George Carew (cricketer)
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Full name | George McDonald Carew | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 37) | 8 January 1935 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 31 December 1948 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 October 2022 |
George McDonald Carew (4 June 1910 – 9 December 1974) was a cricketer who played four Test matches for the West Indies between 1935 and 1948. He was a right-hand batsman from Barbados where he ran a taxi business.
He is best remembered for his innings in the Second Test against England at Port of Spain in 1947–48, when he scored 107 in a first wicket partnership with Andy Ganteaume that put on 173 runs.[1][2] Wisden reported: "Wearing a chocolate-coloured felt hat and chewing gum the whole time, Carew, in an unorthodox display, used the hook and pull freely in a dazzling exhibition."[3] He toured India with the West Indian team later that year but played only one Test.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wisden - Supplementary Obituaries".
- ^ "West Indies v England, Port of Spain 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ Wisden 1949, p. 751.
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