- Joseph Small
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = Joseph Small
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Right-handed batsman (RHB)
bowling style = Right-arm medium-fast
tests = 3
test runs = 79
test bat avg = 13.16
test 100s/50s = 0 / 1
test top score = 52
test balls = 366
test wickets = 3
test bowl avg = 61.33
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 2/67
test catches/stumpings = 3 / 0
FCs = 77
FC runs = 3,063
FC bat avg = 26.17
FC 100s/50s = 4 / 16
FC top score = 133
FC balls = 10,836
FC wickets = 165
FC bowl avg = 27.81
FC 5s = 7
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 7/49
FC catches/stumpings = 71 / 0
debut date = 23 June
debut year = 1928
last date = 1 February
last year = 1930
source = http://content.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52938.htmlJoseph A. Small (
November 3 ,1892 -April 26 ,1958 ) was a West Indiancricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England.Small was born in
Princes Town ,Trinidad . He was one of the many West Indian cricketers of his time whose Test career started at an advanced age; he was 35 in his first Test. ref|pp He also scored the first fifty in a Test by a West Indian in the Test atLord's in 1928. ref|statsguru"International cricketers," wrote
C. L. R. James in recollection of Small's enthusiasm when, as a boy, the writer bowled to him theQueen's Park Savannah , "are not as ordinary men. There might be only two boys fielding, but if you bowled Joe a half-volley outside the off stump, he hit with all his force, though he would have to wait until the ball came back from 150 yards."Small died in Forest Reserve, Trinidad, at the age of 65.
References
[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52938.html CricInfo article]
# [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1928/WI_IN_ENG/WI_ENG_T1_23-26JUN1928.html Scorecard of first Test in 1928]
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