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The West Indies cricket team that toured England in the 1928 season was the first to play Test cricket. The team was not very successful, losing all three Tests by an innings and winning only five of the 30 first-class matches played.
1928 was the 35th season of County Championship cricket in England. The first Test series between England and West Indies team in England was won 3–0 by the host nation. Lancashire completed a hat-trick of titles.
England by an innings and 58 runs Test 174: 21–24 July: Percy Chapman: Karl Nunes: Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester England by an innings and 30 runs Test 175: 11–14 August: Percy Chapman: Karl Nunes: Kennington Oval, London England by an innings and 71 runs
Clifford Archibald Roach (13 March 1904 – 16 April 1988) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in 1928. Two years later, he scored the West Indies' first century in Test matches, followed two matches later by the team's first double century. Roach played for Trinidad, but before having any great success at ...
He was in England in the summer of 1926 playing a number of matches for M.C.C. and the Gentlemen v Players. Although he didn't have great success in the trial matches in 1927–28 he was an automatic choice for the West Indies' initial Test tour of England in 1928. He played in the three Tests during the tour but, turning 40 years of age during ...
20 July - BBC Grandstand features live coverage from the first day of the 3rd women's Test between England and Australia at The Oval. [2] This is the earliest known live television broadcast of women's Test cricket. 7 September – The BBC shows live coverage of the final of the first Gillette Cup final. [3] 1965
And to celebrate the 60th anniversary, NBC will air a special extended version of the special on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET, with an encore viewing scheduled for Dec. 12 at the same time.
Playing in the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1930 at Sabina Park, in Kingston, Jamaica, he was aged 52 years and 165 days on the final day's play. The oldest West Indian Test player is George Headley who was aged 44 years and 230 days when he represented West Indies for the final time in the 1954 tour by England at Sabina Park. [214]