CWI pays tribute to former West Indies and Trinidad & Tobago batter Hammond Furlonge

West Indies Squad 1954/55

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today paid tribute to Hammond Allan Furlonge, the former Trinidad & Tobago and West Indies opening batter who passed on Tuesday. He was 90.

An unsung hero of Trinidad & Tobago cricket, Furlonge represented the West Indies between 1955 and 1956 in three Test matches. Furlonge made his first-class debut for Trinidad in 1954-55, opening the batting with Jeffrey Stollmeyer. He had a most memorable and eventful third match, against the touring Australians—scoring 57 and 150 not out—which forced him into the reckoning of the selectors. Furlonge was then included in the team for the fifth Test, opening with John Holt and making 4 and 28.

Additionally, he toured New Zealand with the West Indies team in 1955-56. He failed to score in the second test but returned for the fourth test where he top-scored in the first innings with 64 in a total of 145 all out in a low-scoring match.

Dr Kishore Shallow, President of CWI, paid tribute to Furlonge.

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