John Kenneth Constantine Holt, known as J. K. Holt junior, OD (12 August 1923 – 3 June 1997) was a

West Indian A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED''), the term ''West Indian'' in 1597 described the indigenous inhabitants of the West In ...

international

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er who played in 17

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between

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and

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. Holt played for

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

from 1946 to 1961–62. He toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon with the Commonwealth XI in 1949–50, making 838 runs at 39.90, and scoring 162 in the match against Pakistan. He spent the English summers of 1950 and 1951 playing for

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in the Lancashire League. He scored 152 for Jamaica against the MCC in 1953–54, and made his Test debut against England a few days later. He scored 94 batting at number three in his first innings, and 432 runs at 54.00 in the five-Test series, with a top score of 166 in the Second Test, when he opened the batting for the first time. He opened throughout the series against Australia in 1954–55 but was less successful, scoring 251 runs at 25.10. He was not selected again until the tour to India and Pakistan in 1958–59, when he was vice-captain to

Gerry Alexander Franz Copeland Murray Alexander OD (2 November 1928 – 16 April 2011), known as Gerry Alexander, was a Jamaican cricketer who played 25 Test matches for the West Indies. He was a wicket-keeper who had 90 dismissals in his 25 Test appearances ...

. In all matches on the tour he scored 1001 runs at 43.52 with three centuries. He played in all five Tests in India, scoring 343 runs at 49.00 with a top score of 123 in the Fifth Test. He lost form in Pakistan, making only 40 runs in the first two Tests, which Pakistan won, and was replaced by

Robin Bynoe Michael Robin Bynoe (born February 23, 1941, in Black Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in four Tests between 1959 and 1967. Career Bynoe had played only two first-class matches when he was picked for ...

. His highest first-class score was 172 for Jamaica against British Guiana in 1947–48. He was awarded the Jamaican

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in 1976.''

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'' 1998, p. 1433. His father,

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, toured England with the West Indies team in 1923.

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* 1923 births 1997 deaths West Indies Test cricketers Cricketers from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican cricketers Commonwealth XI cricketers Recipients of the Order of Distinction Jamaica cricketers 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen {{WestIndies-cricket-bio-stub