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. Australian captain Bob Simpson later wrote that White "hit at everything bowled to him and slammed one of the longest sixes [Simpson had] ever seen".Captain's Story by Bob Simpson, 1966, p. 156. White also took three cheap wickets in a 179-run victory.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.British Guiana v Barbados 1961-62
After his cricket career, White lived in Venezuela for many years. He continued to play cricket recreationally, but is said to have preferred golf. He later returned to live in Marine Gardens, Christ Church, Barbados, where he died on 16 August 2023 at the age of 84.Lashley and White play their final innings
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