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"Whatever the future may have in store, the time is certainly not yet when the West Indies can hope to challenge England with a reasonable hope of success." The official verdict was less condemnatory, and MCC reported of the West Indies side that "much of their cricket was of a high order". MCC agreed to send a side to the West Indies for four ...
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 ...
The next year, England won a series against the West Indies for the first time in thirty-one years. The West Indies ended the decade with another 5–0 defeat, this time in Australia. For most of the 1990s, the West Indian batting lineup was dominated by Brian Lara. Lara became a regular in the side after the retirement of Viv Richards in 1991.
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 ...
International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI FC LA; 30 May 1928 England Wales 1–0 [1] — 16 June 1928 England England Rest — — 0–0 [1]
Francis Ignatius de Caires (12 May 1909 – 2 February 1959) was a British Guianese cricketer who played three Test matches for West Indies in the 1930s.. De Caires, who was of Portuguese descent, [1] [2] [3] was born in British Guiana and developed into a sound right-handed batsman who made his first-class debut for British Guiana against Trinidad at Port of Spain in the 1928/29 Inter ...
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.