Theodore "Theo" Cuffy (born 9 November 1949) is a former

Trinidadian Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The population of Trinidad is notably diverse, with approximately 35% Indo-Trinidadian, 34% ...

cricketer who represented the Trinidad and Tobago national side in West Indian domestic cricket. He was a right-handed middle-order batsman. Cuffy made his first-class debut in April 1967, playing for South Trinidad in the

Beaumont Cup The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian first-class cricket competition which regional sides competed for, the matches taking place over three days. History The competition began in 1925–26, when Rolland Beaumont, the South African Test player who ...

(an inter-regional competition that at the time held first-class status). He later also represented Central Trinidad and South and Central Trinidad in the competition.First-class matches played by Theodore Cuffy
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2016. Cuffy's

Shell Shield The Regional Four Day Competition, formerly known as the Shell Shield, Red Stripe, Busta and Carib Beer Cup, is the West Indies's first-class cricket competition that's run by Cricket West Indies. In the 2013–2014 season the winner of the t ...

debut for Trinidad and Tobago came during the 1975–76 season, during which he also made his

List A List A cricket is a classification of the Limited overs cricket, limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competit ...

debut, in the Gillette Cup.List A matches played by Theodore Cuffy
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2016. He remained a regular in Trinidad's line-up for the remainder of the decade and into the first few years of the 1980s. During the 1982–83 season, he even served as the team's captain for a few matches, in the absence of regular captain

Larry Gomes Hilary Angelo Gomes (born 13 July 1953) is a Trinidad and Tobago and West Indian former cricketer of Portuguese descent. He was a member of the squad which won the 1979 Cricket World Cup and finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cu ...

. Cuffy's highest first-class score was made in March 1978, when he scored 140 against the Combined Islands. Overall, he made 32 first-class and 21 limited-overs appearances for Trinidad and Tobago, spanning from 1976 to 1983. From 1986 to 1990, Cuffy served as Trinidad and Tobago's team manager. He later qualified as a coach, and eventually began working as a coaching instructor with the

West Indies Cricket Board Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Ind ...

. He coached the West Indies women's team at the 1993 Women's World Cup in England. In 1996, Cuffy relocated to the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located so ...

, taking up a position as technical director of the

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. He was initially given only a two-year contract, but chose to remain in the country permanently, only retiring from the position in 2016. During his period as technical director, Cuffy oversaw the association's successful application for associate membership of the

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(ICC), and also coached the national team at several international tournaments. One of his sons,

Tyrell Cuffy Tyrell Cuffy (born 6 September 1988) is a Caymanian sprinter. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Cuffy moved to the Caymans at a young age, and attended John Gray High School in George Town. He then studied at King College (in Bristol, Tennessee) ...

, is a sprinter, and has represented the Caymans internationally.(12 August 2007)
"Cuffy's focused on London Olympics"
– ''Compass Cayman''. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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