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Gerry Alexander, the Glossary

Franz Copeland Murray Alexander OD (2 November 1928 – 16 April 2011), known as Gerry Alexander, was a Jamaican cricketer who played 25 Test matches for the West Indies.^[1]

41 relations: Association football, Beamer (cricket), C. L. R. James, Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club, Clyde Walcott, Colony of Jamaica, Cricket, Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies, Duke of Norfolk's XI, England national amateur football team, Everton Weekes, FA Amateur Cup, First-class cricket, Frank Worrell, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Great Britain Olympic football team, India national cricket team, Jamaica national cricket team, John Goddard (cricketer), John Waite (cricketer), Kingston, Jamaica, North Zone cricket team, Order of Distinction, Pakistan national cricket team, Pegasus A.F.C., Rohan Kanhai, Roy Gilchrist, Subhash Gupte, Swaranjit Singh, Test cricket, The University Match (cricket), Trinidad, University of Manchester, Veterinary surgery, Wes Hall, West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960–61, West Indies cricket team, Wicket-keeper, Wolmer's Schools, World War II.
Jamaican expatriate cricketers in England
West Indies Test cricket captains
Wolmer's Schools alumni

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Beamer (cricket)

In cricket, a beamer (less commonly beam ball) is a type of delivery in which the ball, without bouncing, passes above the batsman's waist height.

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C. L. R. James

Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989),Fraser, C. Gerald,, The New York Times, 2 June 1989.

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Cambridge University Cricket Club

Cambridge University Cricket Club, established in 1820, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club

Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Clyde Walcott

Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott KA, GCM, OBE (17 January 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a West Indian cricketer. Gerry Alexander and Clyde Walcott are West Indies Test cricketers.

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Colony of Jamaica

The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies

This is a chronological list of defining events in the Development of the Test captaincy of the West Indies cricket team.

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Duke of Norfolk's XI

The Duke of Norfolk's XI is a scratch cricket team.

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The England national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for England at football.

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Everton Weekes

Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE (26 February 19251 July 2020) was a cricketer from Barbados. Gerry Alexander and Everton Weekes are West Indies Test cricketers.

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FA Amateur Cup

The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition for amateur clubs.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.

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Frank Worrell

Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924 – 13 March 1967), sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae, was a Barbadian West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. Gerry Alexander and Frank Worrell are Jamaican cricketers, West Indies Test cricket captains and West Indies Test cricketers.

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Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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The Great Britain Olympic football team was the men's football team that represented the United Kingdom at the Summer Olympic Games (where it competed as Great Britain, branded Team GB).

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India national cricket team

The India men's national cricket team represents India in men's international cricket.

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Jamaica national cricket team

The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Jamaica.

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John Goddard (cricketer)

John Douglas Claude Goddard OBE (21 April 1919 – 26 August 1987) was a cricketer from Barbados who captained the West Indies in 22 of his 27 Tests between 1948 and 1957. Gerry Alexander and John Goddard (cricketer) are West Indies Test cricket captains and West Indies Test cricketers.

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John Waite (cricketer)

John Henry Bickford Waite (19 January 1930 – 22 June 2011) was a South African cricketer who played in fifty Tests from 1951 to 1965.

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Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.

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North Zone cricket team

The North Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents northern India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.

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Order of Distinction

The Order of Distinction (OD) is a national order in the Jamaican honours system.

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Pakistan national cricket team

The Pakistan national cricket team has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 1952.

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Pegasus A.F.C.

Pegasus Association Football Club was an English amateur football club that ran from 1948 to 1963, based in Oxford and composed of Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge) university students.

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Rohan Kanhai

Rohan Bholalall Kanhai (born 26 December 1935) is a Guyanese former cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin, who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. Gerry Alexander and Rohan Kanhai are West Indies Test cricket captains and West Indies Test cricketers.

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Roy Gilchrist

Roy Gilchrist (28 June 1934 – 18 July 2001) was a West Indian cricketer who played 13 Tests for the West Indies in the 1950s. Gerry Alexander and Roy Gilchrist are Jamaican cricketers and West Indies Test cricketers.

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Subhash Gupte

Subhashchandra Pandharinath "Fergie" Gupte (Marathi: सुभाष गुप्ते) (11 December 1929 – 31 May 2002) was one of Test cricket's finest spin bowlers.

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Swaranjit Singh

Swaranjit Singh (born 18 July 1932) is a former Indian first-class cricketer.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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The University Match (cricket)

The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club.

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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

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University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.

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Veterinary surgery

Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on non-human animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/urogenital/respiratory tracts), and neurosurgery.

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Wes Hall

Sir Wesley Winfield Hall (born 12 September 1937) is a Barbadian former cricketer and politician. Gerry Alexander and Wes Hall are West Indies Test cricketers.

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West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960–61

The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 1960–61 season under the captaincy of Frank Worrell.

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West Indies cricket team

The West Indies men's cricket team, nicknamed The Windies, is a men's cricket team representing the West Indies—a group of mainly English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region—and administered by Cricket West Indies.

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Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises.

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Wolmer's Schools

Wolmer's Schools, also referred to as Wolmer's Trust Group of Schools in Kingston, Jamaica, currently consists of Wolmer's Pre-School, Wolmer's Preparatory School and two high schools: Wolmer's Trust High School For Girls and Wolmer's Trust High School for Boys.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Alexander

Also known as Franz Copeland Alexander, Franz Copeland Murray Alexander, Franz Murray Alexander.

Gerry Alexander, the Glossary

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See also

Jamaican expatriate cricketers in England

West Indies Test cricket captains

Wolmer's Schools alumni

References