Grayson Cleophas Shillingford (25 September 1944 – 23 December 2009) was a West Indian

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er who played in seven

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from 1969 to 1972. His cousin

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also played Test cricket for the

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. Grayson Shillingford attended Dominica Grammar School in

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. He was a right-arm fast bowler who played for

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from 1967–68 to 1978–79. He toured England with the West Indies team in

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and

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. His best first-class figures were 6 for 49 for the Combined Windward and Leeward Islands team against Trinidad in 1971–72. He received Dominica's

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in 2009. He moved to Canada after his cricket career ended and lived in

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for 24 years. The Grayson Shillingford Stands are named in his honour at

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Shillingford was first Dominican to play for West Indies
1944 births 2009 deaths West Indies Test cricketers People from Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica Combined Islands cricketers Windward Islands cricketers Dominica cricketers {{Dominica-cricket-bio-stub