Lennox Alves (born 7 March 1956) is a former Guyanese

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er who played a single first-class match for Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Jones Cup. Alves, a right-handed

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, was born in

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in what was then

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(now part of Guyana's

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region). He was one of four Essequibo players from Suddie, the others being batsman

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, wicket-keeper Jeff Jones, and fast bowler

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. In the match, played against

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at the

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(on the Atlantic coast), he scored 39 runs across his two innings. In the first innings, he scored 10 runs before being caught by Reginald Etwaroo off the bowling of Derek Kallicharran, a brother of

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Test player

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. In the second innings, he scored 29 runs (bettered only by Patrick Evans' 34 runs), before being dismissed by Etwaroo, caught by

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.Essequibo v Berbice
, Jones Cup 1980/81 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Berbice won the match by nine wickets in what was Essequibo's only first-class match – only the final of the three-team Jones Cup (later the Guystac Trophy) was accorded first-class status, and Essequibo made the final only once, having defeated

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in an earlier match. The scorecards of the non-first-class matches played by Essequibo are not available before the late 1990s, and it is therefore uncertain how Alves performed for Essequibo in other matches.Other matches played by Essequibo
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Lennox 1956 births Living people Essequibo cricketers Guyanese cricketers People from Pomeroon-Supenaam