West Indian cricket team in England in 1906
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The West Indian cricket team toured England in the 1906 season
. The team played 19 matches between 11 June and 18 August 1906 of which 13 were regarded as first-class.
A somewhat more formal selection process seems to have been followed than for the 1900 tour but the team was still selected by representatives from Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad. The team was perhaps a little stronger than that of 1900 but two tours to the West Indies in 1901-02 and 1904-05 had showed again that the combined West Indies team was of quite a modest standard compared to English first-class counties. Despite this the same mistake was made as in 1900 and an overly ambitious tour programme was arranged. This included 19 matches, mostly against first-class counties. As in 1900 they suffered a series of heavy defeats early on but later in the tour had some success, particularly in heavily defeating Yorkshire. The first-class teams fielded somewhat weakened sides to make the matches more competitive but the early defeats had again limited public interest.
Sydney Smith
was the star all-rounder of the team in the early matches but he later lost form, especially his batting. He was particularly effective against the minor teams. Richard Ollivierre
and Oliver Layne
also performed as useful all-rounders. Percy Goodman
, Bertie Harragin
, Lebrun Constantine
, George Challenor
and Harold Austin
all batted well on occasions. Harragin missed a number of matches through injury. Austin was perhaps a disappointment. As in 1900 the Jamaican players did little.
Tommie Burton
left the tour early. No reason for this is given in contemporary publications but it is reported that his tour "ended in acrimony when he was sent home after refusing to carry out menial duties for white members of the side.
Since the first tour
to England in the summer of 1900
there had been two further tours by English teams to the West Indies. These were the tours captained by Richard Bennett
in 1901-02 and by Lord Brackley
in 1904-05. The selection of the West Indies team took place after the 1905-06 Inter-Colonial Tournament
in January 1906. The team was selected by two representatives from each of the three competing colonies; Jamaica, Grenada and St. Vincent being unrepresented. Charles Ollivierre
was now playing for Derbyshire and so was unavailable.
The 15 players that made up the team consisted of:
Burton, Constantine, Goodman and Learmond had been part of the 1900 team. Richard Ollivierre was the brother of Charles Ollivierre who had toured in 1900.
R.H. Mallett
was the manager. Austin was elected as captain while Goodman and Harragin were chosen for the selection committee.
The majority of the team was white. The Professionals Burton, Cumberbatch and Layne were black as were Constantine and Ollivierre amongst the Amateurs.
Strangely Cumberbatch was invariably reported in contemporary publications as being "C.P. Cumberbatch" whereas it appears that he was actually "A.B. Cumberbatch", C.P. Cumberbatch being a different player.
In England the team stayed initially at the Manchester Hotel, Aldergate Street, London. The team practised at Lord's and played a number of preliminary matches, some arranged by WG Grace.
W.G. Grace's team won the toss and batted. The highlight of their innings was 105 by Albert Lawton out of 193 in 85 minutes, adding 150 for the fourth wicket with Edward Sewell in 70 minutes, the whole innings lasting just 3 and a half hours. When they batted the West Indians did badly and were 87/6 at the close. Only Lebrun Constantine
with 89 avoided complete disaster. Batting fourth he was ninth out and his runs were made out of 124 and came in just 95 minutes and scoring 60 of the 66 runs scored for the last four wickets.
W.G. Grace did not enforce the follow-on and Archie Cumberbatch
and Oliver Layne
took a number of early wickets and reduced Grace's team to 53/7. However the tail added good runs with William Murch making a useful 53. Layne ending up with 6/74. Getting 376 for victory was never on but the tourists disappointed with 128 having been 7/38 at one stage. Bertie Harragin
top scored with 50 made in 30 minutes with 5 6s, 4 4s and 2 2s, including 3 6s in one over from WG. The match was finished inside two days.
making 106 in 3 hours, Harold Austin
74 in 2 and a half hours and Bertie Harragin
51 in 40 minutes to give the West Indians a first innings lead of 153. Austin and Harragin added 151 for the fourth wicket in 125 minutes.
Batting again Essex did much better with Percy Perrin
and Charlie McGahey
scoring well and at the end of the second day they were 212/2, Perrin and McGahey adding 136 in the last 90 minutes of play. The tourists took a number of quick wickets early on the third day but a partnership of 95 for the last wicket in 50 minutes left them a target of 243. Only Sydney Smith
with 46* scored many runs and they fell 111 runs short.
. Lord Brackley's team consisted of 11 of those who had toured
the West Indies with him in the 1904-05 season. Hayes was playing in a county match and was unavailable. Burton, Challenor and Morrison replaced Cumberbatch, Goodman and Parker.
Batting first the West Indies did badly and were dismissed for 158 with George Simpson-Hayward
taking 7/37 with his lobs. Richard Ollivierre
was top score with 41 in 50 minutes. Teddy Wynyard
scored a rapid 76 in the reply of 213 with Charles Morrison
taking 5/58.
Second time round the tourists started badly and were 99/6. A useful partnership of 149 in 80 minutes for the seventh wicket between Harold Austin
and Bertie Harragin
enabled them to set Lord Brackley's XI a target of 244. Harragin made 86 in 90 minutes. When the home side batted Morrison took quick wickets and the score was 80/4 at the close. Wynyard, who had opened in the first innings, batted down the order because of injury and used a runner. He was again the top scorer with 70* in 125 minutes and led the team to an exciting two wicket victory. Ollivierre was no-balled when, seeing Wynyard out of his ground, he threw at the stumps in an attempt to run him out.
scoring 68 out of 94 in 65 minutes. The Minor Counties got within 12 runs of the West Indian score with 62 in 88 minutes from William Coleman from Hertfordshire the top scorer.
The second time around the tourists did much better. Sydney Smith
with 93 and Harragin with 63 adding 130 runs for the fifth wicket in 80 minutes. Set a target of 351 the Minor Counties were quickly 11/3 and never got close. Smith took 5/45 to go with his 4/86 in the first innings and his scored of 23 and 93.
After the match Harragin attempted to beat his West Indian record for throwing the cricket ball. However he only reached 124 yards 2 feet 10 inches compared to his record of 128 yards 4 inches.
dislocated a finger and Richard Ollivierre
replaced him as wicket-keeper. Oliver Layne
ended up with 7/76. The tourists did badly when they batted and were 103/8 at the end of the first day.
On the second morning the West Indians followed-on and were quickly 57/4. Bertie Harragin
and Harold Austin
then added 90 in 65 minutes. Harragin's innings of 57 lasted 75 minutes. The tourists were headed for an innings defeat but a ninth wicket stand of 48 in 30 minutes between Lebrun Constantine
and Tommie Burton
enabled them to set a target of 47. In the match 5 of the West Indian batsmen were run out. The match ended a day early.
After the match Harragin made another attempt at throwing the cricket ball. This time he reached only 119 yards 2 feet.
Rain prevented play until after 2:30 on the first day. Wiltshire scored 233 with Arthur Newman scoring 72 with 4 6s. Sydney Smith
took 8/93. In reply the West Indians were dismissed for 149 with Smith top scorer with 52 and William Overton taking 5/58.
A draw looked likely but the pitch was ruined by rain and the tourists lost by 86 runs. Smith took 4/46 in the second Wiltshire innings and with 26 was top scorer again in the West Indians second innings. Ollivierre, who had kept wicket for most of the match, took 4/5 in 2.4 overs, all bowled. The West Indians started their innings with only 90 minutes remaining but were dismissed 4 minutes before the end of the match.
again top score with 48 adding 84 with Percy Goodman
in 75 minutes. William Langford took 8/82. Charlie Llewellyn with 60 and Phil Mead
with 132 added 124 for the third wicket. At the close of play Hampshire were in a commanding position at 235/3. Mead was eventually out after an innings lasting 170 minutes and Hampshire had a first innings lead of 183.
The West Indians batted better second time around. Richard Ollivierre
made 67 and Smith again excelled with 100, the pair adding 100 for the fifth wicket in 55 minutes. Ollivierre hit in splendid fashion. Set 111 Hampshire were 61/4 but made the target comfortably. Smith took 4/53 and 7 wickets in the match.
again batted well scoring 140* in 145 minutes. He added 126 with Lebrun Constantine
in 65 minutes and then 110 with Richard Ollivierre
in 70 minutes.
Smith wrapped up the tail on the second morning and ended with figures of 5/28. The tourists made 176 when they batted again and set the South Wales team an impossible target of 399. Only Alec Thackeray batted well scoring 59 in 35 minutes. Smith took 4/36.
Smith had been top scorer and leading wicket taker for the West Indians in each of the last three matches. He had had a run of being top scorer in 5 consecutive innings. At this stage of the tour he had scored over 700 runs at an average approaching 60 and taken over 50 wickets at an average of under 20 in just 8 matches, 4 first-class and 4 not.
scored 82 out of 155 in 90 minutes while Frank Woolley
scored 77 out of 122 in 45 minutes. Only Richard Ollivierre
was at all effective with 7/144. The tourists were 15/0 at the close.
Most of the tourists got to double figures but they only reached a total 248, Colin Blythe
taking 7/86. Keith Bancroft
top scored with 53 in 90 minutes. Following-on Harold Austin
and Bertie Harragin
added 79 for the second wicket in 55 minutes but thereafter wickets fell at regular innings and they fell 14 runs short of making Kent bat again. Harragin sustained a leg injury which forced him miss a number of matches. The match finished a day early.
, a native of Trinidad and included Edward Challenor, an elder brother of George Challenor
who was playing occasionally for Leicestershire and who was born in Barbados. Batting first lost wickets regularly although George Challenor made 59 in 80 minutes the tourists were 136/7 at lunchtime. After lunch Archie Cumberbatch
scored a rapid 59* in 65 minutes enabling the total to reach 240. The M.C.C. were 89/6 but then Warner and Charles Veal added 80 in 45 minutes and then Gerry Weigall added 75 with Warner in 50 minutes and the M.C.C. gained a first innings lead of 29. Sydney Smith
took 5/78.
The tourists were 73/3 at lunch on the second day but afterwards they collapsed before Bert Vogler
, the South African googly bowler, who ended up with 9/44, the other batsman being run out. He had not bowled in the innings until the score was 35/0. Set just 87 the M.C.C. made the runs easily. The game finished a day early again.
, Richard
's brother, who had toured with the West Indies in 1900. Batting first the tourists made 233 with Percy Goodman
scoring 81* out of 142 in 140 minutes. Derbyshire reached 105/3 by the close. On the second day they reached 217, 16 short of the West Indian total.
Batted again the West Indians were 62/4 but Oliver Layne
scored 63 in 115 minutes added useful runs with Richard Ollivierre
and Harold Austin
. Derbyshire had 2 overs at the end of the second day. Set 259 Derbyshire Charles Ollivierre
and Ernest Needham
, the England footballer, added 123 in 65 minutes. Maynard Ashcroft who had retired earlier with a fly in his eye returned and saw Derbyshire to a 6 wickets victory with Ollivierre.
scoring a rapid 68 in 50 minutes and adding 87 with Oliver Layne
. The tourists were heading for a small lead but a last wicket stand of 72 between Harold Austin
and George Learmond
gave then a lead of 102.
Scotland fared badly when they batted again and were 45/3. A stand of 78 between Maurice Dickson
and Charles Mannes saw then to 155/4 at the close of the second day. Dickson was bowled by Richard Ollivierre
but the bails took several seconds to fall and he was given not out by the umpire. He eventually took his score to 81 on the third day and the tourists were set a target of 203. George Challenor
with 90 scored out of 148 lead the West Indians to a 6 wicket victory.
Winning the toss the tourists batted and made 201 with Lebrun Constantine
top scorer with 54 in 70 minutes. In reply the England XI made just 138. On the second day the West Indians scored 158 with Constantine again top scorer with 51, Sam Hargreave
taking 7/49. The England XI reached 40/0 by the close. Most of the last day was lost to rain and the match was drawn. Willie Quaife
and Arthur Day
added 20 in 10 minutes at one stage.
played an excellent innings of 97 in the first innings. George Turnbull, who never played a first-class game taking 8/110. In reply the combined team was 102/8 at the close.
Play did not start until 4pm on the second day because of rain. Set 237 on the third day the batting of combined team proved disappointing. In the match Sydney Smith
scored 41 and 32 and took 6/56 and 5/49.
79 and Oliver Layne
63 adding 117 for the second wicket in 70 minutes. When they batted Yorkshire were sensationally dismissed for 50 in 80 minutes with Richard Ollivierre
7/23 and Sydney Smith
3/27 bowling unchanged.
They did not enforce the follow-on on the second morning. George Challenor
and Constantine added 69 for the first wicket in 35 minutes, Layne scored another half century and Percy Goodman
102* out of 173 in 90 minutes before the declaration at 4pm, setting Yorkshire a target of 525. Yorkshire reached 114/4 in 100 minutes by the close of the second day. David Denton
, 42* overnight, reached 112* but the team fell well short of their target. Ollivierre took 4 more wickets to add to his 7 in the first innings. This was certainly the best result of the tour.
added 83 in an hour and the home side eventually reached 274. In reply George Challenor
and Lebrun Constantine
scored 86 in 50 minutes and the tourists reached 124/2 at the close of play. Constantine eventually scored 92 in 110 minutes adding 79 in an hour with Sydney Smith
. The rest added little and the tourists ended up 32 short on the first innings. William Odell took 6/60.
Leicestershire made a bad start to their second innings and were 105/6. Coe and Vivian Crawford, who scored 51, then added 64 in 30 minutes. Coe was then joined by Richard Crawford and added 51 more and then Coe and Thomas Jayes added 46 more before the close of play, leaving them in a strong position 299 ahead. Coe eventually fell for 86 made in 150 minutes and the tourists were left to make 351. Challenor and Constantine again gave the West Indians a good start adding 116 for the first wicket. Smith, Percy Goodman
and Harold Austin
all added useful runs and at 241/4 a surprise win looked possible. Wickets then fell regularly and they ended up 24 runs short.
made 37, Lebrun Constantine
41, Oliver Layne
62, Percy Goodman
88, Harold Austin
32 and Richard Ollivierre
42.
Ollivierre and Layne had Norfolk in trouble and they were bowled out for 91. Following-on they did a little better but Layne and Sydney Smith
this time did the damage. Basil Cozens-Hardy top scored with 48. In the match Ollivierre took 3/42, Layne 9/89 and Smith 7/90.
and Wilfred Payton added 123 in 80 minutes for the third wicket. Payton eventually fell for 113 in 135 minutes. The remaining wickets fell in 55 minutes on the second morning. The tourists started badly being 2/3 in the first over. Sydney Smith
scored 43 but it was left to Bertie Harragin
with 26 to avoid the follow-on. Thomas Wass
took 5/89.
When they batted again John Gunn
scored 112 out of the innings total of 180 scored in 130 minutes, reaching his century in two hours. Left with nearly four hours to get 328 the West Indians started well with George Challenor
and Oliver Layne
scoring 129 for the first wicket. Challenor eventually made 108 and a useful stand between Harragin 43* and Archie Cumberbatch
13* saw out time. Albert Hallam
took 9 wickets in the match.
and Lebrun Constantine
added 60 in 50 minutes giving the tourists a good start. Wickets then fell and it was left to Percy Goodman
with 107 and Richard Ollivierre
with 50 to enable the total to reach 297 made in 220 minutes. Goodman's innings lasted 150 minutes. Northamptonshire were soon in trouble and ended the day on 29/4, Ollivierre and Sydney Smith
taking two wickets each. On the second day only George Thompson
with 51 did much and the team was dismissed for 85. Smith ended up with 6/39.
The tourists did not enforce the follow-on and were quickly dismissed for 99 by Thompson with 5/47 and William East with 4/45. Scoring 312 to win seemed unlikely but they reached 60/1 at the close of the second day. Ollivierre and Smith again did the damage and the tourists won comfortably by 155 runs. Smith took 6/60 to return match figures of 12/99.
on August 20 and 21. the West Indians scored 268 and 146, W.H. Laverton's XI 154 and 150/6 and the match was drawn. This additional match was played after the tour proper had ended and was not regarded as part of it. A yet further match is noted in which Constantine scored 111 but no other details are given.
The team sailed from England on the RMS "Trent" encountering a storm on the voyage and reached Barbados on September 17.
Sydney Smith
remained in England after the tour to qualify for Northamptonshire.
Although Bancroft was selected as the wicket-keeper at least 3 other players kept wicket at various times. Ollivierre was clearly a useful keeper but was too valuable as a bowler.
The running between the wickets was still poor and there were a large number of run outs.
The fielding was also regarded as of low standard. "They must, if they wish to succeed, pick the ball up clean."
Some comments were made about the fielding positions used by the tourists. 'Cricket' reports that "The West Indians still arrange their field in a manner which seems curious to Englishmen, and apparently they do not yet realise that a cover-point 50 and 60 yards from the wicket cannot possibly save the single, and can seldom cover enough ground to save the four. Sometimes they have an extra-cover who, while cover stands close in, fields almost behind him at a distance of forty yards or so; but once or twice at Lord's on Monday in the M.C.C. match the ball went through both men, although it was not hit hard enough to reach the boundary. On the same day Challenor sometimes at point and sometimes in a position which is a sort of "third man close in", fielded brilliantly."
In all 19 matches SG Smith
was leading run scorer with 1107. LS Constantine
with 1025 and G Challenor
with 1017 also reached 1000 runs.
Ollivierre bowled 3 wides, Smith 2 no balls and 12 wides, Morrison 2 no balls, Cumberbatch 3 wides, Parker 2 wides.
In all 19 matches SG Smith
took 116 wickets. RC Ollivierre
was second highest wicket taker with 71.
1906 English cricket season
The 1906 English cricket season saw the Championship decided on the very last day with Kent just pipping Yorkshire for the title. George Hirst achieved the unique feat of a "double Double", i.e...
. The team played 19 matches between 11 June and 18 August 1906 of which 13 were regarded as first-class.
A somewhat more formal selection process seems to have been followed than for the 1900 tour but the team was still selected by representatives from Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad. The team was perhaps a little stronger than that of 1900 but two tours to the West Indies in 1901-02 and 1904-05 had showed again that the combined West Indies team was of quite a modest standard compared to English first-class counties. Despite this the same mistake was made as in 1900 and an overly ambitious tour programme was arranged. This included 19 matches, mostly against first-class counties. As in 1900 they suffered a series of heavy defeats early on but later in the tour had some success, particularly in heavily defeating Yorkshire. The first-class teams fielded somewhat weakened sides to make the matches more competitive but the early defeats had again limited public interest.
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
was the star all-rounder of the team in the early matches but he later lost form, especially his batting. He was particularly effective against the minor teams. Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
and Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
also performed as useful all-rounders. Percy Goodman
Percy Goodman
Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days...
, Bertie Harragin
Bertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
, Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
, George Challenor
George Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
and Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
all batted well on occasions. Harragin missed a number of matches through injury. Austin was perhaps a disappointment. As in 1900 the Jamaican players did little.
Tommie Burton
Tommie Burton
William Thomas Burton was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 and 1906 West Indian tourists to England. He is generally known as Tommie Burton.He was the son of a black mother and a white father...
left the tour early. No reason for this is given in contemporary publications but it is reported that his tour "ended in acrimony when he was sent home after refusing to carry out menial duties for white members of the side.
Touring team
West Indian cricket team in England in 1900
The West Indian cricket team toured England in the 1900 season. The team played 17 matches between 11 June and 11 August 1900.There had been three tours by teams of English Amateurs to the West Indies in the mid 1890s and the idea of sending a combined West Indies team to England had gradually...
to England in the summer of 1900
1900 English cricket season
The 1900 English cricket season saw Yorkshire finish the season unbeaten in the County Championship, the first time this had happened since the start of the official championship in 1890. They therefore became county champions, while defending champions Surrey finished in the middle of the pack in...
there had been two further tours by English teams to the West Indies. These were the tours captained by Richard Bennett
RA Bennett's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1901-02
After a gap of 5 years the fourth team of English cricketers toured the West Indies in the 1901-02 season. The team was captained by Mr. R.A. Bennett and, like the earlier tourists, consisted solely of Amateurs. They played a total of 19 matches, of which 13 are regarded as first class, between...
in 1901-02 and by Lord Brackley
Lord Brackley's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1904-05
Lord Brackley's XI was the fifth team of English cricketers to tour the West Indies, playing in the 1904-05 season. The team was captained by John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and played a total of 20 matches between January and April 1905, of which ten are regarded as first class...
in 1904-05. The selection of the West Indies team took place after the 1905-06 Inter-Colonial Tournament
Inter-Colonial Tournament
The Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies before World War II.- Competing teams :* Barbados* British Guiana* Trinidad...
in January 1906. The team was selected by two representatives from each of the three competing colonies; Jamaica, Grenada and St. Vincent being unrepresented. Charles Ollivierre
Charles Ollivierre
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907 becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county....
was now playing for Derbyshire and so was unavailable.
The 15 players that made up the team consisted of:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| H.B.G. Austin Harold Austin Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G..... (c Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... ) |
Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
| C.K. Bancroft Keith Bancroft Claude Keith Bancroft was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906 as their wicket-keeper.... |
Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
| W.T. Burton Tommie Burton William Thomas Burton was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 and 1906 West Indian tourists to England. He is generally known as Tommie Burton.He was the son of a black mother and a white father... |
British Guiana British Guiana British Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.The area was originally settled by the Dutch at the start of the 17th century as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice... |
| Dr. J.J. Cameron John Joseph Cameron John Joseph Cameron was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... |
| G. Challenor George Challenor George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test... |
Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
| L.S. Constantine Lebrun Constantine Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler... |
Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in... |
| A.B. Cumberbatch Archie Cumberbatch Archibald Belford Cumberbatch was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler.... |
Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in... |
| P.A. Goodman Percy Goodman Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days... |
Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
| A.E.A. Harragin Bertie Harragin Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an... |
Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in... |
| O.H. Layne Oliver Layne Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906... |
Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
| G.C. Learmond George Learmond (cricketer) George Cyril Learmond was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906.... |
Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in... |
| C.S. Morrison Charles Morrison (cricketer) Charles Stuart Morrison was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... |
| R.C. Ollivierre Richard Ollivierre Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper.... |
St. Vincent Saint Vincent (island) Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between Saint Lucia and Grenada. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains... |
| J.E. Parker John Parker (West Indian cricketer) John Ernest Parker was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
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Burton, Constantine, Goodman and Learmond had been part of the 1900 team. Richard Ollivierre was the brother of Charles Ollivierre who had toured in 1900.
R.H. Mallett
Harry Mallett
Richard Henry Mallett was a cricket player and administrator....
was the manager. Austin was elected as captain while Goodman and Harragin were chosen for the selection committee.
The majority of the team was white. The Professionals Burton, Cumberbatch and Layne were black as were Constantine and Ollivierre amongst the Amateurs.
Strangely Cumberbatch was invariably reported in contemporary publications as being "C.P. Cumberbatch" whereas it appears that he was actually "A.B. Cumberbatch", C.P. Cumberbatch being a different player.
Preliminaries
13 of the team departed from Barbados aboard RMS "Trent" on May 22 arriving in Southampton on June 4 via Cherbourg. Bancroft and Cameron were already in England. Mr Mallet met the team at Southampton.In England the team stayed initially at the Manchester Hotel, Aldergate Street, London. The team practised at Lord's and played a number of preliminary matches, some arranged by WG Grace.
Status
Of the 19 matches 6 were not regarded as first-class. These were the matches against Lord Brackley's XI, Minor Counties XI, Wiltshire, South Wales, Northumberland and Durham, and Norfolk. These are shown in italics below.Match 1 v W.G. Grace's XI
By a strange coincidence this match started on exactly the same day and date as the 1900 tour, i.e. Monday 11 June. The home team was styled W.G. Grace's XI rather than London County, mainly because London County had lost its first-class status at this time. The tourists left out Cameron, Morrison, Ollivierre and Parker.W.G. Grace's team won the toss and batted. The highlight of their innings was 105 by Albert Lawton out of 193 in 85 minutes, adding 150 for the fourth wicket with Edward Sewell in 70 minutes, the whole innings lasting just 3 and a half hours. When they batted the West Indians did badly and were 87/6 at the close. Only Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
with 89 avoided complete disaster. Batting fourth he was ninth out and his runs were made out of 124 and came in just 95 minutes and scoring 60 of the 66 runs scored for the last four wickets.
W.G. Grace did not enforce the follow-on and Archie Cumberbatch
Archie Cumberbatch
Archibald Belford Cumberbatch was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler....
and Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
took a number of early wickets and reduced Grace's team to 53/7. However the tail added good runs with William Murch making a useful 53. Layne ending up with 6/74. Getting 376 for victory was never on but the tourists disappointed with 128 having been 7/38 at one stage. Bertie Harragin
Bertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
top scored with 50 made in 30 minutes with 5 6s, 4 4s and 2 2s, including 3 6s in one over from WG. The match was finished inside two days.
Match 2 v Essex
Ollivierre and Parker replaced Burton and Challenor. Essex won the toss, batted and made 226 on a cold day. Left-handed New Zealander Dan Reese top scored with 70 out of 178 in 140 minutes. When they batted the tourists did well with Oliver LayneOliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
making 106 in 3 hours, Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
74 in 2 and a half hours and Bertie Harragin
Bertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
51 in 40 minutes to give the West Indians a first innings lead of 153. Austin and Harragin added 151 for the fourth wicket in 125 minutes.
Batting again Essex did much better with Percy Perrin
Percy Perrin
Percival Albert Perrin , known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer, who played for Essex as a right-handed, middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 1896.Perrin was a Tottenham publican and a property developer who organised his considerable business...
and Charlie McGahey
Charlie McGahey
Charles Percy McGahey was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Essex between 1894 and 1921. McGahey also played for London County between 1901 and 1904 and was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1902...
scoring well and at the end of the second day they were 212/2, Perrin and McGahey adding 136 in the last 90 minutes of play. The tourists took a number of quick wickets early on the third day but a partnership of 95 for the last wicket in 50 minutes left them a target of 243. Only Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
with 46* scored many runs and they fell 111 runs short.
Match 3 v Lord Brackley's West Indian XI
This match was ruled not first-class by the M.C.C.Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
. Lord Brackley's team consisted of 11 of those who had toured
Lord Brackley's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1904-05
Lord Brackley's XI was the fifth team of English cricketers to tour the West Indies, playing in the 1904-05 season. The team was captained by John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and played a total of 20 matches between January and April 1905, of which ten are regarded as first class...
the West Indies with him in the 1904-05 season. Hayes was playing in a county match and was unavailable. Burton, Challenor and Morrison replaced Cumberbatch, Goodman and Parker.
Batting first the West Indies did badly and were dismissed for 158 with George Simpson-Hayward
George Simpson-Hayward
George Hayward Thomas Simpson-Hayward was an English cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1910...
taking 7/37 with his lobs. Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
was top score with 41 in 50 minutes. Teddy Wynyard
Teddy Wynyard
Edward George Wynyard was an English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1896 to 1906.He captained Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1896 and 1899....
scored a rapid 76 in the reply of 213 with Charles Morrison
Charles Morrison (cricketer)
Charles Stuart Morrison was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906...
taking 5/58.
Second time round the tourists started badly and were 99/6. A useful partnership of 149 in 80 minutes for the seventh wicket between Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
and Bertie Harragin
Bertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
enabled them to set Lord Brackley's XI a target of 244. Harragin made 86 in 90 minutes. When the home side batted Morrison took quick wickets and the score was 80/4 at the close. Wynyard, who had opened in the first innings, batted down the order because of injury and used a runner. He was again the top scorer with 70* in 125 minutes and led the team to an exciting two wicket victory. Ollivierre was no-balled when, seeing Wynyard out of his ground, he threw at the stumps in an attempt to run him out.
Match 4 v Minor Counties XI
Cumberbatch, Goodman and Parker replaced Austin, Bancroft and Burton. Goodman captained the side, won the toss and batted first, Ollivierre kept with in Bancroft's absence. The tourists made a disappointing score of just 204 with Bertie HarraginBertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
scoring 68 out of 94 in 65 minutes. The Minor Counties got within 12 runs of the West Indian score with 62 in 88 minutes from William Coleman from Hertfordshire the top scorer.
The second time around the tourists did much better. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
with 93 and Harragin with 63 adding 130 runs for the fifth wicket in 80 minutes. Set a target of 351 the Minor Counties were quickly 11/3 and never got close. Smith took 5/45 to go with his 4/86 in the first innings and his scored of 23 and 93.
After the match Harragin attempted to beat his West Indian record for throwing the cricket ball. However he only reached 124 yards 2 feet 10 inches compared to his record of 128 yards 4 inches.
Match 5 v Surrey
Austin, Bancroft and Burton replaced Cumberbatch, Goodman and Learmond. Surrey batted first and reached 174/2 at lunchtime. When 6 wickets were down Keith BancroftKeith Bancroft
Claude Keith Bancroft was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906 as their wicket-keeper....
dislocated a finger and Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
replaced him as wicket-keeper. Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
ended up with 7/76. The tourists did badly when they batted and were 103/8 at the end of the first day.
On the second morning the West Indians followed-on and were quickly 57/4. Bertie Harragin
Bertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
and Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
then added 90 in 65 minutes. Harragin's innings of 57 lasted 75 minutes. The tourists were headed for an innings defeat but a ninth wicket stand of 48 in 30 minutes between Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
and Tommie Burton
Tommie Burton
William Thomas Burton was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 and 1906 West Indian tourists to England. He is generally known as Tommie Burton.He was the son of a black mother and a white father...
enabled them to set a target of 47. In the match 5 of the West Indian batsmen were run out. The match ended a day early.
After the match Harragin made another attempt at throwing the cricket ball. This time he reached only 119 yards 2 feet.
Match 6 v Wiltshire
Cameron, Cumberbatch, Goodman and Learmond replaced Bancroft, Constantine, Morrison and Parker. Ollivierre kept wicket. This was Cameron's first match of the tour and was to be Burton's last. Wiltshire won the toss and batted. This was a 2 day match.Rain prevented play until after 2:30 on the first day. Wiltshire scored 233 with Arthur Newman scoring 72 with 4 6s. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
took 8/93. In reply the West Indians were dismissed for 149 with Smith top scorer with 52 and William Overton taking 5/58.
A draw looked likely but the pitch was ruined by rain and the tourists lost by 86 runs. Smith took 4/46 in the second Wiltshire innings and with 26 was top scorer again in the West Indians second innings. Ollivierre, who had kept wicket for most of the match, took 4/5 in 2.4 overs, all bowled. The West Indians started their innings with only 90 minutes remaining but were dismissed 4 minutes before the end of the match.
Match 7 v Hampshire
Bancroft, Constantine and Morrison replaced Burton, Layne and Learmond. Batting first the tourists made a disappointing score of just 166, Sydney SmithSydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
again top score with 48 adding 84 with Percy Goodman
Percy Goodman
Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days...
in 75 minutes. William Langford took 8/82. Charlie Llewellyn with 60 and Phil Mead
Phil Mead
Charles Phillip Mead was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings , second eldest of seven children...
with 132 added 124 for the third wicket. At the close of play Hampshire were in a commanding position at 235/3. Mead was eventually out after an innings lasting 170 minutes and Hampshire had a first innings lead of 183.
The West Indians batted better second time around. Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
made 67 and Smith again excelled with 100, the pair adding 100 for the fifth wicket in 55 minutes. Ollivierre hit in splendid fashion. Set 111 Hampshire were 61/4 but made the target comfortably. Smith took 4/53 and 7 wickets in the match.
Match 8 v South Wales
Parker replaced Harragin. The South Wales side consisted of players from Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. The game was virtually won on the first day when the West Indians won the toss, scored 324 and had the South Wales team at 93/6. The tourists were 23/4 but Sydney SmithSydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
again batted well scoring 140* in 145 minutes. He added 126 with Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
in 65 minutes and then 110 with Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
in 70 minutes.
Smith wrapped up the tail on the second morning and ended with figures of 5/28. The tourists made 176 when they batted again and set the South Wales team an impossible target of 399. Only Alec Thackeray batted well scoring 59 in 35 minutes. Smith took 4/36.
Smith had been top scorer and leading wicket taker for the West Indians in each of the last three matches. He had had a run of being top scorer in 5 consecutive innings. At this stage of the tour he had scored over 700 runs at an average approaching 60 and taken over 50 wickets at an average of under 20 in just 8 matches, 4 first-class and 4 not.
Match 9 v Kent
Harragin and Learmond replaced Cameron and Parker. The Kent innings of 471 lasted just 4 hours and 40 minutes. Arthur DayArthur Day
Arthur Percival Day, born 10 April 1885, at Blackheath, Kent, and died 22 January 1969, at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, was a cricketer who played for Kent during the period of the county's greatest success in the County Championship.-Career:...
scored 82 out of 155 in 90 minutes while Frank Woolley
Frank Woolley
Frank Edward Woolley was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. In a career lasting more than thirty years, he scored more first-class runs than anyone but Sir Jack Hobbs, and took over 2,000 wickets at an average of under 20...
scored 77 out of 122 in 45 minutes. Only Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
was at all effective with 7/144. The tourists were 15/0 at the close.
Most of the tourists got to double figures but they only reached a total 248, Colin Blythe
Colin Blythe
Colin Blythe , also known as Charlie Blythe, was a Kent and England left arm spinner who is regarded as one of the finest bowlers of the period between 1900 and 1914 - sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age" of cricket.-Career:Blythe first played...
taking 7/86. Keith Bancroft
Keith Bancroft
Claude Keith Bancroft was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906 as their wicket-keeper....
top scored with 53 in 90 minutes. Following-on Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
and Bertie Harragin
Bertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
added 79 for the second wicket in 55 minutes but thereafter wickets fell at regular innings and they fell 14 runs short of making Kent bat again. Harragin sustained a leg injury which forced him miss a number of matches. The match finished a day early.
Match 10 v M.C.C.
Morrison replaced the injured Harragin. The M.C.C. team was captained by Plum WarnerPlum Warner
Sir Pelham Francis Warner MBE , affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or even "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket was a Test cricketer....
, a native of Trinidad and included Edward Challenor, an elder brother of George Challenor
George Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
who was playing occasionally for Leicestershire and who was born in Barbados. Batting first lost wickets regularly although George Challenor made 59 in 80 minutes the tourists were 136/7 at lunchtime. After lunch Archie Cumberbatch
Archie Cumberbatch
Archibald Belford Cumberbatch was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler....
scored a rapid 59* in 65 minutes enabling the total to reach 240. The M.C.C. were 89/6 but then Warner and Charles Veal added 80 in 45 minutes and then Gerry Weigall added 75 with Warner in 50 minutes and the M.C.C. gained a first innings lead of 29. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
took 5/78.
The tourists were 73/3 at lunch on the second day but afterwards they collapsed before Bert Vogler
Bert Vogler
Albert Edward Ernest Vogler was a South African cricketer.Vogler was born in Swartwater, Queenstown, Eastern Cape. He began his cricket career for Natal as an attacking lower order right-handed batsman and fast medium bowler before acquiring the googly from Reggie Schwarz on that player’s return...
, the South African googly bowler, who ended up with 9/44, the other batsman being run out. He had not bowled in the innings until the score was 35/0. Set just 87 the M.C.C. made the runs easily. The game finished a day early again.
Match 11 v Derbyshire
Cameron and Layne replaced Bancroft and Parker, Ollivierre keeping wicket. Derbyshire's team included Charles OllivierreCharles Ollivierre
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907 becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county....
, Richard
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
's brother, who had toured with the West Indies in 1900. Batting first the tourists made 233 with Percy Goodman
Percy Goodman
Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days...
scoring 81* out of 142 in 140 minutes. Derbyshire reached 105/3 by the close. On the second day they reached 217, 16 short of the West Indian total.
Batted again the West Indians were 62/4 but Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
scored 63 in 115 minutes added useful runs with Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
and Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
. Derbyshire had 2 overs at the end of the second day. Set 259 Derbyshire Charles Ollivierre
Charles Ollivierre
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and played for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907 becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county....
and Ernest Needham
Ernest Needham
Ernest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901....
, the England footballer, added 123 in 65 minutes. Maynard Ashcroft who had retired earlier with a fly in his eye returned and saw Derbyshire to a 6 wickets victory with Ollivierre.
Match 12 v Scotland
Bancroft replaced Cameron. Play was delayed until after lunch and when they batted Scotland only managed 147 and by the end of the first day the West Indies were 109/4, Lebrun ConstantineLebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
scoring a rapid 68 in 50 minutes and adding 87 with Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
. The tourists were heading for a small lead but a last wicket stand of 72 between Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
and George Learmond
George Learmond (cricketer)
George Cyril Learmond was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906....
gave then a lead of 102.
Scotland fared badly when they batted again and were 45/3. A stand of 78 between Maurice Dickson
Maurice Dickson
Maurice Rhynd Dickson was a Scottish sportsman who represented his country in both cricket and rugby union....
and Charles Mannes saw then to 155/4 at the close of the second day. Dickson was bowled by Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
but the bails took several seconds to fall and he was given not out by the umpire. He eventually took his score to 81 on the third day and the tourists were set a target of 203. George Challenor
George Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
with 90 scored out of 148 lead the West Indians to a 6 wicket victory.
Match 13 v An England XI
This was in the nature of a festival match, the England XI being referred to as a "scratch eleven". Cameron and Parker replaced Goodman and Learmond. Constantine kept wicket even though Bancroft was playing. 59 year old Monkey Hornby was the original captain of the England XI. However he got lumbago and was replaced by Albert Peatfield early on the second day. Even though he was a substitute Peatfield was allowed to bat. This was his only first-class match.Winning the toss the tourists batted and made 201 with Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
top scorer with 54 in 70 minutes. In reply the England XI made just 138. On the second day the West Indians scored 158 with Constantine again top scorer with 51, Sam Hargreave
Sam Hargreave
Sam Hargreave was the most successful bowler for Warwickshire until the flukish success of Foster and Field in winning the 1911 County Championship....
taking 7/49. The England XI reached 40/0 by the close. Most of the last day was lost to rain and the match was drawn. Willie Quaife
Willie Quaife
William Quaife, known as "Willie", born at Newhaven, Sussex on 17 March 1872 and died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 13 October 1951, was a cricketer who played for Sussex, Warwickshire and England....
and Arthur Day
Arthur Day
Arthur Percival Day, born 10 April 1885, at Blackheath, Kent, and died 22 January 1969, at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, was a cricketer who played for Kent during the period of the county's greatest success in the County Championship.-Career:...
added 20 in 10 minutes at one stage.
Match 14 v Northumberland and Durham
Goodman and Learmond replaced Cameron and Morrison, Bancroft kept wicket. George ChallenorGeorge Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
played an excellent innings of 97 in the first innings. George Turnbull, who never played a first-class game taking 8/110. In reply the combined team was 102/8 at the close.
Play did not start until 4pm on the second day because of rain. Set 237 on the third day the batting of combined team proved disappointing. In the match Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
scored 41 and 32 and took 6/56 and 5/49.
Match 15 v Yorkshire
Cameron replaced Learmond. West Indies won the toss, batted first and scored 270, Lebrun ConstantineLebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
79 and Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
63 adding 117 for the second wicket in 70 minutes. When they batted Yorkshire were sensationally dismissed for 50 in 80 minutes with Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
7/23 and Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
3/27 bowling unchanged.
They did not enforce the follow-on on the second morning. George Challenor
George Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
and Constantine added 69 for the first wicket in 35 minutes, Layne scored another half century and Percy Goodman
Percy Goodman
Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days...
102* out of 173 in 90 minutes before the declaration at 4pm, setting Yorkshire a target of 525. Yorkshire reached 114/4 in 100 minutes by the close of the second day. David Denton
David Denton
David Denton was an English first-class cricketer. An attacking batsman, he had a long career with Yorkshire and played eleven Tests for England. His nickname of 'Lucky' came from his habit of surviving the numerous chances, that his attacking batting style naturally created for the opposition...
, 42* overnight, reached 112* but the team fell well short of their target. Ollivierre took 4 more wickets to add to his 7 in the first innings. This was certainly the best result of the tour.
Match 16 v Leicestershire
Learmond and Morrison replaced Cameron and Parker. Leicestershire won the toss batted and were soon 41/4 but Harry Whitehead and Samuel CoeSamuel Coe
Samuel Coe was an English cricketer. He was a left-hand batsman and left-arm slow-medium bowler who played for Leicestershire....
added 83 in an hour and the home side eventually reached 274. In reply George Challenor
George Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
and Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
scored 86 in 50 minutes and the tourists reached 124/2 at the close of play. Constantine eventually scored 92 in 110 minutes adding 79 in an hour with Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
. The rest added little and the tourists ended up 32 short on the first innings. William Odell took 6/60.
Leicestershire made a bad start to their second innings and were 105/6. Coe and Vivian Crawford, who scored 51, then added 64 in 30 minutes. Coe was then joined by Richard Crawford and added 51 more and then Coe and Thomas Jayes added 46 more before the close of play, leaving them in a strong position 299 ahead. Coe eventually fell for 86 made in 150 minutes and the tourists were left to make 351. Challenor and Constantine again gave the West Indians a good start adding 116 for the first wicket. Smith, Percy Goodman
Percy Goodman
Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days...
and Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
all added useful runs and at 241/4 a surprise win looked possible. Wickets then fell regularly and they ended up 24 runs short.
Match 17 v Norfolk
Harragin and Parker replaced Bancroft and Morrison. Learmond and Constantine kept wicket. Batting first the tourists made a useful total of 375. George ChallenorGeorge Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
made 37, Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
41, Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
62, Percy Goodman
Percy Goodman
Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days...
88, Harold Austin
Harold Austin
Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G.....
32 and Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
42.
Ollivierre and Layne had Norfolk in trouble and they were bowled out for 91. Following-on they did a little better but Layne and Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
this time did the damage. Basil Cozens-Hardy top scored with 48. In the match Ollivierre took 3/42, Layne 9/89 and Smith 7/90.
Match 18 v Nottinghamshire
Cameron and Morrison replaced Learmond and Parker. Constantine and Ollivierre kept wicket. Only 3 and a half hours play was possible on the first day during which time Nottinghamshire reached 254/5. James IremongerJames Iremonger
James 'Jimmy' Iremonger was an English cricketer and one of the players most unlucky never to play Test cricket...
and Wilfred Payton added 123 in 80 minutes for the third wicket. Payton eventually fell for 113 in 135 minutes. The remaining wickets fell in 55 minutes on the second morning. The tourists started badly being 2/3 in the first over. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
scored 43 but it was left to Bertie Harragin
Bertie Harragin
Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an...
with 26 to avoid the follow-on. Thomas Wass
Thomas Wass
Thomas Wass was a Nottinghamshire bowler who is best remembered, along with Hallam, for bowling that gave Nottinghamshire a brilliant County Championship win in 1907...
took 5/89.
When they batted again John Gunn
John Gunn (cricketer)
John Richmond Gunn was an English cricketer who played in six Tests from 1901 to 1905....
scored 112 out of the innings total of 180 scored in 130 minutes, reaching his century in two hours. Left with nearly four hours to get 328 the West Indians started well with George Challenor
George Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
and Oliver Layne
Oliver Layne
Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906...
scoring 129 for the first wicket. Challenor eventually made 108 and a useful stand between Harragin 43* and Archie Cumberbatch
Archie Cumberbatch
Archibald Belford Cumberbatch was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler....
13* saw out time. Albert Hallam
Albert Hallam
Albert Hallam was an off spin bowler who is primarily remembered, along with Thomas Wass, for giving Nottinghamshire an astonishing win in the County Championship of 1907...
took 9 wickets in the match.
Match 19 Northamptonshire
George ChallenorGeorge Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
and Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
added 60 in 50 minutes giving the tourists a good start. Wickets then fell and it was left to Percy Goodman
Percy Goodman
Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days...
with 107 and Richard Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
with 50 to enable the total to reach 297 made in 220 minutes. Goodman's innings lasted 150 minutes. Northamptonshire were soon in trouble and ended the day on 29/4, Ollivierre and Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
taking two wickets each. On the second day only George Thompson
George Thompson
George Thompson may refer to:*George Thompson , British anti-slavery lecturer and British MP for Tower Hamlets*George Thompson , one of Colorado's earliest aviators...
with 51 did much and the team was dismissed for 85. Smith ended up with 6/39.
The tourists did not enforce the follow-on and were quickly dismissed for 99 by Thompson with 5/47 and William East with 4/45. Scoring 312 to win seemed unlikely but they reached 60/1 at the close of the second day. Ollivierre and Smith again did the damage and the tourists won comfortably by 155 runs. Smith took 6/60 to return match figures of 12/99.
Summary
Of the 13 first-class matches played, 3 matches were won, 8 were lost and 2 were drawn. In all matches 7 were won, 10 were lost and 2 were drawn.Post Tour
An additional match was arranged against W.H. Laverton's XI at Oldfields Ground, UttoxeterUttoxeter
Uttoxeter is a historic market town in Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. The current population is approximately 13,711, though new developments in the town will increase this figure. Uttoxeter lies close to the River Dove and is near the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and...
on August 20 and 21. the West Indians scored 268 and 146, W.H. Laverton's XI 154 and 150/6 and the match was drawn. This additional match was played after the tour proper had ended and was not regarded as part of it. A yet further match is noted in which Constantine scored 111 but no other details are given.
The team sailed from England on the RMS "Trent" encountering a storm on the voyage and reached Barbados on September 17.
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
remained in England after the tour to qualify for Northamptonshire.
General Comments
The tour was clearly regarded as disappointing: "There is no getting away from the fact that the programme arranged for them was too ambitious, and they failed to make any strong appeal to the public. Any hope they might have had of attracting attention, was destroyed by the ill-success that attended them in their early fixtures." and "The plain truth is that the players were not good enough to make the English counties feel in the smallest degree apprehensive. Hence the comparative indifference with which the matches were regarded."Although Bancroft was selected as the wicket-keeper at least 3 other players kept wicket at various times. Ollivierre was clearly a useful keeper but was too valuable as a bowler.
The running between the wickets was still poor and there were a large number of run outs.
The fielding was also regarded as of low standard. "They must, if they wish to succeed, pick the ball up clean."
Some comments were made about the fielding positions used by the tourists. 'Cricket' reports that "The West Indians still arrange their field in a manner which seems curious to Englishmen, and apparently they do not yet realise that a cover-point 50 and 60 yards from the wicket cannot possibly save the single, and can seldom cover enough ground to save the four. Sometimes they have an extra-cover who, while cover stands close in, fields almost behind him at a distance of forty yards or so; but once or twice at Lord's on Monday in the M.C.C. match the ball went through both men, although it was not hit hard enough to reach the boundary. On the same day Challenor sometimes at point and sometimes in a position which is a sort of "third man close in", fielded brilliantly."
Batting
| Player | P | I | NO | R | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | C/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA Goodman Percy Goodman Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days... |
11 | 22 | 3 | 607 | 107 | 31.94 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| AEA Harragin Bertie Harragin Alfred Ernest Albert Harragin was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906 and was a member of the Trinidad team from 1896-97 when aged 19 to 1931-32 when he was 54. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman.He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad where he excelled as an... |
7 | 14 | 1 | 412 | 57 | 31.69 | - | 4 | 5 |
| LS Constantine Lebrun Constantine Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler... |
13 | 26 | 0 | 776 | 92 | 29.84 | - | 7 | 18/4 |
| G Challenor George Challenor George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test... |
12 | 24 | 0 | 684 | 108 | 28.50 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| SG Smith Sydney Smith (cricketer) Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand... |
13 | 26 | 3 | 571 | 100 | 24.82 | 1 | - | 8 |
| OH Layne Oliver Layne Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906... |
10 | 20 | 0 | 465 | 106 | 23.25 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| HBG Austin Harold Austin Sir Harold Bruce Gardiner Austin OBE was a West Indian politician and cricketer. He was known as H.B.G..... |
13 | 26 | 1 | 529 | 74 | 21.16 | - | 3 | 2 |
| RC Ollivierre Richard Ollivierre Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper.... |
12 | 24 | 0 | 480 | 67 | 20.00 | - | 2 | 12/2 |
| WT Burton Tommie Burton William Thomas Burton was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 and 1906 West Indian tourists to England. He is generally known as Tommie Burton.He was the son of a black mother and a white father... |
2 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 16.00 | - | - | 3 |
| CK Bancroft Keith Bancroft Claude Keith Bancroft was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906 as their wicket-keeper.... |
11 | 22 | 5 | 266 | 53 | 15.64 | - | 1 | 11/5 |
| GC Learmond George Learmond (cricketer) George Cyril Learmond was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906.... |
7 | 13 | 1 | 155 | 31 | 12.91 | - | - | 4 |
| AB Cumberbatch Archie Cumberbatch Archibald Belford Cumberbatch was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler.... |
12 | 22 | 3 | 223 | 59* | 11.73 | - | 1 | 20 |
| CS Morrison Charles Morrison (cricketer) Charles Stuart Morrison was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
10 | 18 | 7 | 72 | 13 | 6.54 | - | - | 4 |
| JE Parker John Parker (West Indian cricketer) John Ernest Parker was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
5 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 6.12 | - | - | 3 |
| JJ Cameron John Joseph Cameron John Joseph Cameron was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
5 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 5.50 | - | - | 2 |
In all 19 matches SG Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
was leading run scorer with 1107. LS Constantine
Lebrun Constantine
Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler...
with 1025 and G Challenor
George Challenor
George Challenor was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test...
with 1017 also reached 1000 runs.
Bowling
| Player | O | M | R | W | BB | Ave | 5i | 10m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RC Ollivierre Richard Ollivierre Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper.... |
331.2 | 41 | 1251 | 58 | 7/23 | 21.56 | 2 | 1 |
| OH Layne Oliver Layne Oliver Hoffran Layne was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906... |
261.3 | 39 | 819 | 34 | 7/76 | 24.08 | 2 | - |
| SG Smith Sydney Smith (cricketer) Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand... |
492.3 | 72 | 1608 | 66 | 6/39 | 24.36 | 3 | 1 |
| CS Morrison Charles Morrison (cricketer) Charles Stuart Morrison was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
121.2 | 26 | 371 | 14 | 4/94 | 26.50 | - | - |
| PA Goodman Percy Goodman Percy Arnold Goodman was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the both the first two touring sides to England in 1900 and 1906. He was one of the top West Indian batsmen of his day and was also a useful medium pace bowler, especially in his younger days... |
63 | 4 | 232 | 8 | 2/9 | 29.00 | - | - |
| AB Cumberbatch Archie Cumberbatch Archibald Belford Cumberbatch was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler.... |
191.5 | 31 | 719 | 24 | 4/39 | 29.95 | - | - |
| WT Burton Tommie Burton William Thomas Burton was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 and 1906 West Indian tourists to England. He is generally known as Tommie Burton.He was the son of a black mother and a white father... |
40.1 | 5 | 125 | 3 | 3/85 | 41.66 | - | - |
| JE Parker John Parker (West Indian cricketer) John Ernest Parker was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
49 | 5 | 182 | 4 | 2/28 | 45.50 | - | - |
| LS Constantine Lebrun Constantine Lebrun Samuel Constantine was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1900 and 1906 and was a regular member of the Trinidad team from 1893-94 to 1922-23. He was primarily a batsman. He often kept wicket but was also a useful occasional bowler... |
2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| JJ Cameron John Joseph Cameron John Joseph Cameron was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906... |
3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
Ollivierre bowled 3 wides, Smith 2 no balls and 12 wides, Morrison 2 no balls, Cumberbatch 3 wides, Parker 2 wides.
In all 19 matches SG Smith
Sydney Smith (cricketer)
Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
took 116 wickets. RC Ollivierre
Richard Ollivierre
Richard Cordice Ollivierre was a coloured West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right hand batsman, right arm fast bowler and useful wicket-keeper....
was second highest wicket taker with 71.
External sources
Further reading
- Cricket: A Weekly Record of the GameCricket: A Weekly Record of the GameCricket: A Weekly Record of the Game was a cricket publication which ran from 1882 to 1913. It is sometimes referred to as just Cricket. In all it ran to 949 issues in 32 volumes...
, 1906 - L S Smith, West Indies Cricket History and Cricket Tours of England 1900, 1906 and 1923, 1923
- Peter Wynne-Thomas, The Complete History of Cricket Tours at Home & Abroad, 1989