Esmond Kentish

Esmond Kentish
Personal information
Full name	Esmond Seymour Maurice Kentish
Born	21 November 1916; Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, Jamaica
Died	10 June 2011 (aged 94); Jamaica
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	West Indies (1948–1954);
Test debut (cap 65)	27 March 1948 v England
Last Test	15 January 1954 v England
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive, 3 October 2019

Esmond Seymour Maurice Kentish (21 November 1916 – 10 June 2011) was a

1954

.

He was born in

Westmoreland, Jamaica, and attended Cornwall College in Montego Bay,.^[1]

and Mico Teachers' Training College in Kingston. He was Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica.

Cricket career

Kentish made his Test debut in the fourth Test of the West Indies vs England series in the 1947/48 season. He had match bowling figures of 3–106 as the West Indies won by ten wickets.[2] He didn't play Test cricket again for the West Indies until the first Test of the West Indies vs England series in the 1953/54 season. He went wicketless in England's first innings, but took 5–49 in their second as the West Indies won by 140 runs.^[3]

Later he went to

Oxford University to study at St John's College.^[1] He played 14 matches for Oxford University in 1956, taking 44 wickets at an average of 25.77.^[4] At 39, he was the oldest player to play in the University Match.^[1]