Tony White (cricketer)

{{Short description|West Indian cricketer (1938–2023)}}

{{for|other people named Tony White|Tony White (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Tony White

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Anthony Wilbur White

| birth_date = {{Birth-date|20 November 1938}}

| birth_place = Brighton, Saint Michael, Barbados

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|16 August 2023|20 November 1938}}

| death_place = Barbados

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin,
right-arm medium-pace

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 71

| bat avg1 = 23.66

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 57*

| deliveries1 = 491

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 50.66

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/34

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 31

| runs2 = 996

| bat avg2 = 25.53

| 100s/50s2 = 0/9

| top score2 = 75

| deliveries2 = 7,003

| wickets2 = 95

| bowl avg2 = 28.05

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/80

| catches/stumpings2= 32/–

| international = true

| country = West Indies

| testdebutagainst = Australia

| testdebutdate = 3 March

| testdebutyear = 1965

| lasttestdate = 26 March

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| lasttestyear = 1965

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53223.html CricInfo

| date = 31 October

| year = 2022

}}

Anthony Wilbur White (20 November 1938 – 16 August 2023) was a West Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1965.

Tony White was a middle-order batsman and off-spinner who played for Barbados from 1958 to 1965–66. He toured England with the West Indian team in 1963 without playing in the Tests, joining the side midway through the tour as a back-up for the injured Willie Rodriguez.Wisden 1964, p. 273.

White played his two Tests against the Australians in 1964–65. In the First Test he top-scored with 57 not out in the first innings, after coming in with the score at 149 for 6 and taking the total to 239 all out. He also took three cheap wickets in a 179-run victory.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27307.html West Indies v Australia, Kingston 1964-65] But he failed to take a wicket off 52 overs in the drawn Second Test, scored only 7 and 4, and was replaced by Seymour Nurse for the Third Test.

White's best first-class bowling figures were 6 for 80 against Trinidad in 1960–61. His highest score was 75 against British Guiana in the final of the Pentangular Tournament in 1961–62, when he also scored 54 in the second innings and took four wickets in a losing cause.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25184.html British Guiana v Barbados 1961-62]

After his cricket career, White lived in Venezuela for many years,{{cite web |title=OBITS: Former Barbados and West Indies players Lashley and White |url=https://barbadoscricket.org/former-barbados-and-west-indies-players-lashley-and-white-die-within-three-weeks-of-each-other/ |website=Barbados Cricket |access-date=8 September 2023}} before returning to live in Marine Gardens, Christ Church, Barbados, where he died on 16 August 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite web |title=Anthony White |url=https://lyndhurstfuneralhome.com/events/anthony-white/ |website=Lyndhurst Funeral Home |access-date=8 September 2023}}[https://barbadostoday.bb/2023/09/06/lashley-and-white-play-their-final-innings/ Lashley and White play their final innings]