Richard
de Souza
Sousa, Souza, de Sousa (literally 'from Sousa'), de Souza or D'Souza ( , ) is a common Portuguese-language surname, especially in Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, India (among Catholics in Goa, Mumbai, and Mangalore), and Galicia.
In Africa, the na ...
(1 March 1948 – 11 October 2007) was a
Trinidadian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who played as a batsman.
He played 34
first-class matches for
Trinidad and Tobago between 1964/65 and 1972/73.
Playing career
De Souza featured as a right handed middle order batsman in his cricketing career. Under the captaincy of
Joey Carew
Michael Conrad "Joey" Carew (15 September 1937 – 8 January 2011) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1963 to 1972.
An opening batsman and off-spin bowler Carew's sole Test century came against New Zealand at Eden Park in ...
, he helped
Trinidad and Tobago cop consecutive
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 ...
titles in 1970 and 1971. He eventually scored 3 hundreds and 15 half centuries at an average of 43.02 in his first class career.
Personal life
De Souza died in October 2007 from cancer at the age of 59.
References
External links
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1948 births
2007 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
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Trinidad and Tobago people of Portuguese descent