Adzil Holder

Adzil Holder
Personal information
Full name
Adzil Harcourt Holder
Born22 October 1931
Joe's River, Saint Joseph, Barbados
Died21 March 2019(2019-03-21) (aged 87)
Foul Bay, Saint Philip, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1951-52 to 1958-59Barbados
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 251
Batting average 20.91
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 52
Balls bowled 2406
Wickets 26
Bowling average 34.92
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 7/38
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 June 2018

Adzil Harcourt Holder (22 October 1931 – 21 March 2019) was a Barbadian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1951 to 1959.

Holder's outstanding match was against Trinidad in 1956–57, when he took 7 for 38 with his left-arm spin in the first innings and then made 52 batting at number 10, he and Frank King added 78 for the last wicket in 64 minutes; Barbados won by an innings.[1] Later that season he played in the 12-a-side trial matches for the forthcoming tour of England. He took 6 for 60 in the second innings of the second trial match, but was not selected for the tour.[2]

He later went to Scotland, where he played as a professional for the Ferguslie, Clydesdale, and Clackmannan County clubs.[3][4][5]

Holder and his wife Winifred had two daughters.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Barbados v Trinidad 1956-57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ^ "CL Walcott's XI v ED Weekes' XI 1956-57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Ferguslie Cricket Club: History". Pitchero. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Clydesdale's precocious talent create fast-flowing stream". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Recounting Blessings". www.electricscotland.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ Davidson, Jack (2 May 2019). "Obituary: Adzil Holder, cricketer in Barbados and Scotland". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 3 May 2019.