Roderick Calvin Hilgrove Symonds, known as Calvin "Bummy" Symonds (born 29 March 1932), is a retired Bermudian

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er and

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. He represented the

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and played one match in the English

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for

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Cricket career

Symonds was born in

Pembroke Parish Pembroke Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named after English aristocrat William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1580–1630). It occupies most of the short peninsula which juts from the central north coast of Bermuda's main ...

, Bermuda. He was a right-handed

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and

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bowler. He played for St George's Cricket Club, and is the most successful captain in the annual Cup Match against Somerset CC, having been unbeaten in nine matches between 1961 and 1969, winning eight times and drawing once. He also played for Western Stars, Pond Hill Stars and Pembroke Hamilton Club, and as an overseas professional in England for Rochdale CC of the

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. He represented the Bermuda national team in unofficial matches between 1952 and 1965. Symonds played for Bermuda in December 1953 against the touring

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(MCC) team, en route to their Test series in the West Indies, and clean-bowled

Tom Graveney Thomas William Graveney (16 June 1927 – 3 November 2015) was an English first-class cricketer, representing his country in 79 Test matches and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he became the 15th player to scor ...

. He also played against the touring Pakistanis and

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, but never appeared in any first-class or

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matches. He coached the Bermuda team during the 1990s.

Football career

Symonds played football as a

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, initially for

PHC Zebras The Pembroke Hamilton Club Zebras is a Bermudian football club who participate in the Bermudian Premier Division. They play their home games on PHC Field at "Stadium Lane", which was reopened in 2015 after 17 years. It was named Warwick Stadiu ...

. After going to England, he joined

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in October 1954, playing in one League match against Barrow in September 1955. After returning to Bermuda later that year, he played for Key West Rangers.

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References

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