cricketer joe small november april west indian cricketer played test inaugural test tour england scored half century west_indies player test cricket played test matches career played domestic cricket trinidad small played cricket trinidad club low social status establishing trinidad team soon batsman black batsmen west_indies team time trinidad instrumental breaking dominance barbados cricket team inter colonial tournament played west_indies world war chosen tour england twice moderately successful tour effective small played middle batting order bowled medium fast breaks died early career small born princes town trinidad played cricket club trinidad called included players lowest social class cricket trinidad time divided racial lines cricket clubs island colour player skin crucial described writer historian butcher tailor maker casual unemployed totally black social status james described small presence cricket field small talked everybody everybody talked joe good nature self satisfaction outside cricket career small worked oil company small class debut trinidad november playing team chosen small scored match bowled taking wicket following january small appearance trinidad inter colonial tournament scored seven runs innings took british innings final barbados took wicket game scored innings trinidad won match later year small played barbados final little success match tournament best score games runs took total wickets instances barbados won tournament international cricketer playing west indies season toured west_indies playing barbados trinidad played matches island faced representative west_indies location small played trinidad tourists scores took seven innings adding wicket second innings match lost trinidad second game drawn small scored runs took wicket game included west_indies team played port spain little success small play class cricket world war war played egypt alongside future west indian captain resumed trinidad career played games barbados scored score class cricket second scored maiden century took wickets total games won barbados resumed despite playing games small little success tournament small scored took innings having beaten trinidad lost barbados final small scored took wickets overs tour england west_indies toured england players selected trinidad including small time west indian batsmen traditionally white according james place batsman denied james writes perception trinidad small owed place nature want black batsmen tour began small scored second game bowled run low scores scored press praised innings particularly small use drive james remembered later years small driving taking wickets minor game small took scored class match bowled overs game far greatest number tour scored century minor match followed class game class fifties remainder season class matches scored runs average placing team batting averages ball took wickets average according small asked hampshire sussex qualify play team tour west indian previous tours refused according james contrasted ambition team cricket character limited outlook joe place satisfactory winner small returned play trinidad scored match failed final barbados success february tournament scoring took help team defeat british final trinidad defeated barbados time small scored ball took innings second innings bowl trinidad run win later year trinidad retained title wicket victory british small scored innings took wickets british second innings january toured west_indies playing matches islands combined west_indies small played twice trinidad times west_indies touring team managed runs innings took wickets january small scored barbados team established lead runs trinidad lost barbados scored second innings small bowled overs second innings wickets test cricketer test match debut west_indies scheduled tour england including test matches organised trial matches barbados december january small dismissed twice innings scored runs score took wickets selected tour successful tour batting records established english players season produced good batting conditions small batting average fell common team mates generally unsuccessful bat managed century oxford_university scored runs average successful bowling fulfilled supporting role ball took wickets average finished team bowling averages noted compared small fell considerably bat increased measure success ball compensate failure west_indies lost game test series test small took wickets england innings scored innings second innings scored half century test matches recorded small batting fine form hour half enjoyed distinction making score played test took wickets scored end career small took trinidad match contributed little trinidad won competition later year took seven west indies english team led playing jamaica joined jamaican team game trinidad lost tournament small little game team toured west_indies season small played trinidad matches touring team successful chosen second test match series england west indies played trinidad took wicket scored match final test match test matches scored runs average took wickets small played twice class cricket class cricket west_indies season played trinidad team won final class innings scored took wicket final delivery career scored class runs batting average took wickets average small continued play successfully local leagues early 1940s died following short illness trinidad april age having largely forgotten west_indies entered trinidad style technique obituary states small tall loose fine work trinidad complete record west indian test states pioneering test cricket gifted batsman strokes command medium pace break bowler competent slip fielder daily gave small credit time overcoming dominance barbados team described splendid slip fielder small batted variety positions batting order usually lower number opened bowling capable bowling quickly bowled spin medium pace height difficult batsmen face wrote small book boundary described match small facing fast bowler deliberately hit ball hard john feet angry wrote practising small international ordinary men boys fielding bowled joe half volley outside hit force wait ball came yards bowl minutes
Joe Small (cricketer)