Seymour Nurse
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| Full name | Seymour MacDonald Nurse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 November 1933 Jack-My-Nanny Gap, Black Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados |
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| Nickname | Casso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | LH Nurse (Great-nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 110) | 17 February 1960 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 March 1969 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1958-1971/72 | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 12 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seymour MacDonald Nurse (born 10 November 1933) is a Barbadian former cricketer. Nurse played 29 Test matches for the West Indies between 1960 and 1969. A powerfully built right-hand batsman and an aggressive, if somewhat impetuous, shotmaker, Nurse preferred to bat in the middle order but was often asked to open the batting. A relative latecomer to high-level cricket, Nurse's Test cricket career came to what many consider a premature end in 1969.
A member of the famous Empire Cricket Club, Nurse's cricketing mentor was club-mate Everton Weekes. He made his first-class cricket debut for Barbados in 1958. The following year he made a double century for Barbados against the touring English and quickly found himself called up for Test duties with the West Indies. Over the next five years, Nurse struggled to establish himself as a permanent fixture in the West Indies team. It was not until the West Indies toured England in 1966 that Nurse was able to perform consistently at international level.
Nurse retired from Test cricket at the peak of his powers, having just dominated the New Zealand bowlers in a three Test series. His last Test innings of 258 is still the highest score by a cricketer in his final Test innings. Nurse continued to play at club level and Barbados for some years. He would later manage and coach the Barbados team and was the head coach of the Barbados National Sports Council. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1967.
Nurse was born on 10 November 1933 in Saint Michael, Barbados. From a humble background, Nurse was the son of a carpenter and the youngest of a family of two boys and two girls. His older brother Sinclair showed an early aptitude for cricket as a leg-spin bowler but did not carry on with the game. The younger Nurse went to school at St Stephen's Boys School where he excelled in both football and cricket. A severe leg injury brought an end to Nurse's football career along with advice from his father to "stay in cricket and quit football, otherwise you are on your own. Football in Barbados is too rough." Keen to start working for a living Nurse left school aged 16, a decision he would later regret.
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