Sheffield Cricket Lovers' Society Year Book 2020

44 twitter: @scloverssociety As a 10-year-old schoolboy in 1950 I was fortunate to see the whole of the West Indies touring team’s match against Yorkshire at Bramall Lane, stretching from July 29th to August 1st. For the record, WI won a closely contested match by 35 runs. Len Hutton made 104 in Yorkshire’s first innings before being caught by Weekes off the bowling of Valentine, and Clyde Walcott scored 91 for WI in their second innings before Norman Yardley had him caught by Ted Lester. Immediately prior to this match the WI had gone 2-1 up in the four match series by winning the third Test at Trent Bridge where Weekes scored 129. In mid-August they won the fourth and final Test match at the Oval, thereby clinching the series 3-1. Their standing was increasing with each match played; county games as well as Test Matches. As a schoolboy I was soon latching on to the heroes to follow. There were three outstanding batsmen, easily remembered, for their surnames all began with ‘W’: Worrall, Weekes and Walcott, names which roll off the tongue. All three were born within 18 months of each other between 1924 and 1926 on the Island of Barbados which is roughly the size of England’s smallest county, Rutland. This article, however, is devoted solely to Everton SCLS member JOHN HOPKINS will no doubt stir some memories with this portrayal of the celebrated West Indian batsman, Everton Weekes. 94 not out – a prolific run scorer