Reginald Scarlett
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| Full name | Reginald Osmond Scarlett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1934 Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 August 2019 (aged 84) England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Bob Scarlett (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951/52-1959/60 | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reginald Osmond Scarlett (15 August 1934 – 14 August 2019) was a
1960.[1]
Reg Scarlett was a strongly-built lower-order batsman and off-spinner (a "mountainous figure of a man" according to
Barbados.[3]
In 1959/60 Scarlett had figures of 5 for 69 against
British Guiana, and was selected for the First Test against England. He failed in the Test and was replaced by Charran Singh, but scored 72 not out and 59 for Jamaica against the MCC (his only first-class fifties) and took three wickets, and returned to the Test team for the Third and Fourth Tests, but again achieved little.[4]
Scarlett retired from first-class cricket after the series and moved to England, where he spent many years coaching. He established the Haringey Cricket College in
West Indies Cricket Board's director of coaching.[6]
He co-authored the book 100 Great West Indian Cricketers (1987) with Bridgette Lawrence. He died on August 14, 2019, the day before his 85th birthday.[1]
Scarlett's younger brother Bob played a few games for Jamaica in the 1960s.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Reg Scarlett passes away in England". Nation News. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ C. Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 365.
- ^ "First-Class matches in West Indies 1958". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "M.C.C. team in West Indies 1959-60". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Wigmore, Tim (1 September 2019). "Jofra Archer can inspire the African-Caribbean community that has been lost to English cricket". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Reg Scarlett
- ^ Robert Scarlett at Cricket Archive