Test batsman Sir Everton Weekes, who died on July 1, played for Bacup in Lancashire between 1949 and 1958. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what became known as 'The Three Ws' of the West Indies cricket team. "Sir Everton's name is very much etched not only into the history of Bacup Cricket Club, but into the town itself," he added. News Sport Region. Everton Weekes passed away at the age of 95 on July 1 And it was the Caribbean connection that brought … He broke all batting records both for Bacup and for the League as a whole. When he first arrived in Bacup, Weekes was greatly affected by the cold and took to wearing an army great coat everywhere, to the extent it became part of his League image. Read about our approach to external linking. Sir Everton Weekes: West Indies legend dies aged 95, Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion. Do you want to stay up to date of all the news about Weekes? Everton Weekes is one of that small and select band, the others being Tim Tarilton, Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Garry Sobers. Bacup CC, the Lancashire club who loved Everton Weekes as one of their own. He did, after all, spend seven wonderful summers here between 1949 and 1958 when at the height of his powers. Born at Bridgetown, Barbados, on February 26, 1925, Weekes is a cousin of Kenneth Weekes, the left-handed batsman of the 1939 tour. Weekes would recount later: ‘I went forward and started running but came back into my crease and watched the whole things happen. 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His homesickness for Barbados was tempered by his landlady's potato pies and the presence of Worrell and Walcott, who were playing for League clubs Radcliffe and Enfieldrespectively. WEST Indies cricketing legend Sir Everton Weekes, who played seven memorable seasons for Bacup Cricket Club in the 1950s, has died aged 95. He has made a massive contribution to Barbados and West Indies cricket. A Gannett Company. His Test average of 58.61 is one of the highest in all cricket. It was a privilege to have known him. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Frank dropped me there. In little old Bacup however the sadness resonates especially deeply. Along with Frank Worrell together with Clyde Walcott, he formed what was requests as "The Three Ws" of a West Indies cricket team.Weekes played in 48 Test matches for the West Indies cricket team from 1948 to 1958. Bacup CC, the Lancashire club who loved Everton Weekes as one of their own The Cricketer. He said his late father had bought Sir Everton a Hillman Minx car and they became “very big buddies”, heading out together regularly to the Palatine Club in Waterfoot. We have lost a legend,” Riley said. Turn on push notifications and don't miss anything! No thanks, just show me the news. Councillor Peter Steen, who proposed the motion, said he would like to see the town's new market square named after Sir Everton. Weekes, who had been ailing for the last few months, passed away at his Barbados home around mid-day on Tuesday (July 1). 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His 150 runs and 9 wickets helped the village club to their first trophy in the seventy years since they became founder members of the CLL. Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, Barbados. BCC chairman Neal Wilkinson said his members would be "absolutely delighted if this came to pass". Sir Everton, who turned 95 in February, is the only man in history to score five successive Test hundreds, achieving the feat in 1948. For seven of the seasons from 1949 to 1958 Everton Weekes played with Bacup cricket club in the Lancashire League. Mr Steen's motion proposed naming a proposed new market square after the cricketer "in recognition of the services... to BCC and pioneering work in race relations". SPORTING legend Sir Everton Weekes is to have a permanent memorial in the middle of Bacup, where he played Lancashire League cricket for seven seasons. This is a sad time for cricket. .css-po6dm6-ItalicText{font-style:italic;}Why not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? The Local Democracy Reporting Service said he was devastating in the Lancashire leagues, scoring 25 centuries and passing 1,000 runs in each season. Everton Weekes : biography 26 February 1925 – Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE (born 26 February 1925) is a leading former West Indian cricketer. Weekes's performances were a significant contribution to League crowds, with over 325,000 spectators attending Lancashire League matches in 1949, a record as yet unsurpassed. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Barbados Cricket Association president Conde Andrew Riley, said he was deeply saddened. Councillor Peter Steen, who proposed the motion, said he would like to see the town’s new market square named after Sir Everton. Everton Weekes. In all, Weekes played seven seasons in the Lancashire League between 1949 and 1958, passing 1000 runs in each. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. What a magnificent guide he was in style, deed, purpose and impact, as well as being a marvellously warm person. Everton Weekes (centre) was part of the middle-order trio for the West Indies in the 1940s and 50s, alongside Frank Worrell (left) and Clyde Walcott (right). .css-1xgx53b-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-1xgx53b-Link:hover,.css-1xgx53b-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. Sir Everton Weekes: Bacup to honour West Indies cricket legend BBC News. Do you want to stay up to date of all the news about Weekes? ©Copyright 2001-2021. A motion to create a tribute to the cricketer was passed by … Weekes had first experienced English conditions 12 months earlier when playing professionally for Bacup in the Lancashire League. His homesickness for Barbados was tempered by his landlady's potato pies and the presence of Worrell and Walcott, who were playing for League clubs Radcliffe and Enfield respectively. Keep me up to date! Cricketing world remembers Sir Everton Weekes Weekes had first experienced English conditions 12 months earlier when playing professionally for Bacup in the Lancashire League. Everton Weekes flicks one to leg ... "I remember one night I was catching a bus from Rochdale to Bacup. In 48 matches, he scored 15 hundreds. Preston child abuser jailed after court told of his young victim's harrowing pho... 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Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short distance of each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in a period of 18 months from August 1924 to January 1926; all made their Test cricket debut against England in 1948. For seven of the seasons from 1949 to 1958 Everton Weekes played with Bacup cricket club in the Lancashire League. News Sport Region. VideoInside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion. Some might argue that at the age of 93 – he turns 94 next month – he is also the last. In 1949 Weekes accepted an offer of £500 to play as the professional for Bacup in the Lancashire League. Weekes also had success with the ball, taking at least fifty wickets in all but one season at Bacup, including 80 wickets in 1956. Keep me up to date! His 1,518 runs scored in 1951 is still the club record and for 40 years was the League record. Mark Rutte's cabinet is to resign after families were wrongly accused and many faced financial problems. By Bill Jacobs @BillJacobsLT Local Democracy Reporter SPORTING legend Sir Everton Weekes is to have a permanent memorial in the middle of Bacup, where … However, an amended motion passed with a commitment to simply create "a lasting memorial to Sir Everton in Bacup town centre", in case the square scheme fails to go ahead. During the 1954 season he also played for neighbouring Central Lancashire League (CCL) club Walsden as sub professional in the Wood Cup Final. Banham played for Bacup both before and after the war, skippering the club in 1950 when the great West Indian batsman, George Headley, was the professional. Sir Everton Weekes was the first of this kind. A motion to create a tribute to the cricketer was passed by Rossendale Council on 15 July. 1958 Everton Weekes 1033. Councillor Peter Steen, who proposed the motion, said he would like to see the town’s new market square named after Sir Everton. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? © 2021 BBC. In 1949 Weekes accepted an offer of £500 to play as the professional for Bacup in the Lancashire League. Test batsman Sir Everton Weekes, who died on July 1, played for Bacup in Lancashire between 1949 and 1958. WEST Indies cricketing legend Sir Everton Weekes, who played seven memorable seasons for Bacup Cricket Club in the 1950s, has died aged 95. Neal recalled that Alan, of Rockliffe Avenue, Bacup had a tear in his eye when the side were crowned champions in 2000, 40 years after their previous league title. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket. Notes Style Weekes had a classic batting style, possessed […] Rossendale Council has agreed to … Video, Inside the world's richest e-sports player's mansion, 'Violent gust of wind' caused Grand Canyon crash, Nazi camp no place for sledging, authorities warn, NYC bendy bus left drooping from overpass, Biden starts with brand new Potus Twitter account, North Korea unveils new submarine-launched missile, Republicans clash over impeachment as trial looms, Trump takes final swipes at China's big companies. A motion to create a tribute to the cricketer was passed by Rossendale Council on July 15. Turn on push notifications and don't miss anything! HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales. None of them left so great a mark, though, nor racked up such extraordinary statistics, as Everton Weekes did in his seven seasons at Bacup, a once prosperous cotton town bundled into the Rossendale Valley and overlooked by the forbidding east Lancashire moorlands. A motion to create a tribute to the cricketer was passed by Rossendale Council on July 15. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. Waiting for approval in browser.. "He was a great cricketer, a great man and a great ambassador for race relations and the town," he said. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. The three Ws would regularly meet at Weekes's hous… "Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of an icon," read a Twitter post from Cricket West Indies. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. For this kid from New Zealand, then, Everton was a master guide to thinking about the “Other”, as Edward Said would later put it. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. At international level, Sir Everton scored 4,235 runs in 46 tests, averaging 58.01 and scoring 14 centuries and 19 half centuries. And you could hear them whispering, the … .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}A "lasting memorial" to a West Indies legend is to be created in the town where he played league cricket. He took naturally to cricket like many other West Indies youngsters, and first played in an organised game at the age of 12 for the St Leonard’s School side. Test batsman Sir Everton Weekes, who died on 1 July, played for Bacup in Lancashire between 1949 and 1958. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The MCC said: "Everyone at MCC and Lord's are saddened at the news of Sir Everton Weekes' passing. Everton Weekes had made that possible in so many ways. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Weekes scored an extraordinary 9,069 runs for Bacup at 91.61, with 25 centuries, including 195* against Enfield, a score that remains a League record as does his 1954 batting average of 158.25. He added: “He worked as an accountant, but we knew him for his long service on the committee and serving at different functions. 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