Wanderers Cricket Club is a Barbadian cricket club. The club plays in the Barbados Cricket Association Elite Division, the highest division of domestic cricket in Barbados. A multi-sport club, Wanderers also possesses a masters football team and a hockey team.

Club history

Wanderers is the oldest existing cricket club in Barbados. The club was founded in 1877 with its initial membership drawn from the social elite of the colony, and exclusively white. The club had a strong rivalry with Pickwick Cricket Club, another white club, but one which drew its membership from a slightly lower social class. Changes in Barbadian society meant that from the 1960s onwards, the membership of Wanderers gradually came to reflect the general Barbadian population.

Location

The club originally played at the Bay Pasture until moving to Dayrells Road, Christ Church, Barbados in 1952.

Players

Some notable international cricketers from Wanderers include:

Cricket West IndiesH.G.B. Austin, the club president in the early 1900s Cricket West IndiesGeorge Challenor Cricket West IndiesDenis Atkinson Cricket West IndiesEric Atkinson Cricket West IndiesRobin BynoeCricket West IndiesDavid Allan Cricket West IndiesProf Edwards Cricket West IndiesKeith Boyce Cricket West IndiesPedro Collins Cricket West IndiesHendy BryanCricket West IndiesIan Bradshaw Cricket West IndiesKraigg Brathwaite Cricket West IndiesKirk Edwards Cricket West IndiesJason Holder EnglandChris Jordan (cricketer) Cricket West IndiesRoy Marshall

Notes

  • Sandiford, Keith A. P. (1998). . Kingston: The Press University of the West Indies. ISBN 976-640-046-6.
  • Sobers, Garfield; Harris, Bob (2002). Garry Sobers. London: Headline. ISBN 0-7553-1006-3.