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       ACCA HIT & RUNS   INSIDE THIS ISSUE   Dominica ​Page 1 Caribbean Cup Results ​Page 2,10 Mayor’s washout ​Page 3 Ken Kelly Leaves the ecb Around the counties Upcoming Events Barbados Cricket ​(The Empire Cricket Club)​​Page 4-9   SEPTEMBER 2015 ISSUE 03  Clarence ‘Sam’ Hinds (R​emembered)​ ​Page 11 Caribbean Cup Final ​Page 12 ​Winter Programmes ​Page 13 Dominica (Tropical storm Erika) or sell to raise additional funds. Dominica is a tiny caribbean island. It is located 15° (degrees), North latitude and 61° West longitude. It is usually referred to as the nature island because of its tropical rain forest; covering roughly (sixty-seven percent) 67% or two thirds of the island. The island is home to over 1200 plant species. Not to be confused with the Dominican Republic which together with Haiti made up the principality formerly known as Hispaniola. Dominica was recently devastated by a tropical storm. This If you or any organisation with which you are involved would has left the island and its people in desperate need of help. like more information on how you can help; please contact: Many people have lost all their possessions and without the luxury of insurance and state benefits are trying to survive. [email protected] Roads and bridges which allowed the natives to move around +44207 370 1533 and even the island’s small airport are destroyed. Or the office of the Dominica High Commissioner at: Members of the ACCA and the Caribbean Club Cricket Competition management team have started a collection for Tel: +4420 7370 5194 Dominica by asking players participating in the above Fax: +4420 7373 8743 competition along with their friends, family and some of their [email protected] opposition team members present at other recreational cricket events to make a small donation. Derek Gift­Simms We recently approached Surrey County Cricket Club and requested their support. Surrey CC has kindly donated a signed cricket bat which we hope to auction  1 

Caribbean Cup Round Robin Fixtures & Results Tables    The final games of the round robin phase of the caribbean cup competition were played on Sunday June 28, 2015. The tablebelow shows the final standings of each group at this phase. GROUP ONE Teams Played Win Lost C A Lcn Wcn PointsParagon CC 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 81Leyton County CC 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 49Starlight CC 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 36Cosmopolitan CC 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 30Bow Green CC 4 0 3 0 0105 GROUP TWOWest Indies United CC 320101 0 46 1 30Barking CC 311010 1 29 0 17BOCA CC 311010Simba CC 302101 Ca​ncelled, ​A​bandoned, ​Wcn​; Winner of conceded fixture, L​cn​; Loser of conceded fixturePlease see the following for full details on the results at each stage of the competitionhttp://www.africancaribbeancricket.com/caribbeancup/The draw for the quarter finals was made and the remaining fixtures were as follows; note home teams are shown first; For thebenefit of the non-web savvy; the quarter final draw threw up the following permutations.Cosmopolitan CC versus West Indies United CC, Paragon CC versus Simba CC, Barking CC versus Leyton CC and Starlight CCversus BOCA CC.​There were no surprises at this stage as the three top teams from group 1 and the top team from group 2 alladvanced to the semi-final stage.The s​emi finals​would feature WIU against STR and PAR against LEY. Starlight the 2014 winners were expected to face strongcompetition but WIU were beaten amid some controversy. Paragon CC which up to this stage had not lost a game was beingtipped to easily beat Leyton CC and set-up what was being anticipated as one of the most competitive finals. ​Cont..d 2 

RAIN STOPS PLAY? NO WAY! K​en Kelly Leaves the ECB       Tuesday June 30, 2015; an email was received from Mr Ken Kelly informing the ACCA that today is, his final day of employment with the ECB. I personally want to thank Mr Kelly for his contributions and commitment to our cause and wish him the very best in his future endeavours.The scene was set for the inaugural Mayor’s Cricket Cup, a At the time of publication it is now known that Mrs Suegala family fun day on Mitcham’s historic Cricket Green. Redfern has replaced Mr Ken Kelly as the diversity andUnfortunately, the weather didn’t play ball… inclusion officer and the ECB representative; present at ACCA meetings.Well past lunchtime, with no prospect of the rain abating, wereluctantly called time on the event. Thanks to our charity Sue also has additional responsibilities at the ECB has she isvolunteers, we were able to take refuge in the Citizen’s Advice also an international match official. She recently featured inBureau office, to dry out and enjoy delicious refreshments the England versus Australia Women’s series.while the deluge continued. Around the Counties  However, the British weather hadn’t reckoned on thedetermination of ACCA’s AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICES  AND FRIENDS players had come to play cricket and had no Essex​  ​(http://essexcricket.org.uk)  intention of going anywhere until they got a game. By lateafternoon the rain stopped, and thanks to the sterling efforts Finished mid-table in the South Group of the NatWest T20of the groundsmen, the sound of leather on willow couldfinally ring out. Special mention must also go to Winston, Blast. With two games remaining Essex are current fourthwho added some true Caribbean flavour with his swift set-upof an impromptu jerk shack on the sidelines – much to the place in Division Two of the LV county championship.admiration of intrigued locals…  So although it didn’t quite go to plan, the day ended on a Kent ​(http://kentcricket.co.uk)  high thanks to the players, the team at Mitcham Cricket Club,the brilliant support of the Mayor’s charities and of course, Are currently placed seventh in Division Two of the LV Countythe sponsor, Ah​madiyya Muslim Youth Association.​And itseems we are set for a re-scheduled match on Bank Holiday Championship. Loss to the eventual winners of the T20 blastMonday, 9t​h May 2016.​Guess this was what you could call adry run… as a result of losing more wickets in a last ball; tied match atKaren & David Chung  the quarter final stage. Were defeated by Surrey CC at the  quarter final stage of the Royal London One-Day competition.Upcoming Events  Sat Oct 3-4, 2​0:00 - 02:00 Middlesex​ ​(http://middlesexccc.com)    Caribbean Club Cup Presentation dance Are currently second place in Division One of the LV County   Championship; Finished third from bottom in the Southern group of the Royal London One-Day competition.     Surrey  ​(http://kiaoval.com)   Promoted to Division One of the LV County Championship for the 2016 season. Surrey CC are finalist in the Royal London One-Day cup at Lord’s on Sept 19th.              3 

 BARBADOS CRICKET : EMPIRE CRICKET CLUB, HERMAN GRIFFITH & BEYOND INTRODUCTION One of my long-standing Barbadian, or should l say Bajan, friends informed me at the beginning of the 2014 Summer that one of hisfavourite Barbadian cricket teams, Empire Cricket Club, would be making a short visit to England as part of its centenary celebrations.Being a lover of the noblest of sporting activities and part-time historian of the game as it is played in the Caribbean, I immediatelystarted researching on the Empire Cricket Club. What I found is absolutely amazing.EMPIRE DAY AND EMPIRE CRICKET CLUB The Empire Cricket Club was founded on 24t​h May 1914 which for those familiar with the British Empire was Empire Day. I can hear yourvoices, “What is this Empire Day?” Well, the history says that Empire Day had its origins in Canada in 1898 when Clementina Trenholmeintroduced it in the schools of Dundas, Ontario, ‘’on the last school day before 24​th May, Queen Victoria’s birthday’’. It was not longafter that in 1904 that Lord Meath instituted the celebratory day in the United Kingdom. Thereafter it spread across the British Empire.The day was celebrated by ‘’lighting fireworks in the back gardens or attending community bonfires. It gave the King’s people a chanceto demonstrate their pride in being part of the British Empire. As the sun gradually begun to set on the British Empire’’, Empire Daywas renamed British Commonwealth Day and in 1966 it was changed to Commonwealth Day.THE CATALYST The catalyst for the founding of the Empire Cricket Club surrounded an extraordinarily talented all-round sportsman by the name ofHerman Griffith. He was born in Arima, Trinidad on 1​st December 1893 but attended secondary school in Barbados. He was educated at Combermere School which he entered on a bursary in 1903.At school he excelled as a cricketer especially in the art of fast bowling. In those days according to Brian Stoddart writing in ​The Imperial Game: Cricket, Culture and Society,​“It is true that most of the White elite in Barbados, for example, went to Harrison College, the plantocracy (the ruling class of plantation owners) to Lodge (School) with elements of the non-White elite eventually getting into Harrisons, and the bulk of the emergent middle class (and some intellectually talented) non-Whites going to Combermere.” When these cricketing young men left the above-mentioned educational institutions, “the players ‘knew’ which club they would gravitate towards: the White elite to Wanderers and the next layer to Pickwick, with the non-White elite moving to Spartan.....”SPARTAN CRICKET CLUB Now Spartan it is said was the first top-ranking cricket club in Barbados that considered non-Whites for membership. The importantcricket clubs in Barbados during the late 19t​h century and early 20​th century were exclusively for White people, notably Wanderers andPickwick Cricket Clubs. Spartan Cricket Club was founded in 1893 and consisted mostly of ‘’lawyers, medical practitioners, elite schoolmasters, higher level civil servants and the few non-Whites to have penetrated the managerial levels of the business, commercial andplantation worlds.Although not exclusively so, there was a significant mulatto element in Spartan. The club’s first President, Sir Conrad Reeves, was indeeda mulatto who was Barbados first non-White Chief Justice and was knighted by Queen Victoria. Inevitably many of the Spartan membersbecame influential in the political, economic and social spheres on the island. Also included in Spartan Cricket Club’s membership rollwas Sir Grantley Adams who became the first Chief Minister of Barbados, Prime Minister of Barbados and the leader of the short-livedWest Indies Federation. Sir Grantley was a fine wicket-keeper/batsman for Harrison College and Spartan in his youth, good enough tohave played for Barbados against British Guiana in 1925. Inevitably the club became extremely vigilant in whom it elected to join itsranks. Membership of the club was jealously guarded. Cricket in Barbados at the period was strictly divided by colour and class.  4 

 COLOUR AND CLASS The Black working class in Barbados during the 19t​h Century and well into the 20​th​Century, were excluded from competitive cricket whichwas under the control of the White Barbados Cricket Committee later to become the Barbados Cricket Association in 1934. Among theBlack working class were some very talented cricketers. Although highly skilled, most of them were employed by Barbados CricketCommittee teams as groundsmen and net bowlers. On occasions the Barbados Cricket Committee teams would hire them as individuals ​or as teams to play friendly games as a means of providing excitement for spectators, or to sharpen their o​wn skills.One of the groundsmen team was Fenwick that defeated all of the teams they played against, including the national team in trial gamesoccasionally staged for intercolonial matches.Three members of the Fenwick team: Cumberbatch, Burton and Wood, left Barbados permanently to reside in British Guiana andTrinidad because of the discrimination and were selected as members of the first West Indies team that toured England in 1900.COLOUR,CLASS AND CONTROVERSY The adherence to colour and class led to two notable controversial decisions relating to the club’s membership. First, Fitz Hinds, atalented cricketer who subsequently represented Barbados and the West Indies, and a former groundsman of Pickwick Cricket Club, wascontentiously accepted as a member of the club. His membership proposal was supported by two of the club’s prominent members butwas rejected because of his inferior social status clearly counting against him. However, a few weeks later through some smartmanoeuvres by committee members, Fitz Hinds became a member of Spartan Cricket Club. That was not the end of Hinds’ discomfort.Leading players of Spartan Cricket Club and Pickwick Cricket Club, his former employer, ‘’refused to meet Hinds on the field so that theman suffered on all sides.One report had it that he was snubbed at Spartan’s practise sessions by those opposed to his membership’’. It was reported that aPickwick player chosen to represent the West Indies on its 1900 tour of England refused to go on the trip because Fitz Hinds was alsoselected. According to Brian Stoddart in ​Cricket and Colonialism in the English-Speaking Caribbean to 1914: ​Towards a Cultural Analysis,​“It is important to note that colour was not the sole or even the important issue in the Hinds’ case: it was social position, as his roughtreatment inside Spartan indicated.” Keith Sandiford’s article entitled C​ricket and the Barbadian Society in the Canadian Journal ofHistory (December 1986) states, “Middle class Browns and Blacks .....founded Spartan in 1893. They were themselves so snobbish,however, that lower middle class Blacks found it necessary in 1914 to establish Empire.”THE HERMAN GRIFFITH CONTROVERSYThe second notable case involving membership of Spartan Cricket Club could be entitled ​The Herman Griffith Controversy​. As statedabove, Herman Griffith was a pupil of Combermere School and upon leaving school would have expected to join Spartan Cricket Clubwhich was the then tradition. However, he joined the “Volunteers” that today would be called the Barbados Defence Force, and there heparticipated in the many sporting activities available. In addition, Herman Griffith played in Saturday afternoon friendly cricketmatches organised by Lionel Gittens, then a prominent member of Spartan Cricket Club. Gittens was very impressed by young Herman Griffith’s displays and was ‘’adamant that he deserved more and better cricket’’. He submitted Griffith’s name in 1913 to join Spartan Cricket Club. According to Rawle Brancker, a long-standing member of Empire Cricket Club during a speech to celebrate the club’s 100t​h Anniversary in May 2014, “Herman Griffith was black-balled three times when he tried to join Spartan because he was not from the right profession or social class.” Brancker went on to add that “The history of the Empire Club is the history of Herman Griffith who was blackballed by his own kind for the third time.” Keith Sandiford’s article entitled ​Cricket and the Barbados Society in the Canadian Journal of History (December 1986) is of the opinion that the Herman Griffith episode with Spartan Cricket Club gives a good picture of the ‘’social attitudes and mores ofEdwardian Barbados’’. Most non-Whites had accepted their exclusion from the dominant BarbadosWhite society as if it was nature’s law. Like the White elite, the non-Whites created obstacles oftheir own. ‘’But a minority of them began to rebel against such a system’’.  5 

THE REBELLION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF EMPIRE CRICKET CLUB       As a result of the ​blackballing of Herman Griffith, Lionel Gittens along with Christopher Brathwaite, a leading political figure of the1920s and 1930s and others that supported them discontinued their membership with the Spartan Cricket Club. By May 1914 thedisgruntled men had established Empire Cricket Club which was the ‘’first club to admit players from the artisan class where the criteriawas talent rather than social class’. As will be seen later membership of the club did not quite disregard class. Starting the cricket clubwas only the beginning of the founders’ travails in cricket.​ It took the founders of Empire Cricket Club two years to gain entry into thetop tier, having been denied entry on lack of specious grounds. According to Brancker, “They said the ground at Bank Hall was not readyand the next year when the ground was improved they said that it was too small.”In an article entitled A​Century of Empire ​Tony Cozier states, “.....Arthur Somers Cox, the HarrisonCollege headmaster, used his casting vote to break a 2-2 deadlock. His team and Wanderers favouredEmpire’s entry; Pickwick and Spartan were against.”Cozier further states, “It is an account that gives context to the intense hostility that existed betweenSpartan and Empire throughout Griffith’s career and beyond. Empire’s admission afforded thedisenfranchised working class majority for whom cricket was an obsession, a team of their peers theycould support and previously unentitled players with whom they could identify....”HERMAN GRIFFITH THE CRICKETER Once accepted into the premier league of Barbados cricket competitions, Herman Griffith became the uncompromising leader of theclub and all it embraced and stood for. C L R James, another uncompromising character of West Indies cricket history, writing in hisclassic cricket book, B​eyond the Boundary summed up Herman Griffith’s forthright attitude in the following manner: “Griffith had asecondary education, called nobody ‘Mister’, except the captain.....and had the reputation of being ready to call anybody anything whichseemed to apply”.Herman Griffith was pre-eminent as the club’s captain and bowling spearhead. He was a regular choice for Barbados first class matchesfor twenty years between 1921 when he was already twenty-seven years, until the age of 47 years old in 1941. His debut for Barbadoswas delayed because competitive cricket was suspended in the West Indies, including Barbados during World War I. He immediatelybecame known as the fearsome bowler in the competitive matches between the islands.In 1941 Herman Griffith was appointed the island’s first Black cricket captain for two matches which some saw as a token gesture. Hemade his debut for the West Indies team in June 1928 at the age of 35 years old which for a fast bowler was indeed a remarkableachievement. Despite his age it was said that he bowled with great pace. Herman Griffith played his last test match in August 1933.Tony Cozier said of Herman Griffith that “cricket’s statistics reveal only Griffith’s playing record and his remarkable longevity, not hisplace in the democratisation of Barbados and indeed West Indies cricket.HERMAN GRIFFITH AND THE CRICKET ESTABLISHMENT However, Trevor Marshall in his book, ​Area for Conquest goes further by crediting Herman Griffith with “getting the cricketingauthorities in Barbados and the West Indies to respect the talented Black cricketers and to put in place particular standards in selecting(cricket) teams and utilizing their skills.” He states that Herman Griffith’s first Black cricketer of note to challenge “racialdiscrimination, the negative image of the Black cricketer and the colour bar.” Trevor Marshall adds that Herman Griffith, “for threedecades single-handedly fought the Caribbean cricket establishment to prepare (the cricket) society for the revolutionary ideas andchallenges of Frank Worrell in the 1950s. Cricket was Herman Griffith’s battleground.”However, in 1924 even the colossus Herman Griffith could not counter the shenanigans that occurred when Empire was about to win theDivision One Championship.  ​The last match of the competition for that year between Empire’s old adversaries Spartan and Pickwick“saw a number of ‘funny’ declarations leading to Spartan taking the match and the championship”. With Herman Griffith at the helmEmpire Cricket Club made great strides not only as a sports club, but also as an institution that affected Barbados’ class and coloursystem.John Wickham in The Sunday Express of 30t​h March 1980 writes of Herman Griffith: “The stories of the man proliferated.....he was seenas always in arms against resistant establishment. He was the very embodiment of the little man who would not be bullied or gainsaid.6 

Prowess at games, especially fast bowling, was essentially an expression of his hostility towards those who would preserve the sanctity of  their privilege at the expense of the self-respect of others.”  EMPIRE CRICKET CLUB CONTRIBUTION TO BARBADOS SOCIETY According to Professor Hilary Beckles, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of The University of the West Indies when delivering a publiclecture entitled ​The Empire Club and its Role in the Urban Community​, “the club not only produced some of the most distinguishedcricketers in the world such as Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Conrad Hunte, Seymour Nurse, Charlie Griffith to name but afew”, but it “acted as a societal and economic tool for the advancement of living standards and conditions for the impoverished Blacks inBarbados”. He added that “the club allowed for the growth in a culture of ownership as well as a philosophy of ​self-reliance coupledwith the need for accumulation of wealth of the most poor Black majority on the island”. He posited that out of post-slavery period andthe following apartheid system, Empire Cricket Club became an institution that had survived social and economic hostilities from thedominant classes in Barbados to produce the global icons mentioned above.RIVALRY Of course competitive matches between Empire and Spartan from 1915 onwards were affairs of epic proportions because of thecontroversial origins of Empire, the colour shadings issues, the perceived class differences, but not least the exceptional playersinvolved in the contests. A number of these encounters had two, three, and sometimes even four international players in each team.The contests between these two teams remain intense affairs. Although “today club distinctions have blurred there is still an‘atmosphere’ to an Empire/Spartan match.”RETENTION OF THE CLASS SYSTEM With the establishment of Empire Cricket Club the Black young men on leaving Combermere had an institution that accepted them asmembers to play club cricket at the highest competitive level in Barbados. These matches were organised under the banner of theBarbados Cricket Committee that was later called The Barbados Cricket Association.Although Empire became the avenue for young Black men from Combermere to play cricket at the top level in Barbados, not all wereaccepted as members of the club. Considering the club’s origins, “Empire.....was no more liberal-minded than earlier Barbadian cricketclubs” writes Keith Sandiford. He added that the club only catered for the “urban, lower middle-class Blacks that left Combermere andhad no chance of playing for Spartan”.Brian Stoddart in an article entitled ​Cricket Social Formation and Cultural Continuity in Barbados comments on Empire Cricket Clubcontinuance with the recognition of class as opposed to ability in accepting application to membership. According to Brian Stoddart,“Empire might have been a Black club with an underprivileged reputation, but it was by no means ‘poor Black’, so the working classesfaced considerable difficulties in trying to enter the club”. He then quoted a story of a club official changing the occupation on anapplicant’s membership form from ‘Ice Company Employee’ to ‘Ice Vendor’. It was not until the emergence of the Friendly CricketLeague later to be called the Barbados Cricket League in 1936 that top class competitive cricket was open to the masses. ​ADVENT OF THE BARBADOS CRICKET LEAGUE No more would the aspiring cricketer’s chances of bringing his talents to the forefront be dependentsolely on social class and the school he attended. The Barbados Cricket League’s guiding principlewas “to provide regular competitive cricket for poor Blacks whose colour and status ruled themsocially ineligible” for the Barbados Cricket Association teams. Unlike the Barbados CricketAssociation teams those playing under the umbrella of the Barbados Cricket League had their originsin a “strong country-village base”. The Barbados Cricket Association teams were drawn largely from“The Bridgetown city and suburban area”.An article entitled A​Brief history of Barbados Cricket League states that the forerunner of theBarbados Cricket League, the Barbados Friendly Cricket Association, was “facilitated partly bygovernment legislation and a sense of generosity by the planter class’’. In the 1930s the government legislated that Thursday would bea half-holiday and the planter class provided parcels of their land to be used as cricket pitches’’. This situation gave rise to the ThursdayLeague when the Barbados Friendly Cricket Association matches were played. 7 

However, in 1936 one Joseph Mitchinson ‘Mitchie’ Hewitt, a newspaper journalist, recognised the necessity to harness the undoubted  talents brought to light by Friendly Association matches. It must be remembered that the Barbados Cricket Association affiliated cricket  clubs did not provide any opportunities for the non-college boys and lower social class cricketers to showcase their talents.POLITICS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BARBADOS CRICKET LEAGUE Initially the idea of forming the Barbados Cricket League was met with opposition, predictably from the “coloured and middle class ofthe hierarchy of the Barbados Cricket Association”. However, despite the opposition from the established cricket clubs and theirmembership, the Barbados Cricket League became a reality, probably because the political landscape at the time ensured the requiredsupport from those politicians with the foresight to realise that the working class on the island must be provided with opportunities fora better life, be it economic, social or recreational. During the late 1930s the masses in the West Indies revolted “against an oppressivecolonial system which denied them a stable economic life and exclusion from the franchise”. The uprisings were supported by the politically conscious middle-class non-White. Many of this class had a vote but were excluded frompolitical power.Trevor Marshall sees the formation of the Barbados Cricket League “as a revolution from below” in that the League was an island-widestructure which created the space for ordinary people to administer and lead their village or club team. It was not only ademocratisation of cricket, through leadership from below, but it challenged the then elitism in the game, also of Barbadian society“that was rigidly authoritarian”.One of the middle class non-Whites to emerge from the uprisings with credit was the aforementioned Grantley Adams. He was the mostinfluential Labour leader and politician in Barbados. Grantley Adams from his lofty position supported the founding of The FriendlyCricket Association, later to become known as The Barbados Cricket League, by becoming the Association’s first president. With hissupport and others of similar stature and status, the Barbados Cricket League became a ‘force’ in competitive cricket on the island. Itwas under the same Grantley Adams’ government in 1957 that the Anti-Discrimination Laws were enacted resulting in the beginning ofthe gradual disappearance of racial barriers on the cricket field and elsewhere in Barbados. FRUITS OF THE BARBADOS CRICKET LEAGUEThe Barbados Cricket League started producing national representatives in 1943 when Ormond Graham was selected. Since that time anumber of high class performers who started their careers in the Barbados Cricket League were selected to represent Barbados and theWest Indies.The list started with Everton Weekes, Frank King, Ralph Legall, Gary Sobers, Clairmonte Depeiza, Conrad Hunte, Charlie Griffith,Seymour Nurse, Vanburn Holder, John Shepherd, Keith Boyce, Albert Padmore, Collis King, Desmond Haynes, Alvin Greenidge andSylvester Clarke. In addition a number of the Barbados Cricket League players represented Barbados in regional competitions such as Carl Mullins, Othniel ‘Hitler’ Downes, Vinnie Brewster, Ezra Moseley, Emerson Trotman, Franklyn Stephenson and Ricky Skeete, to name but a few. Those of you who are also members of the cricketing fraternity must be thinking, ‘what would the West Indies cricket have been without the services of the great Sir Everton Weekes and the magical Sir Garfield Sobers?’ Well, Pelham Warner, the Trinidad-born and Harrison College-educated English cricketer recognised in 1900 that “Caribbean cricket standard would not improve until non-Whites participated without restrictions.Image​: ​Sir Conrad Hunte​p​reparing for a net sessions a Govers cricket school.       8 

 CONCLUSION  The Barbados Cricket Committee’s acceptance of Spartan Cricket Club to participate in the island’s top cricket competition can be seenas the beginning of the process to remove the restrictions placed on non-Whites in order to raise the standard of cricket in Barbados.Ironically the Spartan Cricket Club was involved in another history-making occasion for Barbados cricket with the blackballing of HermanGriffith’s application to join the club, resulting in the establishment of Empire Cricket Club.The founding of Empire Cricket Club aided the social and economic advancement of the Black poor in Barbados. The ‘victimised’ HermanGriffith became the leading light in challenging the cricketing authorities in Barbados on its unacceptable treatment of Black cricketers.Herman Griffith’s struggle for equality on the cricket fields of Barbados was greatly assisted by the formation of the Barbados CricketLeague that removed the necessity to have attended one of the country’s top secondary schools and to be part of the middle classesbefore being allowed to participate in competitive cricket on the island.The removal of the class and race barriers led not only to the increase in the number of young men participating in competitive cricket,but also to the emergence of some outstanding cricketers who became globally famous.  9 

CARIBBEAN CUP RESULTS Contd.     After much negotiation a compromise was reached between Paragon and Leyton CC to play their semi-final on Sunday, August 30th.(kids day at the Notting Hill Carnival or J’ouvert morning for adult carnival celebrants). As Paragon was drawn at home the match was tobe played at Trinity Fields. On the morning of August 30 I arrived at the ground approximately 11:35 to find most of the Leyton Playerswaiting for the Heathfield entrance gate (that nearest to Trinity Road) to be unlocked. They had arrived and parked their cars inBeechcroft Road and made the 8 minute trek with their kit bags etc to that end of the ground where they were told the host team wouldbe. I unlocked the gate and the door to the temporary changing area and set about preparing the wicket.Dunstan (Dennis) Holder was the first Paragon member to arrive. He joined me in removing the covers from the pitch and whilst Iwrestled with the roller he started positioning the boundary markers and getting the portable scoreboard sighted. The match wasscheduled to begin at 13:00. When Mr Noel (T) arrived he immediately set about ensuring everything was in order and checking thatthose of his players who were not already at the ground were not caught up in the bank holiday weekend traffic.The umpires introduced themselves and the captains joined them for the toss. The toss was won by Paragon and they decided to insertLeyton. At this juncture Paragon were still awaiting the arrival of three of their players. The rules of the competition states thatparticipating teams must submit their list of the players names to the umpires before the match begins (the list can include a twelfthman, any additions after the match starts renders that person ineligible to bat or bowl.Eventually the match got underway with Leyton’s openers taking their time to assess the wicket as well as seeing off the openingbowlers. It was also evident that one of the openers had a problem with his running. This might have attributed to his partner’s lack ofpatience but soon Leyton lossed their first wicket with the score on 16; another two wicket fell with only a further 7 (seven) runs added.There was a mini recovery but once the fourth wicket fell with the total at 66-4, it soon became 68-6.   At around 14:25 Paragon’s star batsman graced us with his appearance. He alighted from his chauffeur driven car and began to haul hiskit bag in the direction of the changing room. He was promptly told that he could no longer participate in the game since the match hadalready advanced beyond 15 (fifteen) overs. This was no problem for Paragon; they appear to have Leyton on the ropes and felt theywould easily win the match.There were a number of incidences when the cockeyness which the Paragon players exuded began to affect their fielding. Leytoneventually succumbed 106 all out in the 30th over (29.3) with that player which always features (Mr Extras) being top scorer (22).Paragon was aided by a good spell of bowling from one of their ​Spinners ; namely (Jensen Henry) who returned ​4-1-15-3 (four overs, onemaiden, fifteen runs for three wickets). ​As the players left the field ‘star batsman’ was visibly annoyed that he was not playing. Becausewe were experiencing days of sporadic rainfall for almost a fortnight; the mid interval tea break was deferred to ensure there was aresult without interruptions. The Leyton skipper rallied his troop into a huddle before breaking away to set his field. It remains unclearwhy Paragon decided to experiment with a new opener. However; they had a reasonably good start and after 6 overs they were 35without loss. Paragon added two runs before losing their second wicket. The third, fourth and fifth and sixth wicket fell with the scoreon 45-6.As a result of the late arrival of star batsman ​and failure of the team manager to submit the names of any additional players at the startof the match; Paragon now only had three player left to bat or Leyton simply needed to take another three wickets while they continuedto stall Paragon’s run scoring. Trinity Fields was in a hush, normally at games which feature Paragon each opposition wicket and anyboundary scored by a member of the Paragon team is greeted by the ringing of a bell. That bell seemed to have lost its tongue or theringer​was on the pitch.By the end of the over number 18, Paragon CC’s journey in the 2015 Caribbean Club Cricket Competition had ended; ironically afterbeing bowled out for 76-9; Mr Extras was once again top scorer with 22 runs. ​Jensen Henry had returned good figures but he wassurpassed by the match winning performance from the Leyton skipper (Joseph Pierre) who displayed his maturity and strength inleadership by finishing with figures of 8-1-24-6 (eight overs, one maiden, twenty-four runs for six wickets).Leyton CC were the underdogs but refused to go out without putting up a fight. Paragon in contrast were favourites and will find losinga game in which the required run rate was less than a run a ball hard to accept but that is cricket; the players are young and if they arewilling to learn from their mistakes they will have a chance to fight another day. So commiseration to Paragon while Leyton advance tothe final.   10 

              Ode to ­ Clarence Edward Hinds     CLARENCE EDWARD HINDS   ​9​th​January 1927 – 22​nd​August 2015 Better known as Sam No-one really knows why Clarence Edward Hinds, known to all as Sam was born on 9 but who gives a damn January 1927, the son of Stella and Harold Hinds and the eldest of eleven children. With the help of a scholarship he Barbados to Liverpool to London attended Harrison College until the age of 15 when he left They did roam school to help support the growing family. Finally settling in Borough the place they called home Becoming a member of St Stephens Church choir gave him an I refer to them, as they everlasting love for music and his success at Central Cricket Of course; I mean Sam & Pook Club cemented his great love for the game. These two because many years ago passions, music and cricket, became cornerstones of Sam’s Each other’s heart they took life. Others which need to be mentioned are his wife so Slim and strong cherished and his stepchildren. Lois Medford,nee Codrington, He was quite the gent a mother of three became Sam’s wife and 59 years later they Back in the day were still together. He adored his stepchildren Patrick, Joy To Cricket he went and Tyrone and, in particular, his step-grandson Andrew. He drove for Woolworths The formation of the Caribbean Cricket Club was an And dabbled in D-Jaying endeavour in which Sam played a major part. His He drove a mini cab administration, drive and dedication took this small group of Had no clue, what the dispatcher was amateur cricketers to play against teams all over the UK. saying We must not forget his love for music. ‘Soul Sam’ was a dedicated call sign for his Saturday night spot on a pirate Diet of Banana's & coffee radio station and he continued playing his soul music in clubs With evaporated milk and pubs throughout the UK as a popular DJ. Guaranteed on the kitchen floor Many of Sam’s siblings are not with us at this moment but Some of it got spilt mention can be made of Vera, the apple of her father’s eye, Soldat, Sissy, Harry and Dolly. Sam loved them all and we wish Cigarettes by the packet that they were all here with us. Were always about He'd light and leave them All of us who have known Sam recognise a unique character. And let them burn out His life knew no bounds and his death will remind us of the frailty of life. Sam remains with us. Our thanks to Tower Bridge Carers, St. Thomas's Doctors & Nurses RIP​.  They really do have patience He wasn't always easy As at times he was high maintenance Finally, it's time for me to say Goodbye to our dearest Sam Please don't forget me, my love I'm your family friend named Jan  11 

  CARIBBEAN CUP ‘FINAL’ RESULT.  Played at Barking CC , Mayesbrook Park, Sunday September 6, 2015 Leyton CC 185-7 (40 ov) vs Starlight CC 190-2 (16.3 ov) Notable performances K Drummond 6-2-14-1, A Alleyne 2-0-12-2, S Sharma 68, F Allen 8-1-16-1 & 128 no. Player of the match Fabian Allen (128 no & 8-1-16-1) The final of the 2015 season’s Caribbean Club Cricket Competition was contested by two good teams. Starlight CC; won the toss and invited L​eyton CC to bat. Leyton CC managed to post a total of 185 runs for seven wickets (185-7) from their allotted 40 overs. Leyton CC opener S​umit Sharma contributed 68 runs; there was also a brisk late innings contribution of 29 runs from captain J​oseph Peirre​. Leyton’s 185 runs seemed to be a c​hallenging total on a wicket on a wicket of similar description.   Starlight CC (​2014 competition winners) started their run chase with W  Morgan and Arran Johnson. Having hit a six a couple of deliveries earlier, Johnson was snared on the deep long off boundary in thesame over. Upon the early fall of this wicket the spectators anticipated a possible Starlight CC batting collapse and started sensing atriumph for Leyton CC. Fabian Allen batting at number three, joined Morgan at the wicket. The pair batted well together and waswithin touching distance of the Leyton CC total when Morgan was out caught of the bowling of R Dohal. The loss of Morgan made wayfor Anthony Alleyne who finished on 13 not out , Fabian Allen contributed 128 not out reaching the target in the seventeenth over(16.3 ov). The crowd was treated to one of the best innings, ever witnessed in a final of the Caribbean Club Cricket Cup Competition.Many knowledgeable observers commented that they have not seen such clean hitting from a batsman at this level for a very longtime; with Allen clearing the boundary with ease hitting six after six or four after four. The crowd still buzzing at the end as weentered the post match presentation. As a result of Fabian Allen’s all round performance he was undoubtedly the man of the match.On behalf of the management committee of the competition I would like to thankthe umpires - Charlie Greenidge & Sam Ricketts, scorers - Colin Hunte and Devon(Junior) Plummer, Barking CC for acting as hosts and for the use of their facilities forthe final and all other volunteers who help to make the final special. We extendspecial thanks to all the other teams which participated at the earlier stages and tothose who gave the teams their support at the final and other stages of thecompetition. We look forward to your valued support for the 2016 season.We hope to see you all at the presentation dance on Saturday October 3rd, 2015.Windell MorleseFixture/Umpire Secretary   12 

  WINTER PROGRAMMES ­  EDUCATION & PLANNING As the curtains come down on yet another season; thoughts should now be turned to preparing for the next. The closed season isnot just time to bid goodbye to players and volunteers until a fortnight before the start of the next season. At this stage you needto ask yourself at least the following questions:What are we doing over the winter to ensure that all our players and helpers remain with us next season?Do we have enough players, coaches, officials and finance to adequately support our club’s current and future activities?Have we identified personnel who are committed and willing to be enrolled on training courses and workshops ?Do we have the budget to fund any training and where/how do we determine if any financial support is available to us?Do we need to make new arrangements with our landlord (if hiring a ground), what is plan B if our rent becomes too high?How soon should I start advertising for new players to ensure they are included in our winter programmes?When is the club’s AGM, will we have to increase or decrease membership fees and subscriptions?Some of the key roles which may need attention and require that you act with expedience in order to secure your staff or yourselfplaces early on programmes due to generally the limited number of places are:Welfare Officer,Junior cricket coaching (ECB Level 2), Coach Support Worker, Umpiring and Groundsmanship .The ECB Safeguarding Young Cricketers (SYC) training course is a FREE online course with unlimited places. This course will runfrom 23-09-2015 until 31-08-2018.You m​ust​have access to the internet to enrol on this course. Visit the training & education page(s) of your local county cricketboard’s website and register. You will be contacted within 10 working days of your registration with all the details necessary tocomplete the course.PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ANYONE WISHING TO REGISTER ON A TRAINING COURSE WHICH INVOLVES THE INTERACTION WITHMINORS MUST ALSO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN DBS CLEARANCE. THERE IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR BASIC FIRST AIDCERTIFICATION.Essex:http://www.essexcricket.org.uk/community/coach-education/Kent:http://www.kentcommunitycricket.co.uk/events/book-coaching-coursesHeidi ColemanMiddlesexhttp://www.middlesexccc.com/get-involved/coaching/Sharon EyersSurreyhttp://www.surreycricketfoundation.org/page/coach-education/courses/courses-9197/Mark Babb  13