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George Alphonso Headley OD, MBE (30 May 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before World War II. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for the West Indies and one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Headley also represented Jamaica and played professional club cricket in England.
George Alphonso Headley MBE, who died in Jamaica on November 30, 1983, aged 74, was the first of the great black batsmen to emerge from the West Indies.
George Alphonso Headley, born on May 30 1909, is regarded by many as next only to Bradman for his stupendous batting exploits. He aggregated over 2,000 Test runs at a remarkable average.
George Headley represented West Indies in 22 Tests and scored 2,190 runs at an average of 60.83, including ten centuries, eight of them against England. Known as ‘The Black Bradman’, his highest Test score, an unbeaten 270, came against England in 1935.
Oct 24, 2022 · Headley's ascent to the top of the cricketing world and an indelible place in the game's history is a storied one involving the unlikely-linked Panama Canal construction...
2 days ago · In this March 1976 photo George Headley (right) Jamaica’s greatest cricketer greets Sir Gary Sobers (left) shortly before they and other West Indian sports heroes were inducted into America’s Black Athletes Hall of Fame at an awards banquet at the New York Hilton Hotel, Manhattan. Contributed. Lance Neita. 1. 2.
He was born in 1909 in Panama where there is a substantial West Indian community, originating from the numerous West Indians who went there at the beginning of the century to help build the Panama Canal. His early game was rounders.
George Headley is arguably the best batsman and was certainly its greatest pre-Second World War West Indian player. In an era when his team-mates frequently crumbled Headley maintained West Indian pride with skilled and resolute performances.
HEADLEY, GEORGE ALPHONSO, MBE, who died in Jamaica on November 30, 1983, aged 74, was the first of the great black batsmen to emerge from the West Indies. Between the wars, when the West Indies...
The death, aged 74, of George Alphonso Headley, MBE, whose obituary notice was published in the 1983 Wisden, naturally prompts some estimation as to where this indubitably great batsman...
