west indian cricketer played test match inaugural test tour england right handed batman played variety batting positions represented trinidad class cricket played test matches total test record poor highly regarded trinidad particular writer considered batsmen world dedicated chapter boundary peak career lord harris described best batsman west_indies establishing early reputation playing trinidad selected trinidad played missed selection tour england played representative west indian sides scored century tourists trinidad success trial matches led selection tour england failed badly hit century trinidad chosen final test play class cricket successful black batsmen west_indies enigmatic character refused compromise playing style end career aggression batting form resulted dismissal scoring runs early life career born july trinidad according family lower middle class brothers played class cricket trinidad played test matches west_indies cricket trinidad time divided racial lines cricket clubs island colour player skin crucial played shannon club associated black lower middle class players teachers club maple associated middle class people accept men lighter skin tone said maple welcome player good replied yes wouldn want brothers darker skinned found job department store remained position life stage established good reputation batsman popular players spectators class cricketer playing trinidad chosen play trinidad class debut inter colonial tournament batting number batting order scored runs innings bowl innings victory retained place tournament final barbados failure batting number successful scoring second innings number sharing wicket partnership barbados won match easily matches world war batting number scored runs innings score inter colonial matches season world war suspended class competition cricket resumed february selected matches barbados trinidad travelled barbados trinidad heavily defeated games scored game opening batting scoring runs number second game reverted opening scored sharing opening partnership tournament took place trinidad september scored runs number maiden class century trinidad defeated final barbados affected rain left drawn barbados catch boat home scored runs batting number batting number inter colonial matches september continued bat variety positions batting numbers opening batting scored runs innings trinidad reached final heavily defeated believes planned play professional cricket england point failure trial matches meant selected tour england west_indies team james records upset supporters omission believed west indian feared black batsman successful england describes single minded willing moderate approach decision played trinidad match february joined team brother took wickets class debut successful batting number scoring trinidad defeated reach final barbados final promoted open batting reach double figures innings century helped barbados win tournament point won matches played trinidad years team played non class match windward_islands later year scoring second innings best batsman west_indies playing home trinidad defeated february opened batting score playing barbados final trinidad won close match runs batting number scored having scored class winners competition trinidad qualified final playing team october defeated barbados lost final remaining number scored innings dismissed duck second trinidad gained narrow victory wickets following january toured west_indies tourists played matches representative west indian selected match barbados scored run innings batting number home managed secure draw played games trinidad drawn batted number matches scored second scored half hour lord harris having seen innings described best batsman west_indies remaining representative matches scored batting representative games scored runs average won series defending champions trinidad qualified final january faced barbados home team occasion high scoring match lasted days barbados recovered runs innings contributed innings duck score second innings batting order later year took trial matches tour england playing jamaica scored highest innings career particularly severe bowling bowler represented west_indies matches scores secured place touring team failure england expectations high tour lord harris predicted success england preview english cricket season times commented west_indies team unknown quantity singled promising batsmen team newspaper later noted exciting batting style described best batsmen expected later touring batsmen hampered cold wet summer humid conditions helped ball air furthermore deal pitches ball spun travelled slower bouncing accustomed caribbean adapt usual attacking style unfamiliar conditions according james horrible disastrous incredible failure making succession low scores passed class games oxford_university scored century minor match durham played innings total reached double figures times class matches reached double figures times innings despite poor form played test matches making west_indies inaugural test batting number scoring second test batting number west_indies lost games lost test series end july played tour total scored class runs average described big disappointment tour noting tried attack bowling early innings rarely succeeded correspondent commented range shots end career following hill return west_indies inter colonial tournament took place trinidad january february home team defeated beating barbados innings final batted number managed scores trinidad defend title october defeated team wickets batted number seven innings second innings runs match toured early team played games trinidad hill appeared batting number scored innings accumulated second final class century concentrating defence batted hours showing patience james wrote eagle wings selected test home ground trinidad best match batting number innings scored opened batting score second innings described batting steadily west_indies lost match play test class cricket tests scored runs average class games hit runs centuries took wickets remained successful local trinidad cricket newspaper report suggested fallen considerably terms form unlikely play west_indies little known remainder life details death believed died west indian wrote noted dead entered trinidad personality style technique described feet little slim like face bony small sharp eyes thin tight mouth reserved man hill kept opinions cricket field james described partial good things life successful black batsmen west_indies batsmen performances reached highest standards biggest occasions best possessing quick capable quickly judging ball land enabled position quickly gave extra time play shots delayed ball close runs hit point square leg favourite stroke leg shot carried risk falling leg wicket missed placement precise played range cut shots bowler restricted scoring improvised attacking shots break free wrote description innings saw hill play young man facing fast bowling ball flew boundary faster sound went way boy batted use force don believe strength desired perfect timing insisted playing style game form result dismissal scoring runs case england batsman according james likely big score possessed presence compelled attention batting james wrote fires burned glow playing shannon insisted highest standards captain game going team james wrote understood eyes blaze discussing point sentences intervals thinking things far removed batting success significant cricket writer observed hill masses watched game saw vision created anger resentment humiliation suffered finely tuned batsman time black democratic outlet feelings opinions fared writes batting represented victory forces held sway community life walks life followers trinidad identified successes ability compete equality cricket field sign successfully aspects life closed boundary subject chapter boundary published book regarded critics greatest book cricket best books sport james wrote gallery present peter describes character play writes success meant black performing sphere competition open boy reviewing book wrote essay finest portrait cricketer created prose matter verse paint james concluded chapter saw ball early played late spirit leave
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