Jeff Stollmeyer

Jeffrey Stollmeyer
Personal information
Born	11 March 1921; Santa Cruz, Trinidad
Died	10 September 1989 (aged 68); Melbourne, Florida, United States
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Legbreak, googly
International information
National side	West Indies;
Test debut	23 June 1939 v England
Last Test	26 April 1955 v Australia
Career statistics
	Source: CricInfo, 30 May 2019

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.[1]

Cricket career

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.

Later life

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. In 1979 he was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's Chaconia Medal (Gold). Stollmeyer released his autobiography Everything Under the Sun in 1983.

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

Stollmeyer died in a hospital in Melbourne, Florida, after suffering wounds from home invaders in his home in Port-of-Spain.[2]

Family

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.[3]

gollark: That is probably much more learnable.

gollark: If that doesn't work I have actual internet searching abilities and do not have to ask people.

gollark: Mostly I just stare at the page, think a lot, and eventually dredge up an answer or at least an intuition about where to look.

gollark: That mostly doesn't happen to me.

gollark: For all the ridiculous problems of my workflow, I will go to *great* effort to solve a problem without having to go through the hassle and high latency of actually asking people.

References

Jeffrey Stollmeyer at Cricinfo
"The end of the innocence". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
William Gildea (7 June 1990). "U.S. Cup Trio Goes Right to the Top for Help". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

External links

Jeff Stollmeyer at ESPNcricinfo

Preceded by John Goddard	West Indies Test cricket captains 1951/2 – 1954/5	Succeeded by Denis Atkinson

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[1] Jeffrey Stollmeyer at Cricinfo

[2] "The end of the innocence". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[3] William Gildea (7 June 1990). "U.S. Cup Trio Goes Right to the Top for Help". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 June 2013.