cricketer october january cricketer played west_indies team attained test match status highly regarded wicket keeper influential popular member trinidad west indian sides later career improved substantially batsman toured england west_indies team missed tour england controversial circumstances despite continued speculation recalled play representative cricket early career class debut trinidad playing matches barbados following season played twice inter colonial tournament played games final tournament scored maiden class half century second score double figures representative west indian team toured england selected wicket keeper tour played games score runs average half century team official vice captain influential performances wicket keeper widely praised english press according team mate tour bowling difficult wicket keeper despite competition considered superior wicket keeper secured place trinidad wicket keeper tour critics regarded best wicket keeper west_indies continued play trinidad owing business commitments unable play game played touring west_indies trinidad west_indies team passed times touring team improvement batsman critics suggested hold place west_indies team batting play class match controversy later career occasionally captained trinidad candidate captain west_indies cricket team england likely men unwilling unable lead team acted vice captain west_indies team event selected captain overlooked vice captain favour experience named team tour england withdrew newspaper reports blamed illness decision suggested business reasons critics believed absence adversely affected team replacement wicket keepers regarded equal ability vice captain little success suggested missed tour chosen vice captain noted absence member team severely felt criticised west_indies refusing tour absence class cricket returned play trinidad toured west_indies series named press candidate lead west indies test team barbados newspaper claimed suitable potential captain trinidad report suggested available test ideal leader chose different captains matches played island tour trinidad team played captained game won match led second defeated subsequently selected captain match citing prejudice west indian selection article trinidad newspaper stated selection preference pre arranged affair given leadership second trinidad team order quiet suspicious public newspaper suggested set fail gave weaker team play performed decision based factors ability match trinidad class cricket class matches scored runs average passing innings held catches trinidad west indian continued leave teams chosen tour australia west_indies press report suggested reasons found directions cricket minds poisoned continued mentioned prospective selection possibility west indies early 1930s critics believed best wicket keeper west_indies lack regular cricket considered count impact writing cricket trinidad historian noted kept wicket considered better wicket keeper left black white james recalled people chosen tour england suggests surprise selection trinidad representatives west indian team players queen prestigious club island white players writing expectation tour england following year team mate wrote heart big body expansive smile captures victims described winning appearance effective job confidence bowler alike trinidad complete
George Dewhurst (cricketer)