Arthur Maynard (28 February 1909 – 16 November 1959) was a West Indian cricketer and footballer who played for
Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team
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and for
Trinidad and Tobago national football team. He was born in
Trinidad. A right-hand batsman, he played two
first-class matches against the
touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side of 1934/35.
Between the first and second
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the
MCC played two three-day matches against Trinidad at the
Queen's Park Oval. In the first of these Maynard made his first-class debut,
opening the batting in Trinidad's first innings he scored 200
not out in a team total of 371/6
declared
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, his innings contained 30
boundaries and the score was just five short of the record at the ground. In Trinidad's second innings Maynard batted at number ten and scored 2 not out as the match was
drawn.
In the second match Maynard scored 4 before he was dismissed by MCC
captain
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Bob Wyatt. After dismissing the MCC for 103 Trinidad required 100 for victory but in 12 remaining overs they managed 86 so the match was drawn, Maynard didn't bat. This was Maynard's second and last first-class match, he therefore ended his career with a
batting average of 206.
Maynard made two appearances, in 1933 and 1935, for North Trinidad against South Trinidad in the
Beaumont Cup The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian first-class cricket competition which regional sides competed for, the matches taking place over three days.
History
The competition began in 1925–26, when Rolland Beaumont, the South African Test player who ...
, however the competition wasn't awarded first-class status until 1959.
He played football as a full-back for the Trinidad and Tobago national team and
Everton F.C.
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in Trinidad and Tobago.
References
External links
Cricinfo profile
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1909 births
1959 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
Cricketers who have scored double centuries on first-class cricket debut
Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers