Joseph Small

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Joseph Small
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Joseph Small
Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type Right-arm medium-fast
Tests First-class
Matches 3 77
Runs scored 79 3,063
Batting average 13.16 26.17
100s/50s 0/1 4/16
Top score 52 133
Balls bowled 366 10,836
Wickets 3 165
Bowling average 61.33 27.81
5 wickets in innings 0 7
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/67 7/49
Catches/stumpings 3/0 71/0

Test debut: 23 June 1928
Last Test: 1 February 1930
Source: [1]

Joseph A. Small (November 3, 1892-April 26, 1958) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England.

Small was born in Princes Town, Trinidad. He was one of the many West Indian cricketers of his time whose Test career started at an advanced age; he was 35 in his first Test. [2] He also scored the first fifty in a Test by a West Indian in the Test at Lord's in 1928. [3] He died in Forest Reserve, Trinidad at the age of 65.

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CricInfo article

  1.   Scorecard of first Test in 1928