Eric George Skelton (13 April 1881 – 11 June 1942) was a British army officer and
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er in
Barbados
Barbados, officially the Republic of Barbados, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American ...
. He played in one
first-class match for the
Barbados cricket team
The Barbados national cricket team is the national cricket team of Barbados, organised by the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). Barbados is a member of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which is a member of the International Cricket Counc ...
in 1901/02.
Skelton was commissioned a
second lieutenant in the
West India Regiment
The West India Regiments (WIR) were infantry units of the British Army recruited from and normally stationed in the British colonies of the Caribbean between 1795 and 1927. In 1888 the two West India Regiments then in existence were reduced t ...
on 11 August 1900, and promoted lieutenant on 13 February 1901. He was with the
Indian Staff Corps
The Indian Staff Corps was a branch of the Indian Army during the British Raj.
Separate Staff Corps were formed in 1861 for the Bengal, Madras and Bombay Armies, which were later combined into the Indian Army. They were meant to provide officers f ...
, but rejoined his regiment in December 1902.
See also
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List of Barbadian representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Barbados national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the interveni ...
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1881 births
1942 deaths
Barbadian cricketers
Barbados cricketers
Sportspeople from Prestwich
Cricketers from Greater Manchester
British expatriates in Barbados
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