Touring Team
Since the first tour to England in the summer of 1900 there had been two further tours by English teams to the West Indies. These were the tours captained by Richard Bennett in 1901-02 and by Lord Brackley in 1904-05. The selection of the West Indies team took place after the 1905-06 Inter-Colonial Tournament in January 1906. The team was selected by two representatives from each of the three competing colonies; Jamaica, Grenada and St. Vincent being unrepresented. Charles Ollivierre was now playing for Derbyshire and so was unavailable.
The 15 players that made up the team consisted of:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| H.B.G. Austin (c) | Barbados |
| C.K. Bancroft | Barbados |
| W.T. Burton | British Guiana |
| Dr. J.J. Cameron | Jamaica |
| G. Challenor | Barbados |
| L.S. Constantine | Trinidad |
| A.B. Cumberbatch | Trinidad |
| P.A. Goodman | Barbados |
| A.E.A. Harragin | Trinidad |
| O.H. Layne | Barbados |
| G.C. Learmond | Trinidad |
| C.S. Morrison | Jamaica |
| R.C. Ollivierre | St. Vincent |
| J.E. Parker | British Guiana |
| S.G. Smith | Trinidad |
Burton, Constantine, Goodman and Learmond had been part of the 1900 team. Richard Ollivierre was the brother of Charles Ollivierre who had toured in 1900.
R.H. Mallett was the manager. Austin was elected as captain while Goodman and Harragin were chosen for the selection committee.
The majority of the team was white. The Professionals Burton, Cumberbatch and Layne were black as were Constantine and Ollivierre amongst the Amateurs.
Strangely Cumberbatch was invariably reported in contemporary publications as being "C.P. Cumberbatch" whereas it appears that he was actually "A.B. Cumberbatch", C.P. Cumberbatch being a different player.
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