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Full name | Raphael Hugh Oswald Wallace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Government Road, Charlestown, Nevis | 29 May 1957|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Raffie" [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980–1985 | Leeward Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,24 February 2013 |
Raphael Hugh Oswald Wallace (born 29 May 1957) is a former Nevisian cricketer who played several matches with the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. From Charlestown,the island's capital and largest town,Wallace regularly represented Nevis in inter-island matches,playing from the late 1970s through to the late 1980s. [2] A right-arm fast bowler,he made his first-class debut for the Leewards during the 1979–80 season,in the semi-annual matches against the Windward Islands. [3] In the match,played at the Antigua Recreation Ground,Wallace took 2/33 in the Windwards' first innings,but in the second innings went wicketless,also scoring six runs without losing his wicket. [4] He did not play any further matches at first-class level,but several seasons later played twice for the team in the limited-overs Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy. [5] Wallace took a single wicket in a match against Barbados in February 1984,and two wickets against the same team just over a year later,opening the bowling with Conrad Bartlette. [6] [7]
His brother,Leon Claxton,also played representative cricket for Nevis. [8] His son,Philo Wallace,played for the Leeward Islands under-age teams, [9] before he was killed by a police constable in October 2015. [10] [11]
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