Esmond Kentish
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| Full name | Esmond Seymour Maurice Kentish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 1916 Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 June 2011 (aged 94) Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 65) | 27 March 1948 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 15 January 1954 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
Kentish died on 10 June 2011 aged 94. At the time he was the oldest living West Indian Test cricketer.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Wisden 1957, pp. 293–94.
- ^ "Scorecard for 4th Test West Indies vs England 1947/1948 season".
- ^ "Scorecard for 1st Test West Indies vs England 1953/1954 season".
- ^ Wisden 1957, pp. 654–55.
- ^ Wisden Obituaries (2012 ed.).
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