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Full name Lionel Sydney Birkett
Born April 14, 1905, Strathclyde, St Michael, Barbados
Died January 16, 1998, St James, Barbados (aged 92 years 277 days)
Major teams West Indies,Barbados,British Guiana,Trinidad
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
8
0
136
64
17.00
0
1
0
4
0
First-class
26
42
3
1295
253
33.20
3
3
22
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
4
126
71
1
1/16
1/16
71.00
3.38
126.0
0
0
0
First-class
26
504
9
2/6
56.00
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 12-16, 1930 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Feb 13-14, 1931 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1924/25 - 1944/45
Profile
Wisden obituary
Lionel Sydney Birkett, who died on January 16, 1998, aged 93, was vice-captain on West Indies' first tour of Australia, in 1930-31. He made 64, opening the batting at Adelaide on his debut, but his form deteriorated, and he did not play in the last Test when West Indies scored a surprise win. Birkett had attracted attention by making 253 for Trinidad against British Guiana a year earlier, and his batting - learned among the Barbadian elite at Harrison College - was always elegant. But his cricket had to be fitted in with his peripatetic work in the sugar business: his career comprised 26 first-class matches spread over 20 years, for Barbados, Trinidad and British Guiana as well as the West Indians. After the Australian tour, Birkett did not play again until 1937. He was the oldest living Test player before he died, a title taken over by Alf Gover of England.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
