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George Challenor (28 June 1888 – 30 July 1947) was a West Indian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side. He was recognised as the first great West Indian batsman, his obituary in ''Wisden Cricketer's Almanack'' ending with the words "His admirable batting did much toward raising cricket in West Indies to Test match standard".〔(Wisden 1948 page 782 )〕 Challenor was born in Waterloo, St. Michael, Barbados and died in Collymore Rock, St. Michael, Barbados. He visited England three times as a member of a West Indian touring team; in 1906, 1923 and 1928. His elder brothers Edward, Vicary and Robert all played cricket, while his uncle George Whitehall had played for Barbados in early inter-colonial matches. His brother Edward was a well known cricketer who played for Barbados, Western Province, Natal, Leicestershire and the Army. Edward and George played against each other on the 1906 tour of England, Edward playing in the M.C.C. side at Lord's. In June 1988 he was celebrated on the Barbadian 45c stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle. ==Pre-war cricket== He made his debut in important cricket for Barbados in the 1905–06 Inter-Colonial Tournament in Trinidad aged 17. He scored 94 runs in his 4 innings. The team for the forthcoming tour of England was decided after this tournament and Challenor was one of those chosen. Before this 1906 tour he was described as "the baby of the team, good and polished bat"〔Cricket – A Weekly Record of the Game, 1906 page 178〕 and "a member of the famous cricketing family who should score a fine average. He is an attractive bat who combines brilliant hitting with sound defence. He is young but most promising".〔The West Indian Tour of England 1906 by Gerry Wolstenholme, page 7〕 He was something of a success on the tour scoring 684 runs in 12 first class matches at an average of 28.50. He made a slow start to the tour and it wasn't until the 10th match of the tour against the M.C.C. that he got his first half-century, a useful 59 made in 80 minutes. Thereafter he scored 90 against Scotland, 97 in a minor match against Northumberland and Durham, 63 against Leicestershire, 108 against Nottinghamshire and 67 against Northamptonshire. In all matches he scored 1017 runs, one of only 3 tourists to reach a thousand runs. Thereafter he was a regular member of the Barbados side and was chosen for the combined West Indies team again the M.C.C. tourists in both 1910–11 and 1912–13. In 1910–11 he scored a useful 75 for the combined team while in 1912–13 he scored 118 and 109 for Barbados against the tourists, while having no success with the combined team. From 1910 onwards he also began to become a useful medium pace bowler. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Challenor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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