Danny Livingstone

Danny Livingstone
A black and white photo of an Afro-Caribbean cricketer
Danny Livingstone in 1961
Personal information
Full name
Daintes Abbia Livingstone
Born(1933-09-21)21 September 1933
St. John's,
British Leeward Islands
Died8 September 1988(1988-09-08) (aged 54)
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
NicknameDanny
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1959–1972Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 301 54
Runs scored 12,722 1,044
Batting average 27.89 25.46
100s/50s 16/65 –/5
Top score 200 92
Balls bowled 140 0
Wickets 1
Bowling average 93.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/31
Catches/stumpings 243/2 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 May 2024

Daintes Abbia "Danny" Livingstone (21 September 1933 — 8 September 1988) was an Antiguan cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hampshire as a left-handed middle order batsman in nearly 300 first-class matches from 1959 to 1972. The first black West Indian to play for Hampshire, he was a member of their 1961 County Championship winning team and played in their first ever one-day match in 1963. In first-class cricket for Hampshire, he scored over 12,500 runs. He later managed the Combined Islands cricket team in the West Indies, and worked for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda as their Director of Sports.