Charlie Stayers
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Born | 9 June 1937 Georgetown, British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 January 2005 London, England | (aged 67)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 16 February 1962 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 4 April 1962 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958/59 to 1961/62 | Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 October 2022 |
Sven Conrad "Charlie" Stayers (9 June 1937 – 6 January 2005) was a Guyanese
Life and career
Stayers was born in Georgetown in British Guiana, and attended St Stanislaus College there.[1]
Stayers was a tall, loose-limbed right-arm fast bowler and useful right-handed batsman.
Stayers also played for
The Ranji Trophy final, in which he took his best figures, was Stayers' last first-class match. He spent the 1963 English season as the professional for Enfield in the Lancashire League, and stayed in England to study at university. He pursued a career in health management that took him to Nigeria, Uganda, the United States, and back to England, where he died in 2005, aged 67.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Charlie Stayers: West Indian fast bowler who helped Bombay win Ranji Trophy". Cricket Country. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Charlie Stayers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charlie Stayers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "British Guiana v Pakistanis 1957-58". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Bowling in Pentangular Tournament 1961/62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "British Guiana v Barbados 1961/62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, London, 1990, p. 231.
- ^ "South Zone v West Zone 1962-63". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Rajasthan v Bombay 1962-63". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.