| Birth place | Georgetown, British Guiana |
|---|---|
| Death date | 6 January 2005 (aged 67) |
| Death place | London, England |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Columns | 2 |
| Column 1 | Test |
| Matches 1 | 4 |
| Runs 1 | 58 |
| Bat avg 1 | 19.33 |
| 100s/50s 1 | 0/0 |
| Top score 1 | 35* |
| Deliveries 1 | 636 |
| Wickets 1 | 9 |
| Bowl avg 1 | 40.44 |
| Fivefor 1 | 0 |
| Tenfor 1 | 0 |
| Best bowling 1 | 3/65 |
| Catches/stumpings 1 | 0/– |
| Column 2 | First-class |
| Matches 2 | 17 |
| Runs 2 | 485 |
| Bat avg 2 | 28.52 |
| 100s/50s 2 | 1/2 |
| Top score 2 | 120 |
| Deliveries 2 | 3,061 |
| Wickets 2 | 68 |
| Bowl avg 2 | 26.10 |
| Fivefor 2 | 4 |
| Tenfor 2 | 0 |
| Best bowling 2 | 6/36 |
| Catches/stumpings 2 | 3/– |
| International | true |
| Country | West Indies |
| Club 1 | British Guiana |
| Year 1 | 1958/59 to 1961/62 |
| Club 2 | Bombay |
| Year 2 | 1962/63 |
| Testdebutagainst | India |
| Testdebutdate | 16 February |
| Testdebutyear | 1962 |
| Lasttestdate | 4 April |
| Lasttestagainst | India |
| Lasttestyear | 1962 |
| Source | http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52947.html ESPNcricinfo |
| Date | 31 October |
| Year | 2022 |
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.
Life and career
Stayers 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
- ^ "Charlie Stayers: West Indian fast bowler who helped Bombay win Ranji Trophy". Cricket Country. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "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.