Leonard Adrian "Bill" Westmaas (28 May 1923 – 25 August 2011)[1] was a Guyanese cricketer. He played in eight first-class matches for British Guiana from 1945 to 1948.[2]
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| Full name | Leonard Adrian Westmaas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1923 Georgetown, British Guiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 August 2011 (aged 88) United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1945-46 to 1947-48 | British Guiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 November 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Westmaas was one of eight brothers who attended Queen's College, Guyana.[3] An opening batsman, his highest score for British Guiana was 111 against Trinidad in 1946–47.[4]
In the 1960s he was the office manager at the Albion Sugar Estate in Berbice.[5] He and his wife Trixie had two daughters and a son.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Leonard Westmaas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Leonard Westmaas". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Newsletter". Queen's College of Guyana Association. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Trinidad v British Guiana 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Leonard Adrian (Bill) Westmaas (1923 – 2011)". CHS-JCCSS. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Mr. Leonard Adrian (Bill) Westmaas". Aftercare. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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