Andy Ganteaume

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Andy Ganteaume West Indies (WI)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	N/A (wicket-keeper - WK)
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	50
Runs scored	112	2,785
Batting average	112.00	34.81
100s/50s	1/0	5/17
Top score	112	159
Balls bowled	0	48
Wickets	N/A	0
Bowling average	N/A	N/A
5 wickets in innings	N/A	0
10 wickets in match	N/A	0
Best bowling	N/A	N/A
Catches/stumpings	0/0	34/3
Test debut: 11 February 1948 Last Test: 16 February 1948 Source: [1]

Andrew ("Andy") Gordon Ganteaume (born January 22, 1921 in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) was a West Indian cricketer, an opening batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper. He is noteworthy for scoring 112 in his only Test match innings, against England at Port of Spain in 1947/48, thus giving him a higher batting average even than Bradman, although such rankings rarely include those who have played fewer than 20 innings and Ganteaume's higher average is treated merely as an interesting statistical anomaly, with Bradman universally considered to top the list on merit.

In the West Indian domestic game, Ganteaume played first-class cricket for Trinidad from 1940/41 until 1957/58, hitting five centuries in all, although his batting declined in effectiveness after 1950/51. Nevertheless he was chosen for the 1957 party for England, and in fact played 19 of his 50 first-class matches on this tour. As the second or even third wicketkeeper, he did not make it into the Test side, however, with Gerry Alexander as the first choice and young Rohan Kanhai the challenger, and after his return played only two more first-class games: one against the touring Pakistanis in 1957/58, and a final match - at the age of 42 - for the renamed Trinidad and Tobago side five years later.