Jackie Grant
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George Copeland (Jackie) Grant (9 May 1907 – 26 October 1978) was a West Indian cricketer who captained the side through several series. Grant went on to be a teacher at a mission school called Adams College near Durban. This school was forcibly closed as part of Apartheid punitive education laws and Grant recorded the school's defeat in his book The Liquidation of Adams College. Adams College was later recreated and it is extant.
Grant was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. He was educated at Queen's Royal College in his home city before he gained a place at Cambridge University. Grant played first class cricket for the university.
In 1930 he was offered the post of captain of the West Indies national cricket team. This was an unusual appointment as he wasn't a member of that team. More recent analysis indicates that Grant was chosen not because of his cricket ability which was competent and unexceptional but because of his race. At the time it was considered essential that the team be led by a white man despite the fact that the best members of that team were black. Selection bodies considered that if a leader was required then a white man was required. (His team included Learie Constantine, who was black and who was later to be made Baron Constantine after being a leader as a Cabinet minister and as a High Commissioner for his country.)
The Trinidad and Tobego team also included George Headley and the fast bowlers Herman Griffith and Manny Martindale. This was the real strength of the team. Grant captained the West Indies' team in the 1930-31, 1933, 1934-35 series. West Indies won three out of 12 Tests under his captaincy. At the same time as his cricket career Grant also played soccer for the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
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