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Profile Eric St Eval Atkinson, who died after a long illness on May 29, 1998, aged 70, played eight Tests for West Indies in the late 1950s. He made his debut as a 30-year-old opening bowler at Bridgetown in 1957-58, alongside his older and better-known brother Denis, playing his last Test. The Atkinsons were the third pair of brothers to play together for West Indies, after the Grants and the Stollmeyers; there have been none since. In his second game, at Sabina Park a month later, Eric took five for 42, a performance that was somewhat overshadowed by Garry Sobers's 365 not out. A tearaway bowler in his youth, Atkinson was not very successful when he first played for Barbados: three wickets in his first nine matches. But he had settled down to bowl fast-medium swing by the time he got into the Test team; he was said to have used reverse swing long before anyone had a name for it. Atkinson was chosen to tour the subcontinent a year later and, in his last Test, helped set up victory at Lahore with figures of 12-8-15-3, as Pakistan were bowled out for 104

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Tony White was a determined allrounder who could be relied on for a timely innings or break off a flow of runs with his reliable offspin or medium pace. He won a place on the 1963 tour of England as a replacement for Willie Rodrigues, but didn't play a Test. When he did make his international debut, he top-scored with 63 against Australia at Kingston, but was dropped following a disappointing game at Port-of-Spain.

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"Prof" Edwards was a fast bowler who toured Australia and New Zealand in 1968-69 under the wings of Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith. He struggled on the Australia wickets and in his two Tests took 3 for 274, although he wasn't helped by poor fielding. In New Zealand he fared better, taking 6 for 129 in the first Test and 7 for 126 in the second, including 5 for 84 in the first innings. As West Indies looked to rebuild for the future, Edwards, already 28 at the time of his debut, slipped out of the reckoning. He continued to be involved in Barbados cricket.

bunch of skimpy records!! Nash better than most of them!

Thanks for the info on these ancient players Mapoui.... Who is your 12th man?

mapoui wrote:George Challenor,
Jeffrey Stollmeyer,
Stephen Comacho,
Joey carew,
Victor Stollmeyer,
Percy (Tim) Tarilton,
Jackie Hendricks,
Gerry Gomez,
Richard Edwards,
Tony White,
Eric Atkinson

now from the start I shud have reserved a right to change my selection if and when I need to, as I am not on top of the history as i used to be, and do not remember all the payers off-hand like I used to.

at this point it is necessary to make a change of selection and of batting order as I realie that Willie Rodriguez is a better selction than Tony White

so Rodriguez comes in and bats at number 7, while everybody under 7 drops a notch

willie rodriguez was a legspinner and a very solid and good batsman any part of the order

BallOil wrote:Thanks for the info on these ancient players Mapoui.... Who is your 12th man?

NASH!!

Tony white...12 man

Willie Rodriguez was a good allrounder who failed to reproduce his best performances at Test level. He scored a fifty on his debut against India at Port-of-Spain in 1961-62, but his tour of England in 1963 was a disappointment, largely because of injury. He appeared infrequently after that tour, but returned to manage West Indies in Australia in 1979-80. Rodriguez also represented Trinidad at football.

AH QUESTUION HERE FUH ALLYUH....WHERE DOES LARRY GOMES FIT?

I cud not answer it but I guess if Steve Comacho is white then so must Gomes!

I cud not answer it so I thought I wud arks allyuh. I am tending to consider him white and include him. in which case I wud have to re-arrange my side again