Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer. Trinidad & West Indies 1938-1957. Two page aerogramme letter handwritten by Stollmeyer in Port of Spain, Trinidad, dated 21st February 1953. Addressed to 'Mr Broadribb [sic, A.G. Brodribb]', Stollmeyer, writing on behalf of the Queen's Park Cricket Club Library', is grateful for the receipt of 'a copy of your "Cricket Omnibus 1947"' sent through Billy Griffith at the M.C.C. Stollmeyer has been appealing to authors to help build 'a library of some distinction'. He describes the current Test series against India, '[we] are finding them a hard side to beat. Some of their new players who did not tour England last summer show much promise' describing the young leg spinner, S.P. Gupte, as 'a bowler of real class & the best of his type that I have met'. He bemoans the West Indies wickets 'which give fast bowlers little or no encouragement these days. In fact most of them are bowlers' nightmares'. He closes by predicting a close contest in the forthcoming Ashes series in England, but 'if Lindwall & Miller keep fit however I think that England will be hard put to win the series'. Nicely signed 'Jeffrey Stollmeyer'. Good cricket content. VG
Stollmeyer captained West Indies in thirteen Tests including the 1952/53 series against India. West Indies won the five match series 1-0 with four matches drawn.
Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer. Trinidad & West Indies 1938-1957. Two page aerogramme letter handwritten by Stollmeyer in Port of Spain, Trinidad, dated 21st February 1953. Addressed to 'Mr Broadribb [sic, A.G. Brodribb]', Stollmeyer, writing on behalf of the Queen's Park Cricket Club Library', is grateful for the receipt of 'a copy of your "Cricket Omnibus 1947"' sent through Billy Griffith at the M.C.C. Stollmeyer has been appealing to authors to help build 'a library of some distinction'. He describes the current Test series against India, '[we] are finding them a hard side to beat. Some of their new players who did not tour England last summer show much promise' describing the young leg spinner, S.P. Gupte, as 'a bowler of real class & the best of his type that I have met'. He bemoans the West Indies wickets 'which give fast bowlers little or no encouragement these days. In fact most of them are bowlers' nightmares'. He closes by predicting a close contest in the forthcoming Ashes series in England, but 'if Lindwall & Miller keep fit however I think that England will be hard put to win the series'. Nicely signed 'Jeffrey Stollmeyer'. Good cricket content. VG
Stollmeyer captained West Indies in thirteen Tests including the 1952/53 series against India. West Indies won the five match series 1-0 with four matches drawn.
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