A. A. Priestley's XI cricket team in the West Indies in 1896–97
A team of Amateurs under the captaincy of
The team
A party of thirteen was taken:
- Arthur Priestley, captain
- Cyril Beldam
- Frederick Bush
- Gilbert Elliott
- James Leigh
- Legh Barratt
- Richard Lewis
- Richard Palairet
- Henry Stanley
- Andrew Stoddart
- Charles Stone
- Billy Williams
- Sammy Woods
Bush, Barratt and Priestley had been in the
The tour
The team left Southampton on December 30 and arrived back in England on April 14.
Matches played were:
- January 13, 14 : v Barbados
- January 15, 16 : v St. Vincent (in Barbados)
- January 18, 19 : v Barbados
- January 21, 22, 23 : v Barbados
- January 28, 29, 30 : v Antigua
- February 1, 2, 3 : v St. Kitts
- February 6, 8 : v United Services (in Barbados)
- February 12, 13 : v Queen's Park (in Trinidad)
- February 15, 16, 18 : v All West Indies (in Trinidad)
- February 19, 20, 22 : v Trinidad
- February 25, 26, 27 : v Trinidad
- March 13, 15 : v All Jamaica, 12-a-side
- March 16, 17 : v All Jamaica
- March 19, 20 : v Black River C.C. (in Jamaica) 12-a-side
- March 24, 25 : v North Side (in Jamaica) 12-a-side
- March 27, 29 : v All Jamaica, 12-a-side
First class matches are highlighted.
Of the 9 first class matches, 4 were won and 5 lost. Overall 10 matches were won, 5 lost and 1 drawn. All 5 matches in Jamaica were won, Gilbert Livingston being the only effective player for Jamaica. The results achieved by the tourists were regarded as disappointing, Stoddart being the one great success.
Stoddart was the leading batsman scoring over 1000 runs in all games at an average of over 50. In first-class matches he scored 416 runs at an average of 27. He scored all 6 of the centuries scored by the tourists including 2 in first-class games. Stoddart was also the leading bowling with over 100 wickets in all matches at an average under 8 and over 50 in first-class games alone averaging under 10.
The most important match was that against All West Indies in Port of Spain in February. The West Indies team contained players from Trinidad, British Guiana and Barbados and was captained by Aucher Warner, the brother of Plum Warner. The tourists set their opponents 141 to win in the last innings which they achieved for the loss of 7 wickets, having been 41–6 at one stage. Richard Palairet was leading scorer in both the tourists' innings with 45 and 46. Clifford Goodman and Archie Cumberbatch took 9 wickets each for the West Indians as did Andrew Stoddart for the tourists. The leading batsmen for the West Indies were Harold Austin and Lebrun Constantine.[1]
Averages
The following averages are in the 9 first class matches (Batting Bowling).
Batting
Player | P | I | NO | R | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | C/S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AE Stoddart | 9 | 15 | 0 | 416 | 143 | 27.73 | 2 | - | 10 |
RCN Palairet | 8 | 14 | 1 | 336 | 65* | 25.84 | - | 1 | 8 |
FW Bush | 8 | 13 | 1 | 169 | 45* | 14.08 | - | - | 6 |
SMJ Woods | 9 | 14 | 0 | 193 | 28 | 13.78 | - | - | 8 |
G Elliott | 5 | 8 | 2 | 78 | 36* | 13.00 | - | - | 3 |
CA Beldam | 7 | 11 | 2 | 115 | 24* | 12.77 | - | - | 3 |
J Leigh | 8 | 13 | 0 | 149 | 26 | 11.46 | - | - | 4 |
L Barratt | 9 | 15 | 0 | 171 | 38 | 11.40 | - | - | 7 |
HT Stanley | 9 | 15 | 0 | 151 | 38 | 10.06 | - | - | 6 |
W Williams | 9 | 15 | 3 | 98 | 40 | 8.16 | - | - | 6 |
CC Stone | 3 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 16* | 7.60 | - | - | - |
RP Lewis | 8 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 3.20 | - | - | 7/6 |
AA Priestley | 9 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 2.64 | - | - | 5 |
Bowling
Player | O | M | R | W | BB | Ave | 5i | 10m |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AE Stoddart | 303.4 | 128 | 520 | 53 | 7-67 | 9.81 | 5 | 2 |
W Williams | 203.2 | 55 | 464 | 43 | 7-38 | 10.79 | 3 | 1 |
SMJ Woods | 230.2 | 75 | 501 | 35 | 6-60 | 14.31 | 2 | - |
HT Stanley | 9 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 2-20 | 19.50 | - | - |
G Elliott | 12 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1-13 | 29.00 | - | - |
FW Bush | 102.4 | 19 | 245 | 8 | 2-15 | 30.62 | - | - |
L Barratt | 113 | 41 | 225 | 6 | 3-40 | 37.50 | - | - |
CA Beldam | 11 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 1-30 | 54.00 | - | - |
CC Stone | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||||
J Leigh | 3.2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
See also
- Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1896-97for reasons for the 'twin' tours.
References
- ^ "All West Indies v AA Priestley's XI 1896-97". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
External sources
Annual reviews
- James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898 page 53
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1898, pages 396 to 404
Further reading
- Peter Wynne-Thomas, The Complete History of Cricket Tours at Home & Abroad, Guild, 1989
- Cricket - A Weekly Record of the Game 1897