Theophilus Augustus "Theo" Redhead (8 August 1930 – 27 August 1993) was a Grenadian cricketer who played for the

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and Combined Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-arm pace bowler. Redhead made his first-class debut in December 1959, in what was the inaugural first-class match for the Windward Islands (coming against a touring English team).First-class matches played by Theo Redhead
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 February 2016. In England's first innings, he opened the bowling with Frank Mason, and finished with 5/39 from 14.5 overs, including the wickets of

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, and

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. England were bowled out for 121, but still went on to win the match by ten wickets. Redhead also played in the Windwards' next first-class fixture, which came in March 1961 against another touring team (organised by E. W. Swanton, and featuring a mixture of English and non-English players). He was again his team's best bowler in the first innings, finishing with 3/58 (including the wicket of former Australian international

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). In October 1961, Redhead participated in the inaugural first-class fixture for the Combined Islands, against

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. His only other first-class appearance came in April 1962, for the Combined Islands against the touring Indians. However, he continued to play for

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in inter-island matches into the 1970s.Miscellaneous matches played by Theo Redhead
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

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