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He was omitted from team for both the Second and Third Test but then recalled for the Fourth Test at Queen's Park Oval which was drawn ; Trueman again struggled and had a return of 1 – 131 in the first innings as West Indies amassed 681 – 8 declared, all of the famous " Three Ws " scoring centuries: Everton Weekes 206, Frank Worrell 167 and Clyde Walcott 124.
Shortly afterwards, Company Sergeant Major Weekes reported that both platoons had pulled back to a safe distance and that all the wounded had been recovered.
Dr Claire Hazel Weekes ( 1903 – 1990 ) was an Australian general practitioner and health writer ; she also had an early career as a research scientist working in the field of comparative reproduction.
Weekes, who had recorded with Coldcut's Matt Black, and was briefly a member of X Posse, was impressed with Clark's skills and soon the two were working together on material.
The West Indies had a strong batting line up during his prime with Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes dominating the middle order.
By the end of the series, which also included a century against Ceylon, at that time a non-Test cricketing nation, and a half century against Pakistan in a match not classed as a Test match, Weekes had a Test batting average of 82. 46 and had passed 1, 000 Test runs in his twelfth innings, one fewer than Donald Bradman.
By the end of the series, Weekes had scored 1, 410 Test runs at 74. 21 and had enhanced his reputation as one of the finest slip fielders in world cricket, taking 11 catches in the series.
Leading cricket commentator Alan McGilvray later wrote " I remain convinced to this day the bumpers hurled at Weekes had a definite influence on charging up West Indian competitiveness in future series.
In the First Test at Sabina Park, Kingston, with Australia requiring just 20 runs in their second innings to win the Test, Weekes opened the bowling and had Arthur Morris caught by Glendon Gibbs.
The Australians were surprised at the level of racism evident throughout the West Indies at the time, and were embarrassed to find that Weekes, Worrall and Walcott had not been invited to a cocktail party at the home of a white West Indian player.
Reporting on the final day of the 1957 Lords Test where Weekes had made a rearguard 90 as the West Indies slumped to an innings defeat, The Timess cricket correspondent wrote " It had been a day to quicken one's feeling for cricket, glowing with freshness and impulse and friendliness, and it had belong to Weekes.
Weekes also had success with the ball, taking at least fifty wickets in all but one season at Bacup, including 80 wickets in 1956.
He also played up for the crowds ; batting in a match against Rawtenstall Cricket Club, Weekes waited until a ball had passed him before taking his left hand off his bat and hitting the ball around his back through square leg for four.
Weekes had a classic batting style, possessed a variety of shots on both sides of the wicket, and is considered one of the hardest hitters in cricket history.
The Islanders had obtained the fifth overall pick used to acquire Torres from the Tampa Bay Lightning, in exchange for goaltender Kevin Weekes and defensive prospect Kristian Kudra.

Weekes and Test
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.
Johnston started the series steadily with match figures of 3 / 90 in the First Test, removing vice-captain Jeff Stollmeyer and leading batsmen Frank Worrell and Everton Weekes as Australia scraped home by three wickets.
In the Fourth Test in Melbourne, Johnston took match figures of 5 / 110, removing Weekes in both innings, before coming to the crease in the second innings to partner Doug Ring.
Swanton believed that Constantine was the first West Indian cricketer to make an impression on the British public: " he ... personified West Indian cricket from the first faltering entry in the Test arena in 1928 until the post-war emergence of the trinity of Worrell, Weekes and Walcott.
Their batting was led the celebrated batting trio, the three W's: Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott .< Ref name =" p227 "/> Lindwall entered the First Test in Brisbane in good form, having taken nine wickets in a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland in the lead-up.
The series ended with a controversial battle between Lindwall and Weekes on the final day of the Fifth Test in Sydney.
The 1947 / 48 season included a tour by MCC and Weekes impressed West Indian selectors with an unbeaten 118 against the tourists prior to the first Test in Bridgetown.
Weekes was one of the " Three Ws ", along with Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell, noted as outstanding batsmen from Barbados who all made their Test debut in 1948 against England.
Weekes made his Test debut for the West Indies against England at Kensington Oval on 21 January 1948, aged 22 years and 329 days.
Weekes's performance in his next two Tests, in the words of Wisden, " did little to indicate the remarkable feats which lay ahead " and was initially dropped from the Fourth and final Test of the series against England before an injury to George Headley allowed Weekes to return to the side.
After being dropped on 0, Weekes scored 141, his maiden Test century and was subsequently chosen for the West Indies tour of India, Pakistan and Ceylon.
In his next Test, the First against India, at Delhi, in November 1948 ( the first by West Indies in India ), Weekes scored 128, followed by 194 in the Second Test in Bombay and 162 and 101 in the Third Test in Calcutta.
Weekes then made 90 in the Fourth Test in Madras, being controversially run out and 56 and 48 in the Fifth Test at Bombay.
The next season saw no Test cricket played by West Indies but Weekes scored 236 * against British Guiana at Bridgetown, averaged 219. 50 for the season and raised his career first-class average to 72. 64.
In 1950 West Indies toured England and Weekes continued his excellent form, scoring 338 runs at 56. 33 and playing a significant part in the West Indies 3-1 victory in the Test series, as well as 2310 first-class runs at 79. 65 ( including five double centuries, a record for a West Indian tour of England ).
During the Port of Spain Test against India in February 1953, Weekes surpassed George Headley's record of 2190 as West Indies highest Test run scorer.

Weekes and batting
In his first two first-class seasons Weekes was only a moderate success with the bat, averaging 16. 62 by the end of the 1945 / 46 season but began to find form in 1946 / 47, when, batting at number four, his maiden first-class century, 126 against British Guiana at Bourda, Georgetown, and averaged 67. 57 for the season.
Weekes scored a total of 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.
As of February 2009, Weekes ' career Test batting average of 58. 61 is the eighth highest of all players with 30 or more innings.

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Weekes ' work provided the basis an understanding of reptile placentation that lasted for nearly 50 years.

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Others, such as Major Strangways ( 1658 ) and John Weekes ( 1731 ), refused to plead, even under 400 pounds ( 180 kg ), and were killed when bystanders, out of mercy, sat on them.
Leading opposition batsman Everton Weekes, edged Benaud in his first over, but Gil Langley dropped the catch.
Led by Geddes Granger, the National Joint Action Committee joined up with trade unionists led by George Weekes of the Oilfields Workers ' Trade Union and Basdeo Panday, then a young trade union lawyer and activist.
The film was written by Gillian Wadds and Produced and Directed by Rob Weekes, with Original Music by Johnny Young.
However, Arturs Irbe and Kevin Weekes were solid in goal, and the Hurricanes won two games in overtime as they put away the Devils in six games.
Weekes remained tough, but the offense was suspect ; center Josef Vasicek led the team with a mere 19 goals and 26 assists for 45 points.
* Weekes Corners – A location between King Ferry and Little Hollow.
Dallon Weekes is an American musician.
* Herbert William Weekes, genre and animal painter – born in Pimlico ca.
* Henry Weekes, RA, Victorian era sculptor – worked at No. 2, lived at No. 96, Eccleston Street
Allan Cunningham and Henry Weekes were his chief assistants, and were indeed the active executants of many works that pass under Chantrey's name.
Although Weekes was not on Queen Victoria's original list of sculptors, being selected to work on the project only after John Gibson declined to participate, his group occupies the preferable south side of the finished monument.
Others, such as Major Strangways ( 1658 ) and John Weekes ( 1731 ), refused to plead, even under 400 pounds ( 180 kg ), and were killed when bystanders, out of mercy, sat on them.
Wes Hall and Frank Mason were competing for a single place in the touring party, and Sobers and Everton Weekes decided they " would take on Mason and knock him out of the firing line to try and get our fellow Bajan ( countryman ) Wes in the team.
A marble bust of Sir George, by Weekes, stands in Westminster Abbey.
Provincially, Biggar is represented by MLA Randy Weekes of the Saskatchewan Party.
On March 19, 2003, Irbe was recalled to the Carolina Hurricanes after goalie Kevin Weekes was placed on the IR due to season-ending hand surgery.
CSM Weekes was standing over them like a guardian, screaming at some of his men to cover the further end of the path and a small crest.
Also features analysis from ex-coach Gary Green and former players Dave Reid, Larry Murphy, Kevin Weekes, Bob Errey, Bill Berg, Mike Johnson, and former Calgary Flames general manager Craig Button.
George Salmon was almost certainly born in Dublin, to Michael Salmon and Helen Weekes ( the daughter of the Reverend Edward Weekes ), but he spent his boyhood in Cork City, Ireland, where his father Micheal was a linen merchant, here he attended Hamblin and Porter's School before going to Trinity College in 1833.

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