#george headley

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George Headley's Twin Centuries at Lord's — 106 and 107, June 1939

England v West Indies

1939-06-24

Across three days at Lord's in June 1939, George Headley scored 106 and 107 against England, becoming the first batsman to make two centuries in a Test at headquarters and reasserting the case that he was, ball for ball, Bradman's only post-Hammond peer. West Indies still lost by eight wickets, but Headley's twin centuries against Bowes, Copson and Verity remained for half a century the gold standard of West Indian Test batting.

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🔥Moderate

'The Black Bradman' — How a Nickname Followed George Headley

West Indies

1934-06-01

From the early 1930s English newspapers, and then much of the cricketing world, called George Headley 'the Black Bradman.' Headley, polite and reserved, never publicly objected; in private and in CLR James's account, he and many West Indian writers preferred to invert the formula — Bradman as 'the white Headley.' The nickname is a small case study in how race coloured even the most generous compliments paid to inter-war Caribbean cricketers.

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⭐Moderate

West Indies' Tour of England, 1933 — Constantine, Headley and a New Force

England v West Indies

1933-06-24

The 1933 West Indies tour of England — three Tests, fifteen first-class fixtures, Headley's 169 not out at Old Trafford and Constantine's bouncer-led attack at Jardine — established the Caribbean side as more than a touring novelty and set the template for the West Indies team that would, a generation later, dominate the game.

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⭐Serious

West Indies' First Test Win — Georgetown, February 1930

West Indies v England

1930-02-21

On 21 February 1930, in the second Test of MCC's tour of the Caribbean, West Indies beat England by 289 runs at Bourda in Georgetown — their first Test victory, three years after admission to Test status. George Headley, on debut at 20, scored 114 and 112; Clifford Roach made 209 in the first innings; Learie Constantine took 9 wickets in the match. West Indies cricket had its founding win.

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⭐Mild

George Headley's Caribbean Form — Selected for First Home Test Series, 1929

Jamaica and West Indies

1929-12-15

Through the 1929 Caribbean season the 20-year-old George Headley scored consistently for Jamaica against the visiting Tennyson XI and in inter-colonial matches. By December 1929 he had been selected for the West Indies' first home Test series against MCC the following month — a tour that would produce his breakthrough.

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⭐Mild

MCC Tour the West Indies — 1929-30 Series Sets Up Headley

MCC and West Indies

1929-10-15

MCC's 1929-30 tour party, captained by the Honourable Freddie Calthorpe, sailed for the Caribbean in late 1929 — the first Test series ever played in the West Indies. The four-Test series produced the West Indies' first home Test win and the breakthrough series of George Headley.

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