Touring Team
There had been an idea for a tour to England for some time and following the twin tours of Lord Hawke and Priestley to the West Indies in 1896-97 this idea was further developed and in June 1899 a combined West Indian eleven was invited to visit England. Lord Hawke was the author of this invitation and he then arranged a series of matches for the summer of 1900. The initial selection of the West Indies team took place after the 1899-1900 Inter-Colonial Tournament in January 1900.
The 15 players that eventually made up the team consisted of:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| R.S.A. Warner (c) | Trinidad |
| W. Bowring | Barbados |
| W.T. Burton | British Guiana |
| L.S. Constantine | Trinidad |
| P.I. Cox | Barbados |
| L.S. D'Ade | Trinidad |
| P.A. Goodman | Barbados |
| D.C.S. Hinds | Barbados |
| M.M. Kerr | Jamaica |
| G.V. Livingston | Jamaica |
| G.C. Learmond | British Guiana |
| W.H. Mignon | Grenada |
| C.A. Ollivierre | St. Vincent |
| S.W. Sproston | British Guiana |
| J. Woods | Trinidad |
Burton and Woods were regarded as Professionals. W.C. Nock of Trinidad was the manager. Sproston acted as captain in the absence of Aucher Warner. P.F. Warner played in 1 match. R.S.A. Warner and P.F. Warner were brothers. It appears that the wicket-keeping was shared between Constantine and Learmond.
Cricket gives what is presumably the original list of 14 selections and 4 reserves. The selections includes H.A. Cole (Barbados) and G.B.Y. Cox (Barbados). Of the reserves P.I. Cox and Livingston made the final team, the other reserves being W.E. Goodman (British Guiana) and F.L. Pearce (Jamaica). R.S.A. Warner is not mentioned.
Cricket has an anonymous letter giving further details following a meeting in Barbados on 17 April. A letter had been received from British Guiana indicating that Sproston was unable to accompany the team, although this eventually turned out not to be the case. A letter was received from Jamaica suggesting that Livingston should go in Cole's place, this being agreed to. Further a letter was received from Mr. Aucher Warner offering his services as captain in accordance with the West Indies Cricket Committee in London. This offer was accepted and Bowring the original captain was to tour as an ordinary member. The team given also excludes P.I. Cox who did eventually take part in the tour.
H.B.G. Austin was unable to tour as he was fighting in South Africa.
The majority of the team was white. Burton and Woods were, of course, black as were Constantine, Hinds and Ollivierre amongst the Amateurs.
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