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Full name Kenneth Hunnell Weekes
Born January 24, 1912, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Died February 9, 1998, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America (aged 86 years 16 days)
Major teams West Indies,Jamaica
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm bowler
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relations Cousin - ED Weekes
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
3
0
173
137
57.66
1
0
1
0
0
First-class
30
47
4
1731
146
40.25
4
12
21
1
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
-
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First-class
30
1140
464
12
3/84
38.66
2.44
95.0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 24-27, 1939 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 19-22, 1939 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1938/39 - 1947/48
Profile
Wisden obituary
Weekes, Kenneth Hunnell, died on February 9, 1998, aged 86. Bam Bam Weekes played one of the great early Test innings for West Indies when he enthralled the crowd at The Oval just two weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War. Weekes put on 163 in 100 minutes with Vic Stollmeyer, 43 coming in four overs against the new ball, with Weekes hitting four consecutive fours off Reg Perks. He finished with 137 in two and a quarter hours. Two months earlier at Lord's, Neville Cardus had declared him hopelessly short of aim and eyesight, and thought he shaped like a left-hander batting the wrong way round. Weekes was dropped, then recalled after scoring 146 against Surrey; Cardus later admitted that he could hit like a mule. These were the only two Tests Weekes played (and he thus had an average of 57.66) though he continued to play for Jamaica until 1947. He was brought up in Jamaica, his mother's home island, and his father was Barbadian, but he was born in Boston, Massachussetts. He went back to the USA after the war, worked as a nurse, and died in New York, the father of six children. He claimed no kinship with Everton Weekes.
