august west indian test cricketer played class cricket test appearances west_indies played right handed order batsman occasional wicket keeper scored class runs appearances average graduating playing teenager play took tours england debut test appearance tour playing tests final test match came english tour west_indies time west_indies practice picking captain colony match played granted honour match west_indies won match maiden victory test cricket match played class match retired class cricket early life career born georgetown august played teenager gaining reputation good cricketer debut facing trinidad playing opening batsman scored duck innings runs second west indian team toured england playing class matches county representative opposition played half matches passed occasions class opposition reached declared reached runs second innings lancashire match having narrowly missed innings scored highest score tour maiden class century came hit runs history cricket describe touring proved equal best team relied heavily batting struck centuries trailed batting averages tour scored runs average players score century west_indies inter colonial tournament october significant scores matches scored runs innings match barbados helping open run innings lead converted wicket victory subsequent match trinidad reached lacked support teammates fell short half centuries eventually lost match wickets following february toured west_indies playing matches barbados trinidad jamaica matches location excluding jamaica representative west_indies sides played match held british played matches touring matches selected captain british marked occasion scoring team innings drawn match remained captain colony match barbados opponents scored declared second highest innings score team test cricket west indian toured england success tour matches granted test status team played class matches contrast previous tour won describe substantially formidable combination west_indies touring lacked regular wicket keeper result west indian captain shared duties kept tests expensive occasion ireland allowed innings number batting significantly effective years passed occasions making ireland cambridge_university middlesex played test match appearance test cricket facing england lord batting number innings scored duck runs second west_indies forced follow england won match innings runs played class matches tour scored runs average highest score class career seven day match barbados early dismissal captain joined pair added runs second wicket run shared century partnership dismissed won match runs progress final faced trinidad scored half centuries innings final scoring runs runs second help wicket victory early following year weakened english cricket team toured west_indies playing tests class matches captained matches lost innings generally west indies named different captain home matches commonly selecting player host colony honour financial constraints chosen captain test played georgetown tests resulted draw english victory won toss elected bat opened batting west_indies scored runs opening partnership joined pair took score dismissed reaching double century took score added remaining batsmen dismissed combined scored century west indies england team bowled innings deficit despite healthy lead chose enforce follow west_indies batted score leaving england requiring runs fourth innings achieve victory scored century visitors batsman reached runs minutes match remaining west_indies secured maiden test win runs later career life single match captain appear west indies appearance scoring trinidad final described obituary batsman praised cutting driving tour england remained private individual career characteristic stronger retirement cricket son played class match season died car accident aged health poor deteriorated rapidly died aged
Maurice Fernandes