History of cricket in the West Indies from 1945-46 to 1970

History of cricket in the West Indies from 1945-46 to 1970

This article describes the history of West Indies cricket from 1946 to 1970.

First-class cricket in the West Indies had begun in February 1865 and the federation began playing Test cricket in 1928, but it was not until the 1965-66 West Indian cricket season that a formal domestic competition was founded, this being the Shell Shield which has subsequently evolved into the Carib Beer Cup.

Post-war cricket to 1970

West Indies cricket received a tremendous boost when its team defeated England in the 1950 Test series. The following decade saw the emergence of truly great players like Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, Clyde Walcott and Gary Sobers.

In 1965, Shell Oil sponsored its Shell Shield and the West Indies at last had a true domestic championship. At first the new competition involved Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and the Combined Islands team which was an amalgam of Leeward Islands cricket team and Windward Islands cricket team.

hell Shield winners to 1970

* 1965-66 Barbados
* 1966-67 Barbados
* 1967-68 "no competition"
* 1968-69 Jamaica
* 1969-70 Trinidad and Tobago

International tours to 1970

England 1947-48

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18357.html 1st Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18372.html 2nd Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18385.html 3rd Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 7 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18399.html 4th Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets

India 1952-53

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20514.html 1st Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20529.html 2nd Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 142 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20535.html 3rd Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20547.html 4th Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20555.html 5th Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn

England 1953-54

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20962.html 1st Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 140 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20984.html 2nd Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 181 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/20995.html 3rd Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – England won by 9 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/21004.html 4th Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/20/21007.html 5th Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – England won by 9 wickets

"For information about this tour, see" : English cricket team in West Indies in 1953-54

Australia 1954-55

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/21/21455.html 1st Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – Australia won by 9 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/21/21458.html 2nd Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/21/21463.html 3rd Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – Australia won by 8 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/21/21502.html 4th Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/21/21579.html 5th Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – Australia won by an innings and 82 runs

EW Swanton's XI 1955-56

Duke of Norfolk's XI 1956-57

Pakistan 1957-58

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/22/22818.html 1st Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/22/22828.html 2nd Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 120 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/22/22847.html 3rd Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by an innings and 174 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/22/22858.html 4th Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 8 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/22/22863.html 5th Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – Pakistan won by an innings and 1 run

England 1959-60

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/23/23895.html 1st Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/23/23942.html 2nd Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – England won by 256 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/23/23967.html 3rd Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/23/23984.html 4th Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/23/23990.html 5th Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn

For information about this tour, see: English cricket team in West Indies in 1959-60

EW Swanton's XI 1960-61

EW Swanton's team played four 3-day matches against local clubs, winning 3 and losing 1.

India 1961-62

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/25/25328.html 1st Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 10 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/25/25339.html 2nd Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by an innings and 18 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/25/25352.html 3rd Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by an innings and 30 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/25/25355.html 4th Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 7 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/25/25357.html 5th Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 123 runs

Australia 1964-65

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27307.html 1st Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 179 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27316.html 2nd Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27324.html 3rd Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 212 runs
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27351.html 4th Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27381.html 5th Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – Australia won by 10 wickets

Rest of the World XI in Barbados 1966-67

England 1967-68

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29250.html 1st Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29277.html 2nd Test] at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29297.html 3rd Test] at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29305.html 4th Test] at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – England won by 7 wickets
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29310.html 5th Test] at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn

Duke of Norfolk's XI 1969-70

References

External sources

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/WI.html CricketArchive – itinerary of events]

Further reading

* "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development" by Rowland Bowen
* "Beyond a Boundary" by CLR James
* Wisden Cricketers' Almanack


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