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Esmond Kentish

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Esmond Kentish
Personal information
Full name
Esmond Seymour Maurice Kentish
Born21 November 1916
Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, Jamaica
Died10 June 2011(2011-06-10) (aged 94)
Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 65)27 March 1948 v England
Last Test15 January 1954 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 2 27
Runs scored 1 109
Batting average 1.00 13.62
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 1* 15*
Balls bowled 540 4,375
Wickets 8 78
Bowling average 22.25 26.71
5 wickets in innings 1 4
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/49 5/36
Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 October 2019

Esmond Seymour Maurice Kentish (21 November 1916 – 10 June 2011) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in two Test matches from 1948 to 1954.

He was born in Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, Jamaica, and attended Cornwall College in Montego Bay,.[1] and Mico Teachers' Training College in Kingston. He was Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica.

Cricket career

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Kentish made his Test debut in the fourth Test of the West Indies vs England series in the 1947/48 season. He had match bowling figures of 3–106 as the West Indies won by ten wickets.[2] He didn't play Test cricket again for the West Indies until the first Test of the West Indies vs England series in the 1953/54 season. He went wicketless in England's first innings, but took 5–49 in their second as the West Indies won by 140 runs.[3]

Later he went to Oxford University to study at St John's College.[1] He played 14 matches for Oxford University in 1956, taking 44 wickets at an average of 25.77.[4] At 39, he was the oldest player to play in the University Match.[1]

Death

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Kentish died on 10 June 2011 aged 94. At the time he was the oldest living West Indian Test cricketer.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wisden 1957, pp. 293–94.
  2. ^ "Scorecard for 4th Test West Indies vs England 1947/1948 season".
  3. ^ "Scorecard for 1st Test West Indies vs England 1953/1954 season".
  4. ^ Wisden 1957, pp. 654–55.
  5. ^ Wisden Obituaries (2012 ed.).
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