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The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end. Sometimes called a broadaxe ( Old Norse ...
The British West Indies dollar (BWI$) was the currency of British Guiana and the Eastern Caribbean territories of the British West Indies from 1949 to 1965, when it was largely replaced by the East Caribbean dollar, and was one of the currencies used in Jamaica from 1954 to 1964. [1] The monetary policy of the currency was overseen by the ...
England 1993–94. 1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 8 wickets. 2nd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by an innings and 44 runs. 3rd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 147 runs. 4th Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – England won by 208 runs.
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Website. www .eccb-centralbank .org. Valuation. Pegged with. U.S. dollar = XCD 2.70. The Eastern Caribbean dollar ( symbol: EC$; code: XCD) is the currency of all seven full members and one associate member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Queen Anne's proclamation of 1704 the first attempt to introduce the pound sterling currency system to the British West Indies; however it failed to displace the existing Spanish dollar currency system right up until the great silver devaluation of 1873. In addition to the Spanish dollars and gold doubloons, the British government coined 1/4, 1 ...
The West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies cricket team are made up of representatives from 15 mainly English-speaking countries in the Caribbean, which are: Anguilla [ n 1][ n 2] Antigua and Barbuda [ n 2] Barbados. British Virgin Islands [ n 1][ n 2] Dominica [ n 3] Grenada [ n 3] Guyana. Jamaica.
Pre-1999 Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board and Team Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board and Team used until mid-2017. From the 1880s onwards there had been no central body to co-ordinate the Inter-Colonial Tournaments and matches, select composite West Indian XIs for tours and against touring sides and to organise the West Indian tours of England, Canada and the United States.
Source: Trinidad and Tobago, captained by Joey Carew, retained their Shell Shield title. They beat Combined Islands and Barbados, and drew with Jamaica and Guyana.. The Beaumont Cup, a first-class knock-out competition competed for by North Trinidad, South Trinidad, Central Trinidad and East Trinidad, was retained by North Trinidad when the final between themselves and East Trinidad was drawn.