Jeff Stollmeyer
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Legbreak googly | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 32 | 117 |
| Runs scored | 2159 | 7942 |
| Batting average | 42.33 | 44.61 |
| 100s/50s | 4/12 | 14/38 |
| Top score | 160 | 324 |
| Balls bowled | 990 | 4413 |
| Wickets | 13 | 55 |
| Bowling average | 39.00 | 45.12 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 3/32 | 3/32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 20/0 | 92/0 |
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Test debut: 23 June 1939 |
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Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer (March 11, 1921-September 10, 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and footballer. He played 32 Tests for the West Indies, captaining 13 of these.
Stollmeyer was born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. He played in his first Test at the age of eighteen and made a 59 in his debut innings at Lord's. Stollmeyer gained the captaincy during the 1951/2 tour of Australia after John Goddard stood down in that series. He retained the captaincy during the West Indies' next three series, all of which were played at home.
After his playing career, Stollmeyer had a long and distinguished career in cricket administration. He served as President of the West Indies Board of Control from 1974 until 1981, a tenure distinguished by his opposition to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.
Stollmeyer died in a hospital in Melbourne, Florida after suffering wounds from home invaders in his home in Port-of-Spain.
[edit] Trivia
- Stollmeyer's 1983 autobiography is entitled Everything Under the Sun.
- Jeff Stollmeyer's older brother Vic also played Test cricket for the West Indies.
- Jeff Stollmeyer's older brother Hugh Stollmeyer was one of Trinidad's great Painter's. His work was very influential towards the Caribbean art movement.
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| Preceded by John Goddard |
West Indies Test cricket captains 1951/2 - 1954/5 |
Succeeded by Denis Atkinson |
