Jeff Stollmeyer

He played 32 Test matches for the West Indies, captaining 13 of these.

Of the West Indies players in that first match after the war only Gerry Gomez, George Headley, Jeffrey Stollmeyer, and Foffie Williams had previously played Test cricket.

Stollmeyer was born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad.

Stollmeyer gained the captaincy during the 1951/2 tour of Australia after John Goddard stood down in that series.

Goddard made 182 runs at 26.00 and took 5 wickets at 32.20 in the six Tests he played (he stood down for the Fifth Test, allowing Jeff Stollmeyer to captain the side – to a 202-run defeat).

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.

In June 1988 Stollmeyer was celebrated on the $2.50 Trinidad and Tobago stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle.

Stollmeyer's older brother Vic also played Test cricket for the West Indies while another brother, Hugh was one of Trinidad's great painters who influenced the Caribbean art movement.

Vic Stollmeyer was the older brother of West Indian captain Jeff Stollmeyer.

Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer (11 March 1921 – 10 September 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer.

Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer (11 March 1921 – 10 September 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer.

He played 32 Test matches for the West Indies, captaining 13 of these.

He was also a senator.

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 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.

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.

In 1979 he was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's Chaconia Medal (Gold).

Stollmeyer died in a hospital in Melbourne, Florida, after suffering wounds from home invaders in his home in Port-of-Spain.

Stollmeyer died in a hospital in Melbourne, Florida, after suffering wounds from home invaders in his home in Port-of-Spain.

Stollmeyer's older brother Vic also played Test cricket for the West Indies while another brother, Hugh was one of Trinidad's great painters who influenced the Caribbean art movement.

Stollmeyer's nephew John is a former footballer who played 31 games for the United States.

Stollmeyer's nephew John is a former footballer who played 31 games for the United States.

Stollmeyer's nephew John is a former footballer who played 31 games for the United States.

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