Raphael Hugh Oswald Wallace (born 29 May 1957) is a former

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ian

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er who played several matches with the

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in West Indian domestic cricket. From Charlestown, the island's capital and largest town, Wallace regularly represented

in inter-island matches, playing from the late 1970s through to the late 1980s. A right-arm

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, he made his first-class debut for the Leewards during the 1979–80 season, in the semi-annual matches against the

Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or the West Indies. Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from D ...

. In the match, played at the

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, Wallace took 2/33 in the Windwards' first innings, but in the second innings went wicketless, also scoring six runs without losing his wicket. He did not play any further matches at first-class level, but several seasons later played twice for the team in the limited-overs Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy. Wallace took a single wicket in a match against

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in February 1984, and two wickets against the same team just over a year later, opening the bowling with

Conrad Bartlette Conrad Bartlette (born 26 August 1959) is a Nevisian cricketer. He played in three first-class and two List A matches for the Leeward Islands in 1984/85. See also * List of Leeward Islands first-class cricketers The Leeward Islands cricket te ...

. His brother, Leon Claxton, also played representative cricket for Nevis. His son, Philo Wallace, played for the Leeward Islands under-age teams, before he was killed by a police constable in October 2015.

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