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Maurius Pacheco "Maurice" Fernandes, (12 August 1897 – 8 May 1981) was a West Indian Test cricketer who played first-class cricket for British Guiana between 1922 and 1932. He made two Test appearances for the West Indies, in 1928 and 1930. Fernandes played as a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He scored 2,087 first-class runs in 46 appearances at an average of 28.20. Graduating from playing at the Demerara Cricket Club as a teenager, to play for British Guiana in 1922, Fernandes took part in tours of England in 1923 and 1928. He made his debut Test appearance during the 1928 tour, playing in the first of the three Tests. His next, and final Test match came during the English tour of the West Indies in 1930. At the time, the West Indies had a practice of picking their captain from the colony that the match was being played in, and Fernandes was granted the honour for the match in British Guiana. The West Indies won the match, their maiden victory in Test cricket. After the match, Fernandes only played one further first-class match, and retired from first-class cricket in 1932. ==Early life and career== Maurius Pacheco Fernandes was born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana on 12 August 1897.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Profile: Maurice Fernandes )〕 He played for the Demerara Cricket Club as a teenager, gaining a reputation as a good cricketer,〔 and made his debut for British Guiana during the 1922 Inter-Colonial Tournament, facing Trinidad. Playing as an opening batsman, Fernandes scored a duck in his first innings, but made 25 runs in the second.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Guiana v Trinidad: Inter-Colonial Tournament 1922/23 )〕 He was part of the West Indian team that toured England in 1923, playing twenty first-class matches against county and representative opposition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=West Indies in British Isles 1923 )〕 Fernandes played in over half of the matches, and passed fifty on three occasions against first-class opposition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-class Batting and Fielding for West Indians: West Indies in British Isles 1923 )〕 He had reached 83 not out when his side declared against Northamptonshire,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Northamptonshire v West Indians: West Indies in British Isles 1923 )〕 and reached 73 runs in the second innings against Lancashire in the next match, having narrowly missed out in the first innings, when he scored 49.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lancashire v West Indians: West Indies in British Isles 1923 )〕 His highest score of the tour, and his maiden first-class century came against Leicestershire, when he hit 110 runs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leicestershire v West Indians: West Indies in British Isles 1923 )〕 In ''A History of Cricket'', H. S. Altham and E. W. Swanton describe the touring side as one which "proved themselves equal to the best." The team relied heavily on the batting of George Challenor, who struck six centuries, and it was only Challenor that Fernandes trailed in the batting averages on the tour: he scored 523 runs at an average of 34.86, and was one of only two players other than Challenor to score a century for the West Indies.〔 During the Inter-Colonial Tournament in October 1925, Fernandes made significant scores in each of British Guiana's matches: he scored 89 runs in the first innings of their match against Barbados, helping his side to open up a 144-run first innings lead, which they converted into an eight wicket victory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Guiana v Barbados: Inter-Colonial Tournament 1925/26 )〕 In the subsequent match against Trinidad, he reached 124, but lacked support from his teammates, three of whom fell just short of half-centuries. British Guiana eventually lost the match by two wickets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Guiana v Trinidad: Inter-Colonial Tournament 1925/26 (Final) )〕 In the following February, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured the West Indies, playing matches in Barbados, Trinidad, British Guiana and Jamaica.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1925/26 )〕 Three of the matches, one in each location excluding Jamaica, was against representative West Indies sides: Fernandes played in the match held in British Guiana, but not in either of the others, and also played in both matches between British Guiana and the touring MCC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-Class Matches played by Maurice Fernandes (46) )〕 In the last of these matches, he was selected as captain of the British Guiana side, and marked the occasion by scoring 120 in his team's only innings of a drawn match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Guiana v Marylebone Cricket Club: Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1925/26 )〕 He remained as captain for the colony's 1927 match against Barbados, in which their opponents scored 715/9 declared: the second highest innings score made against the team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Highest Team Totals against Guyana )〕 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「Maurice Fernandes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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