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Sir Everton Weekes interviewed by Jonathan Rice



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/94
Date:
2007-07-01
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 23 minutes 1 second
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Sir Everton Weekes, cricketer, interviewed by Jonathan Rice. The CD consists of 7 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:12] Introduction by Jonathan Rice, [0:13-2:37] Weekes talks about his first visit to Lord's in 1950, scoring 63 in both innings against England, [2:38-4:38] Weekes talks about Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine.

Track 2: [0:00-1:23] Weekes talks about the West Indies in England in 1957 and Colin Cowdrey using his pads to play against Ramadhin, [1:24-2:47] Weekes talks about playing at Lord's in 1957.

Track 3: [0:00-0:54] Weekes talks about the 3 W's of Walcott, Weekes and Worrell.

Track 4: [0:00-4:03] Weekes talks about the 3 W's of Walcott, Weekes and Worrell and styles of batting with mention to Chris Gayle.

Track 5: [0:00-0:57] Weekes talks about his belief in no thing as an orthodox batsman, [0:58-1:58] Weekes talks about the hardest bowlers he faced including Vinoo Mankad, Lala Amarnath, Ghulam Ahmed, Subhash Gupte for India; Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Bill Johnston for Australia and Trevor Bailey, Alec Bedser, Fred Trueman and Brian Statham for England, [1:59-2:20] Rice gives update of match as a wicket falls, [2:21-4:04] Weekes talks about Frank Worrell.

Track 6: [0:00-2:30] Weekes talks about West Indian fast bowling under Clive Lloyd and his captaincy abilities, comparing him to other captains, [2:31-3:30] Weekes talks about not being able to separate Viv Richards, Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar.

Track 7: [0:00-0:59] Weekes talks about the standard and unity of current West Indies team, [1:00-1:30] Weekes talks about West Indies being a medium-term project, [1:31-3:06] Weekes talks about how he would have enjoyed one-day cricket and playing in the Lancashire Leagues in 1949.



Background matches during the interview. A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
Sir Everton de Courcy Weekes
Jonathan Rice
Sonny Ramadhin
Alfred Louis Valentine
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell
Christopher Henry Gayle
Brian Charles Lara
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
West Indies Cricket Team
Subject
West Indies in England 1950, West Indies in England 1957, captains, captaincy, West Indian cricketers
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 23 minutes 1 second
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