Richard de Souza
Appearance
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Trinidad | 1 March 1948||||||||||||||
Died | 11 October 2007 Trinidad | (aged 59)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1964/65-1972/73 | Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 April 2022 |
Richard de Souza (1 March 1948 – 11 October 2007) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played as a batsman.[1] He played 34 first-class matches for Trinidad and Tobago between 1964/65 and 1972/73.[2]
Playing career
[edit]De Souza featured as a right handed middle order batsman in his cricketing career. Under the captaincy of Joey Carew, he helped Trinidad and Tobago cop consecutive Shell Shield titles in 1970 and 1971. He eventually scored 3 hundreds and 15 half centuries at an average of 43.02 in his first class career.[1][3]
Personal life
[edit]De Souza died in October 2007 from cancer at the age of 59.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Richard de Souza". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Richard de Souza". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Richard De Souza dies aged 59". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2022.