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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.
Saunders entered banking shortly before the outbreak of the First World War working at banks that ultimately became today's National Westminster Bank. [1] In 1928 he published a history of Stuckey's Bank, a private bank located in England's West Country which became part of Parr's Bank and then National Westminster Bank.
23 June 1928 England West Indies: 3–0 [3] — — — ... West Indies in England. Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 173: 23–26 June ...
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 ...
West Indies were scheduled to tour England in 1928, including their first Test matches. [5] The selectors organised three trial matches in Barbados in December 1927 and January 1928. [14] Small was dismissed only twice in five innings and scored 217 runs with a top-score of 81. [11] He also took five wickets, [12] and was selected to go on the ...
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.
The West Indies made their first ever official tour to South Africa in 1998–99. It was a disaster, starting with player revolts and ending with a 5–0 defeat. The 1999 World Cup campaign ended in the group stages. The next year, England won a series against the West Indies for the first time in thirty-one years. The West Indies ended the ...
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 ...