Prince Charles Smith Bartholomew (9 October 1939 – 25 April 2017) was a

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

cricketer who played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

from 1969 to 1978. An opening bowler and middle-order batsman, Bartholomew made his first-class debut in 1968-69. He had his most successful season with both bat and ball in 1970-71, scoring 325 runs at an average of 40.62 and taking 27 wickets at 21.96. He scored 95 not out and 53 not out for Trinidad against

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

in the

Shell Shield The Regional Four Day Competition, formerly known as Shell Shield and Carib Beer Cup, is the first-class cricket competition in the West Indies. It is administered by the Cricket West Indies. In the 2013-2014 season the winner of the tourname ...

, which Trinidad won. Captaining East 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 ...

, he took 5 for 35, 4 for 29, 2 for 33 and 2 for 73, as well as top-scoring in the final with 82, to lead East Trinidad to the title in their first season in the competition. Captaining North and East Trinidad in their first match in the Beaumont Cup in 1975-76, he took 8 for 27,South and Central Trinidad v North and East Trinidad 1975-76
/ref> which remain the best figures in the competition. Bartholomew captained Trinidad in the 1975-76 season, when they shared the Shell Shield title with

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

, and captained East Trinidad in most of their first-class matches from 1971 to 1979.

References

External links

Prince Bartholomew at Cricket Archive

"Local cricket fraternity mourns the 'Prince's' passing"
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