Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Indies). (wikipedia.org)
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His increased success in 1929 attracted the attention of the West Indies selectors, and he played two Test matches against England in 1930. (wikiwand.com)
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CWI has been a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1926. (wikipedia.org)
The preliminary meeting was in Bridgetown, Barbados, from which the informal West Indies Cricket Conference was founded in 1926. (wikipedia.org)
Internationals1
It operates the West Indies cricket team and West Indies A cricket team, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other teams. (wikipedia.org)
Federation2
Since 2005, per an ICC mandate, the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation (WIWCF) has been integrated with CWI. (wikipedia.org)
From January 3, 1958, to May 31, 1962, there was also a short-lived political union called the West Indies Federation composed of ten English -speaking Caribbean territories, all of which were then British dependencies. (wikiwand.com)
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The West Indies Cricket Conference held its first official meeting on 22 January 1927 at the Bridgetown Club in Barbados attended by Mallett and representatives from the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Demerara (British Guiana). (wikipedia.org)
At this January meeting the delegates present decided to form the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) which would be composed of a president, a secretary and two delegates each from Barbados, Demerara, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago and one delegate each from the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. (wikipedia.org)
The WICBC's first meeting was held on 17 and 18 June 1927 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad with Harold Austin (the former captain of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours of England) serving as the first president. (wikipedia.org)
Board members were also thenceforth to be appointed by their Cricket Associations although in British Guiana the Georgetown Cricket Club held this responsibility until 1943, and in Trinidad the Queens Park Oval Club until 1981 when their respective Cricket Associations were given recognition. (wikipedia.org)
About 30 of Becke's books are listed in Miller's Australian Literature with six other volumes written in collaboration with W. J. Jeffery. (gutenberg.net.au)
Caribbean2
CWI's membership includes the six territorial cricket associations of the various countries and territories which contest the West Indies first-class and limited-overs competition in the Caribbean. (wikipedia.org)
All the islands in the Antilles plus the Lucayan Archipelago form the West Indies , which is often interchangeable with the term Caribbean. (wikiwand.com)
Territories1
However, with the help of one influential Marylebone Cricket Club member, R. H. Mallett (the manager of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours and future manager of the 1930-31 West Indian tour to Australia), representatives of the various territories finally got together and ultimately formed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. (wikipedia.org)
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From the 1880s onwards there had been no central body to co-ordinate the Inter-Colonial Tournaments and matches, select composite West Indian XIs for tours and against touring sides and to organise the West Indian tours of England, Canada and the United States. (wikipedia.org)
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Edwin Lloyd St Hill (9 March 1904 - 21 May 1957) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played two Test matches for the West Indies in 1930. (wikiwand.com)
West Indian cricketers however had felt the need for the establishment of such an organisation although geography and culture were to make such a task difficult. (wikipedia.org)
He played regularly for the next five years but was not selected for any representative West Indian teams. (wikiwand.com)
Teams1
Wisła Kraków was founded in May 1906 by students of the Second Practical School in Kraków , In 1925 they made the first appearance in the Polish championship, which that season was formed of 3 leagues of 3 teams followed by a round-robin final. (blogspot.com)
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Irish-born cricketer for Harrow, Hampshire and MCC between 1909 and 1932. (site123.me)
A prodigious run scorer for Kent throughout his 623 game career he won County Championship winners medals in 1906, 1909, 1910 & 1913, and played until he was 47. (thearsenalhistory.com)
Footballers1
As the cricket season has just begun we have compiled a list of cricketing Arsenal footballers. (thearsenalhistory.com)
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The WICBC's first meeting was held on 17 and 18 June 1927 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad with Harold Austin (the former captain of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours of England) serving as the first president. (wikipedia.org)
David Danskin, the first Arsenal football captain, was a prominent member of the Dial Square cricket club, though the pitches they played on at Plumstead Common were a world away from the surface used by Arsenal's best cricketer Denis Compton when he batted at Lords. (thearsenalhistory.com)
This was in fact, the Captain, Dr. Mitchell, who was a surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast , who played under the anonymity of a pseudonym as hospital authorities had become incensed at his greater devotion to cricketing rather than medical duties. (cliftonvilleacademy.com)
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As befits a club who were formed out of the Dial Square cricket team, Arsenal have had many dual code players. (thearsenalhistory.com)
Also, at the time of founding in 1886, Woolwich was part of the county of Kent, a once great cricketing team particularly just prior to World War 1 and the during the 1970s. (thearsenalhistory.com)
On his return to Belfast he set about forming his own team, along with the Cricket club secretary R.M. Kennedy , he placed an advert in the Newsletter and Northern Whig on September 20 1879 for like minded men to attend training. (cliftonvilleacademy.com)
One week later , Ireland's oldest football club , Cliftonville Association Football Club played their first game on the Cricket grounds losing 2-1 to a rugby team called the Qiudnunces. (cliftonvilleacademy.com)
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Within the list of Arsenal cricketers, not all necessarily played cricket while at Arsenal, but they all played to County standard and appeared at some point for Arsenal. (thearsenalhistory.com)
Three Arsenal players are present in the elite group of 12 men who have had the honour of representing England at full international level in both Football and Cricket. (thearsenalhistory.com)
However, with the help of one influential Marylebone Cricket Club member, R. H. Mallett (the manager of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours and future manager of the 1930-31 West Indian tour to Australia), representatives of the various territories finally got together and ultimately formed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. (wikipedia.org)
Cliftonville F.C. continued to play at the Cricket club until they obtained their present grounds across the road in 1890. (cliftonvilleacademy.com)
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CWI has been a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1926. (wikipedia.org)
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Cricketer, known as the fastest run-scorer the game has ever known, and also a good fast bowler. (site123.me)
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Up West" is a form of English that's a thousand years old in Havering. (gedmartin.net)
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It was West Ham's football ground for a century. (gedmartin.net)
Members1
The founding members included the brothers W.C. and E.T. Vint , J.C. Henderson, D Spiller and J McAlery. (cliftonvilleacademy.com)