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Letter: Sir Everton Weekes obituary

<span>Photograph: William Vanderson/Getty Images</span>
Photograph: William Vanderson/Getty Images

For seven of the seasons from 1949 to 1958 Everton Weekes played with Bacup cricket club in the Lancashire League.

In each of those years he scored more than 1,000 runs, including 32 centuries over the seasons, with a total of 9,069 runs at an average of 91.60, still the highest ever in the League. In 1951, he amassed 1,518 runs at 89.30, with seven centuries – records which stood for 40 years.