Jeff Stollmeyer

Jeffrey Stollmeyer

Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	Legbreak googly
International information
National side	West Indian
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	32	117
Runs scored	2159	7942
Batting average	42.33	44.61
100s/50s	4/12	14/38
Top score	160	324
Balls bowled	990	4413
Wickets	13	55
Bowling average	39.00	45.12
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	3/32	3/32
Catches/stumpings	20/0	92/0
Source: [1],

Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer (11 March 1921 – 10 September 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and footballer. He played 32 Tests for the West Indies, captaining 13 of these.

Stollmeyer was born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. He played in his first Test at the age of eighteen and made a 59 in his debut innings at Lord's. Stollmeyer gained the captaincy during the 1951/2 tour of Australia after John Goddard stood down in that series. He retained the captaincy during the West Indies' next three series, all of which were played at home.

After his playing career, Stollmeyer had a long and distinguished career in cricket administration. He served as President of the West Indies Board of Control from 1974 until 1981, a tenure distinguished by his opposition to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.

Stollmeyer died in a hospital in Melbourne, Florida, after suffering wounds from home invaders in his home in Port-of-Spain.

In June 1988 Stollmeyer was celebrated on the $2.50 Trinidad and Tobago stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle.

Trivia

• Stollmeyer's 1983 autobiography is entitled Everything Under the Sun.
• Jeff Stollmeyer's older brother Vic also played Test cricket for the West Indies.
• Jeff Stollmeyer's older brother Hugh Stollmeyer was one of Trinidad's great painters. His work was very influential towards the Caribbean art movement.

See also

• List of cricketers who were murdered

Preceded by John Goddard

West Indies Test cricket captains 1951/2 - 1954/5

Succeeded by Denis Atkinson