Gerry Alexander

Gerry Alexander

Alexander at Cambridge in 1952
Personal information
Full name	Franz Copeland Murray Alexander
Born	(1928-11-02)2 November 1928 Kingston, Colony of Jamaica
Died	16 April 2011(2011-04-16) (aged 82) Orange Grove, Jamaica
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 96)	25 July 1957 v England
Last Test	10 February 1961 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 25 92 Runs scored 961 3238 Batting average 30.03 29.17 100s/50s 1/7 1/21 Top score 108 108 Catches/stumpings 85/5 217/39
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 April 2011

Franz Copeland Murray Alexander OD (2 November 1928 – 16 April 2011),^[1] known as Gerry Alexander, was a Jamaican cricketer who played 25 Test matches for the West Indies. He was a wicket-keeper who had 90 dismissals in his 25 Test appearances and, though his batting average was around 30 in both Test and first class cricket, his only first-class century came in a Test on the 1960–61 tour of Australia.

Alexander was the last white man to captain the West Indies cricket team. He led the West Indies against Pakistan at home in 1958, on the tour of India and Pakistan in 1958–59 and against England in 1960. He would not tolerate the indiscipline of Roy Gilchrist on the tour of India and sent him home before the team reached Pakistan.