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West Indian Cricket Team In Australia And New Zealand In 1930–31
The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand and Australia from November 1930 to March 1931 and played a five-match Test cricket, Test series against the Australia national cricket team. Australia won the series 4–1. Australia were captained by Bill Woodfull, while the West Indies were coached by Jackie Grant. In addition, the West Indians played nine first-class cricket, first-class matches against Australian state teams and, in November, one match in New Zealand against Wellington cricket team, Wellington. Team * Jackie Grant (captain) * Lionel Birkett (vice-captain) * Ivan Barrow * Barto Bartlett * Learie Constantine * Frank de Caires * George Francis (cricketer), George Francis * Herman Griffith * George Headley * Errol Hunte * Frank Martin (cricketer), Frank Martin * Clifford Roach * Tommy Scott (cricketer), Tommy Scott * Derek Sealy * Edwin St Hill * Vibart Wight The manager was R. H. Mallett. New Zealand series summary Test series summary First Test Second Tes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Indies In Australia 1930-31
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος Hesperus, hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Occident, occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Headley
George Alphonso Headley OD, MBE (30 May 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before World War II. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for the West Indies and one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Headley also represented Jamaica and played professional club cricket in England. West Indies had a weak cricket team through most of Headley's playing career; as their one world-class player, he carried a heavy responsibility and the side depended on his batting. He batted at number three, scoring 2,190 runs in Tests at an average of 60.83, and 9,921 runs in all first-class matches at an average of 69.86. He was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1934. Headley was born in Panama but raised in Jamaica, where he quickly established a cricketing reputation as a batsman. He soon gained his place in the Jamaican cricket team, and narrowly missed selection for the West Indies tour of England in 1928. He m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Page (umpire)
Walter Page (1875 – 23 September 1958) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. South Africa, in 1932. See also * List of Test cricket umpires A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ... * South African cricket team in New Zealand in 1931–32 References 1875 births 1958 deaths Place of birth missing New Zealand Test cricket umpires {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cobcroft
Leslie Thomas Cobcroft (12 February 1867 – 9 March 1938) was a first-class cricketer in Australia and New Zealand, and Test match umpire in New Zealand. Cobcroft was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. He became a solicitor. A right-hand batsman and off-break bowler, he played 23 matches of first-class cricket from 1895–96 to 1909–10. He captained the New South Wales side that toured New Zealand in 1895–96. He settled in New Zealand, and played for Canterbury from 1897–98 to 1899–1900 and for Wellington from 1906–07 to 1909–10. He was the third captain for New Zealand in first-class cricket, captaining the side that toured Australia in 1898–99. He also captained Canterbury, Wellington and Wairarapa sides. In first-class games, he scored a total of 868 runs in 42 innings, at the relatively low batting average of 21.70, including 5 half-centuries. He made his highest score, 85 not out, carrying his bat for New South Wales against Welling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metro area, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Legends recount that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century, with initial settlement by Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa by the early 19th century. Wellington's current form was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, the first Surveyor General for Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company, in 1840. The Wellington urban area, which only includes urbanised ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basin Reserve
The Basin Reserve (commonly known as "The Basin") is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand. It has been used for Test matches, and is the main home ground for the Wellington Firebirds first-class team. The Basin Reserve is the only cricket ground to have New Zealand Historic Place status ( Category II) as it is the oldest Test cricket ground in the country. The ground has been used for events other than cricket, such as concerts, sports events and other social gatherings, but now it is mostly used for cricket, particularly Test matches. On 1 October 2021, Cello Communications, a Wellington-based telecommunications company was appointed as the naming rights partner of the ground, thus the commercial name of the stadium became the Cello Basin Reserve as part of a two-year agreement. The New Zealand Cricket Museum is located in the Old Grandstand. It houses cricket memorabilia and a reference library. It opened in 1987, and was relaunched in 2021. Location The Basin Rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Blundell
Sir Edward Denis Blundell, (29 May 1907 – 24 September 1984) was a New Zealand lawyer, cricketer and diplomat who served as the 12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977. Early life and family Denis Blundell was born in Wellington to Henry Percy Fabian Blundell, grandson of Henry Blundell, founder of '' The Evening Post'' and scion of the ancient Lancashire family. Blundell attended Waitaki Boys' High School and Trinity College, Cambridge. There he read Law and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1929. He never practised in the United Kingdom, however, and returned to New Zealand in 1930, practising as barrister and solicitor in Wellington. He was a partner in the Wellington law firm of Bell Gully from 1936 to 1968. During the Second World War, Blundell served in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 1939 to 1944. He fought in North Africa and Italy, was brigade major of the 5th Infantry Brigade from 1943 to 1944, briefly commanded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb McGirr
Herbert Mendelson McGirr (5 November 1891, in Wellington – 14 April 1964, in Nelson) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Tests in 1930. His father William McGirr played 14 matches for Wellington as an opening bowler from 1883–84 to 1889–90, taking 46 wickets at 11.80. Domestic career An all-rounder, McGirr played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1913–14 to 1932–33. He was a middle or lower order batsman who hit the ball hard and a steady medium-paced bowler. He toured England with the New Zealand cricket team under Tom Lowry in 1927, and scored more than 700 runs and took 49 wickets. No Tests were played on that tour. His best bowling figures (innings and match) came against Canterbury in 1921–22, when he took 7 for 45 and 3 for 47; he also top-scored in Wellington's first innings. He hit his highest score, 141, against Otago in 1930–31, then scored 101 in the next match, against Canterbury. International career In the 1929–30 season, when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vibart Wight
Claude Vibart Wight (28 July 1902 – 4 October 1969) was a West Indian cricketer who played two Tests in the 1920s and 1930s. Wight was born in Georgetown, British Guiana and made his first-class debut in 1925. He was a useful middle-order batsman and an occasional bowler who represented British Guiana against the visiting M.C.C. in February 1926 and a few days later he represented the West Indies, not then a Test playing nation, against the same tourists, scoring 90 in the second match and sharing a seventh-wicket partnership of 173 with Snuffy Browne. In 1928, despite having no leadership experience, Wight was appointed vice-captain for West Indies’ first Test visit and series against England. It was not a successful tour for Wight, scoring just 343 runs (average 20.17) but he made his Test debut in the third match of the series played at the Oval, scoring 23 and 12 not out. His only other Test was the third match of the return series, played in February 1930 at his ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin St Hill
Edwin Lloyd St Hill (9 March 1904 – 21 May 1957) 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. By the time the tour was over, St Hill had signed a contract to play professional cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Sealy
James Edward Derrick Sealy (11 September 1912 – 3 January 1982) was a West Indies, West Indian cricketer who played in 11 Test cricket, Tests from 1930 to 1939. He made his Test debut at 17 years 122 days, and remains the youngest West Indian Test player. He played for Barbados from 1928–29 to 1942–43, and for Trinidad from 1943–44 to 1948–49. In 1942, playing for Barbados against Trinidad, he took 8 for 8, dismissing Trinidad for 16. References External links Derek Sealy at Cricket Archive 1912 births 1982 deaths West Indies Test cricketers Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers Wicket-keepers {{Barbados-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Scott (cricketer)
Oscar Charles "Tommy" Scott (4 August 1892 – 15 June 1961) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' inaugural Test tour of England in 1928. Scott was born in Franklyn Town, Kingston, Jamaica. A leg-spinner and lower-order batsman, he took 11 for 138 for Jamaica against the English team in 1910-11 on his first-class debut at the age of 18. His best innings figures were 8 for 67 (12 for 132 in the match) in Jamaica's innings victory over L. H. Tennyson's XI in 1927–28. He played in eight Tests for the West Indies, including all five in the tour of Australia in 1930–31, when he finished the Australian first innings in the First Test by taking four wickets in nine deliveries without cost. Scott holds the record for the most runs conceded by a bowler in a Test. His match figures of 9 for 374, against England at Kingston in 1929–30, included a first innings bowling analysis of 80.2 overs, 13 maidens, 266 runs for 5 wickets, as England amassed 849 in a timeless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
