies team in 1923 but missed the 1928 tour of England in controversial circumstances. Despite continued speculation that he would be recalled,he did not play representative cricket again.
Oscar William Weber was a Guyanese first-class cricketer.
