Sven Conrad "Charlie" Stayers (9 June 1937 – 6 January 2005) was a Guyanese cricketer who played in four Test matches for West Indies in 1962.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 9 June 1937 Georgetown, British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 January 2005 (aged 67) London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Test debut | 16 February 1962 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4 April 1962 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958/59 to 1961/62 | British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962/63 | Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life and career
editStayers was born in Georgetown in British Guiana, and attended St Stanislaus College there.[1]
Stayers was a tall, loose-limbed right-arm fast bowler and useful right-handed batsman.[2] He played domestic cricket for British Guiana from 1958 to 1961.[3] On his first-class debut against the touring Pakistani team in 1957–58 he took five wickets.[4] He was the most successful bowler in the inter-island tournament in 1961–62, when he took 22 wickets at an average of 18.22, and British Guiana won the tournament.[5] In the victory over Barbados in the final he took 6 for 70 and 3 for 64 and made 83 in the first innings.[6] He played his four Test matches later that season.
Stayers also played for Bombay in the 1962–63 Ranji Trophy season.[1] He was one of four West Indian fast bowlers who played a season of domestic cricket in India in 1962–63 in order to give Indian batsmen more experience of playing fast bowling.[7] He played in the West Zone team that won the Duleep Trophy,[8] and took nine wickets in the final of the Ranji Trophy to help Bombay retain the title.[9]
The Ranji Trophy final, in which he took his best figures, was Stayers' last first-class match. He spent the 1963 English season as the professional for Enfield in the Lancashire League, and stayed in England to study at university. He pursued a career in health management that took him to Nigeria, Uganda, the United States, and back to England, where he died in 2005, aged 67.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Charlie Stayers: West Indian fast bowler who helped Bombay win Ranji Trophy". Cricket Country. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Charlie Stayers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charlie Stayers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "British Guiana v Pakistanis 1957-58". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Bowling in Pentangular Tournament 1961/62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "British Guiana v Barbados 1961/62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, London, 1990, p. 231.
- ^ "South Zone v West Zone 1962-63". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Rajasthan v Bombay 1962-63". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.