Gerry Alexander
Gerry Alexander at Cambridge in 1952
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| Full name | Franz Copeland Murray Alexander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 November 1928 Kingston, Colony of Jamaica |
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| Died | 16 April 2011 (aged 82) Orange Grove, Jamaica |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 96) | 25 July 1957 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 10 February 1961 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 19 April 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Franz Copeland Murray "Gerry" Alexander OD (2 November 1928 – 16 April 2011) was a Jamaican cricketer who played 25 Tests for the West Indies. He was a wicket-keeper who had 90 dismissals in his 25 Test appearances and, though his batting average was around 30 in both Test and first class cricket, his only first-class century came in a Test on the 1960-61 tour of Australia.
Alexander was the last white man to captain the West Indies cricket team. He led the West Indies against Pakistan at home in 1958, on the tour of India and Pakistan in 1958-59 and against England in 1960. He would not tolerate the indiscipline of Roy Gilchrist on the tour of India and sent him home before the team reached Pakistan.
He was educated at Wolmer’s Boys' School, which was founded in 1729 and is one of the oldest schools in the West Indies. He then attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He played for the Cambridge cricket team in both 1952 and 1953, winning a Blue in both years for appearing in the University Match against Oxford. He also won a Blue at football, and went on to win an England amateur cap and an FA Amateur Cup winner’s medal in 1953 playing for Pegasus. He played cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1954 and 1955.
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