C. P. Cumberbatch (22 November 1882 – 15 February 1922) was a Trinidadian
cricket
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er. He played in ten
first-class matches for
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...
from 1909 to 1922. During the West Indies
1906 tour to England, C. P. Cumberbatch was sometimes confused with
Archie Cumberbatch
Archibald Belford Cumberbatch (born 1 June 1879; death details unknown) was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906. He was a right arm fast bowler.
Although raised in Barbados he found few opportunities there and moved to Trinidad ...
. It was only in 2000 that much of the confusion concerning these two men was resolved by Ray Goble and
Keith Sandiford.
[Ray Goble & ]Keith A. P. Sandiford
Keith Arlington Patrick Sandiford GCM (born 2 March 1936) is a Barbadian-born Canadian historian. He has been professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba since 2002.
Life and career
Sandiford was born in Barbados and educated at Combermere ...
, "Revised Career Records for A.B. and C.P. Cumberbatch", ''The Cricket Statistician'', no. 110, 2000, pages 20–22.
See also
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List of Trinidadian representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all th ...
References
External links
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1882 births
1922 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
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