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Police retain top title in ’84

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by Keith Holder

There was a big drop in the number of centuries for the 1984 BCA Division 1 Championship as Police retained the title.

Only nine were scored in sharp contrast to 26 the previous season. In fact, it was the lowest amount for the decade of the 1980s.

Leslie Reifer, the Police captain, had the honour of amassing the most runs (638), the top average (42.53) and the highest individual score – 134 against Banks at the Brewery in the first innings of the opening series. He also hit four half-centuries.

Only two other batsmen reached the coveted 500-run mark – Empire captain Carlisle Best (576; Ave: 32.00) and the Pickwick opener Clinton St. Hill (557; Ave: 32.76).

It meant that Best passed 500 runs for the third straight season and St. Hill for the second. And in four seasons, Best lifted his aggregate to 2528 – the highest all told – at an average of 39.50.

Nine bowlers took over 50 wickets, led by the outstanding St. Catherine pacer Neville Mason with 77 at 10.80 runs each.

Mason’s prolific wicket-taking spurred him to the most in four seasons – 218 – at an average of 14.63.

Stephen Farmer, the Wanderers captain and star medium-pace all-rounder, hauled in 61 and topped the overall averages (8.86).

Next on the list of wickets was the talented Combined Schools seamer Ron Bancroft. A student at Harrison College, he took 56 (Ave: 14.93).

The others to grab 50 wickets were Police off-spinner Lawrence Maxwell (56; Ave: 15.33), Carlton medium-pace all-rounder Victor Sandiford 54 (Ave: 9.70), Empire leg-spinning all-rounder Sherlon Greaves 52 (Ave: 12.59), Police pacer Roland Robinson 52 (Ave: 15.44), BCL captain and left-arm spinner Noel Broomes 51 (Ave: 12.86) and another left-arm spinner, Winston Reid of YMPC, 50 (Ave: 14.02).

For the second consecutive season, Ricky Skeete of the BCL was the leading wicketkeeper. He had 33 victims (22 catches and 11 stumpings), while the Police all-rounder Kenrick Marshall was the top fielder with 18 catches.

Police earned 59 points – nine more than second-placed Carlton, who were captained by leg-spinning all-rounder William Hutchinson.

Apart from Reifer’s dominance with the bat and the outstanding bowling again of Maxwell, who grabbed the most wickets the previous season (63), the success of Police was helped by three big, strong pacers in Robinson, Marshall and Sylvester Louis, who shared  114 wickets.

Police used only 13 players for the season.

Police team (matches in brackets) – Leslie Reifer, Geoffrey Mapp, Trevor Greenidge, Nigel Johnson, Derwin Thompson, Kenrick Marshall, Roland Robinson, Sylvester Louis, Lawrence Maxwell (11), Vincent Springer, Kenmore Spencer, Kenneth Sandiford (6), Carl King (4).

POINTS: Police 59, Carlton 50, Maple 46, Wanderers 43, BCL 36, St. Catherine 36, Empire 34, YMPC 24, Spartan 22, Pickwick 21, Combined Schools 18, Banks 15.

Following are the statistics for batsmen with over 300 runs and bowlers with at least 20 wickets:

BATTING: Leslie Reifer (Police) 638 (Ave: 42.53); Carlisle Best (Empire) 576 (Ave: 32.00); Clinton St. Hill (Pickwick) 557 (Ave: 32.76); Victor Sandiford (Carlton) 490 (Ave: 27.22); Adrian Grant (Pickwick) 486 (Ave: 32.40); Mark Sealy (Wanderers) 485 (Ave: 28.52); Hubert Brathwaite (St. Catherine) 475 (Ave: 27.94); Paul Alleyne (Maple) 473 (Ave: 27.82); Ricky Skeete (BCL) 445 (Ave: 27.81); Michael Inniss (Empire) 442 (Ave: 24.55); Nigel Johnson (Police) 437 (Ave: 39.72); Paul Singh (YMPC) 436 (Ave: 22.94);

Arnold Gilkes (Banks) 429 (Ave: 22.57); Roger Blades (St. Catherine) 414 (Ave: 23.00); Wilbur Bruce (YMPC) 405 (Ave: 21.31); Dexter Toppin (Spartan) 387 (Ave: 20.36); Tennyson Gill (Maple) 387 (Ave: 18.42); Trevor Greenidge (Police) 368 (Ave: 28.30); Junior Holder (Banks) 367 (Ave: 19.31); Sherlon Greaves (Empire) 364 (Ave: 22.75); Stephen Farmer (Wanderers) 364 (Ave: 21.41); Nigel Kellman (Spartan) 361 (Ave: 19.00); Sylfred Ramsay (Maple) 352 (Ave: 16.00); Geoffrey Mapp (Police) 347 (Ave: 23.13); Richard Straker (Carlton) 334 (Ave: 41.75); George Codrington (Schools) 333 (Ave: 18.50); Maurice Taylor (Maple) 331 (Ave: 17.42); Victor Greene (Wanderers) 328 (Ave: 18.22); Joseph Harris (Schools) 319 (Ave: 18.76);

Robert Seale (BCL) 318 (Ave: 26.50); Delbert Griffith (St. Catherine) 318 (Ave: 22.71); Ian Smith (Spartan) 317 (Ave: 18.64); Tyrone Knight (BCL) 313 (Ave: 26.08); George Brathwaite (Banks) 306 (Ave: 30.60); Lawrence Mapp (Wanderers) 301 (Ave: 17.70).

BOWLING: Neville Mason (St. Catherine) 77 (Ave: 10.80); Stephen Farmer (Wanderers) 61 (Ave: 8.86);

Ron Bancroft (Schools) 59 (Ave: 14.93); Lawrence Maxwell (Police) 56 (Ave: 15.33); Victor Sandiford (Carlton) 54 (Ave: 9.70); Sherlon Greaves (Empire) 52 (Ave: 12.59); Roland Robinson (Police) 52 (Ave: 15.44); Noel Broomes (BCL) 51 (Ave: 12.86); Winston Reid (YMPC) 50 (Ave: 14.02); Emmerson Jordan (Maple) 38 (Ave: 14.21); Victor Greene (Wanderers) 35 (Ave: 13.68); Allison Johnson (BCL) 35 (Ave: 14.00); Delroy

Walrond (Empire) 33 (Ave: 12.30); Charles Griffith (Banks) 33 (Ave: 17.12); Kenrick Marshall (Police) 32 (Ave: 17.15); Anthony Johnson (Wanderers) 31 (Ave: 12.51); Wendell Coppin (YMPC) 31 (Ave: 15.74); Freston Hurdle (Spartan) 31 (Ave: 18.67); Wayne Yarde (Pickwick) 30 (Ave: 12.60); Sylvester Louis (Police) 30 (Ave: 16.76); George Codrington (Schools) 30 (Ave: 21.75); Chetwyn Burnham (Maple) 29 (Ave: 11.82); Dave Cumberbatch (Maple) 28 (Ave: 13.21); James Squires (Schools) 28 (Ave: 17.71); Trevor Clarke (St. Catherine) 27 (Ave: 13.07); Dexter Toppin (Spartan) 25 (Ave: 16.84); Clyde Beckles (Banks) 25 (Ave: 25.32); Robert Seale (BCL) 23 (Ave: 18.43); Richard Straker (Carlton) 22 (Ave: 9.00); Peter Bowen (Maple) 21 (Ave: 15.95); William Hutchinson (Carlton) 21 (Ave: 18.42); Elon Jones (St. Catherine) 21 (Ave: 25.76); Arlington Hunte (YMPC) 20 (Ave: 13.20); Tyrone Knight (BCL) 20 (Ave: 13.65); Jeffrey Mascoll (Spartan) 20 (Ave: 19.40); Adsyl Hutson (Carlton) 20 (Ave: 21.35).

FIELDING

Wicketkeepers: Ricky Skeete (BCL) 33 (22 catches/11 stumpings); Michael Worrell (Wanderers) 28 (23/5); Derwin Thompson (Police) 27 (21/6); Sean Skeete (Spartan) 22 (15/7); Anthony Small (Empire) 20 (14/6); Wayne Holder (YMPC) 19 (13/6), Sylfred Ramsay (Maple) 19 (16/3); Arnold Gilkes (Banks) 18 (13/5); Sam Cooper (Carlton) 16 (14/2); Ralph Taylor (Pickwick) 16 (15/1), Mark Estwick (Schools) 15 (14/1).

Other than wicketkeepers: Kenrick Marshall (Police) 18; Trevor Greenidge (Police) 17; Orlando Greaves (Schools) 16; Elbert Proverbs (St. Catherine) 15; Tennyson Gill (Maple), Maurice Taylor (Maple), Lawrence Mapp (Wanderers), Winston Herbert (BCL) 14; Victor Sandiford (Carlton), Victor Greene (Wanderers) 13; Hubert Brathwaite (St. Catherine) 12; Dave Cumberbatch (Maple), Adrian Grant (Pickwick) 11; Anthony Edghill (Carlton), Emmerson Jordan (Maple), Robert Seale (BCL), Carlisle Best (Empire), Sherlon Greaves (Empire), Peter Sealy (YMPC), Richard Lorde (Spartan), Roland Holder (Schools), Ron Bancroft (Schools) 10; Kenneth Sandiford (Police), Richard Straker (Carlton), Winston Cumberbatch (Maple), Roy Alleyne (BCL), Trevor Clarke (St. Catherine), Freston Hurdle (Spartan), Clinton St. Hill (Pickwick), Clyde Beckles (Banks) 9; Leslie Reifer (Police), Geoffrey Mapp (Police), Sylvester Louis (Police), Steve Linton (Carlton), Ricardo Harrison (Carlton), Roydon Odwin (Maple), Delbert Griffith (St. Catherine), Marven Alleyne (Empire), John Greaves (Empire), Wayne King (YMPC), Winston Reid (YMPC), Earl Brathwaite (Pickwick), Charles Griffith (Banks) 8.

CENTURIES (Nine)

Leslie Reifer (Police) 134 v Banks at The Brewery (Series 1).

Sylfred Ramsay (Maple) 127 v Pickwick at Trents (Series 2).

Paul Alleyne (Maple) 120 not out v YMPC at Trents (Series 1).

Richard Straker (Carlton) 117 not out v Banks at Black Rock (now Desmond Haynes Oval) (Series 9).

Carlisle Best (Empire) 115 v Carlton at Bank Hall (Series 2).

Mark Sealy (Wanderers) 112 v Spartan at Dayrells Road (Series 3).

Ricky Skeete (BCL) 111 v St. Catherine at Blenheim ‘A’ (Series 1).

Dexter Toppin (Spartan) 103 v St. Catherine at Queen’s Park (Series 2).

Nigel Kellman (Spartan) 102 not out v BCL at Queen’s Park (Series 9).

Keith Holder is a veteran, award-winning freelance sports journalist, who has been covering local, regional and International cricket since 1980 as a writer and commentator. He has compiled statistics on the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Division 1 (rebranded Elite in 2012) Championship for four decades and provides statistics and stories for the BCA website (www.barbadoscricket.org). Email: Keithfholder@gmail.com

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