Everton Weekes
West Indian cricketer (1925-2020) · Barbados · On the map · Athletes · Died at 95
Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE was a cricketer from Barbados. A right-handed batsman, he was known as one of the hardest hitters in world cricket. Weekes holds the record for the most consecutive Test hundreds, with five.
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Garfield Sobers Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1954-1958
Clyde Walcott Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1948-1958
George Headley Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1948-1954
Frank Worrell Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1948-1958- Sonny Ramadhin Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1950-1958
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Sammy Guillen Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1951-1956- Allan Rae Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1948-1953
Denis Atkinson Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1948-1958- Esmond Kentish Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1948-1954
John Goddard Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1948-1957- Roy Marshall Teammate at Barbados national team, 1946-1953
- Alfred Binns Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1953-1956
- Collie Smith Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1955-1958
- Tom Dewdney Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1955-1958
- Frank King Teammate at West Indies cricket team, 1953-1956
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The Worrell, Weekes and Walcott Stand at Kensington Oval is named in honour of the Three Ws.
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Weekes's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last 10 innings (blue line). The blue dots indicate an innings where he was not dismissed.Awards
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Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of the West Indies cricket team. Weekes played in 48 Test matches for the West Indies cricket team from 1948 to 1958. Weekes occasionally donned the wicketkeeping gloves as well. He continued to play first-class cricket until 1964, surpassing 12,000 first-class runs in his final innings. As a coach he was in charge of the Canadian team at the 1979 Cricket World Cup, and he was also a commentator and international match referee.
