George_Carew_(cricketer)

George Carew (cricketer)

George Carew (cricketer)

West Indian cricketer


George McDonald Carew (4 June 1910 – 9 December 1974) was a cricketer who edplayed 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.

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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

  1. "Wisden - Supplementary Obituaries".
  2. "West Indies v England, Port of Spain 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. Wisden 1949, p. 751.



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