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The West Indies cricket team toured England in 1933, playing three Test matches, losing two of them and drawing the other. In all, the side played 30 first-class matches, winning only five and losing nine. The batting was led by George Headley, who scored almost twice as many runs as the next highest aggregate and averaged 66 runs per innings (the next best was 39). The bowling was spearheaded by the pace of Manny Martindale, from Barbados, who took 14 wickets in the Tests and 103 on the tour. He cut Wally Hammond's chin open at Old Trafford and, in partnership with Learie Constantine in this match, used the same bodyline tactics England had used the previous winter against Australia. ==The touring team== The team was captained by the former Cambridge University blue Jackie Grant, who had been captain on the tour of Australia in 1930-31. The full team was: * Jackie Grant, captain * Teddy Hoad, vice-captain * Ellis Achong * Ivan Barrow, wicketkeeper * Cyril Christiani, wicketkeeper * Oscar Da Costa * Herman Griffith * George Headley * Freddie Martin * Manny Martindale * Cyril Merry * Clifford Roach * Ben Sealey * Vincent Valentine * Archie Wiles In addition to the regular touring party, Learie Constantine, who was playing Lancashire League cricket and not available for the full tour, played in one Test and four other first-class matches, and George Francis, also engaged in League cricket, played in the first Test at Lord's, but was not called on for any other first-class matches. Rolph Grant, brother of the captain and an undergraduate at Cambridge University, played in the match against the university and Clifford Inniss, an undergraduate at Oxford, played in the match against Oxford University and in one other first-class match against MCC. Constantine, Francis, Griffith, Hoad, Martin and Roach had been members of the 1928 West Indies side which toured England and were the first to play Test cricket. All six of them played in Tests on that tour. Achong, Barrow, Da Costa and Headley had made their Test debuts in the 1929-30 season against the England team. Jackie Grant's first Test appearances were on the 1930-31 tour of Australia. Christiani, Martindale, Merry, Sealey and Wiles had not played Test cricket before this tour and all of them except Christiani played Tests in the 1933 series. Christiani made his Test debut in the 1934-35 series against England, as did Rolph Grant. The other co-opted player on this tour, Clifford Inniss, never played Test cricket. The manager of the team was John Kidney, who played 11 first-class matches for Barbados between 1909 and 1932. He later managed the 1939 touring team in England. 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「West Indian cricket team in England in 1933」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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