the wicket-keeper at least 3 other players kept wicket at various times. Ollivierre was clearly a useful keeper but was too valuable as a bowler. The running between the wickets was still poor and there were a large number of run outs. The fielding was also regarded as of low standard. "They must, if they wish to succeed, pick the ball up clean." Some comments were made about the fielding positions used by the tourists. 'Cricket' reports that "The West Indians still arrange their field in a manner which seems curious to Englishmen, and apparently they do not yet realise that a cover-point 50 and 60 yards from the wicket cannot possibly save the single, and can seldom cover enough ground to save the four. Sometimes they have an extra-cover who, while cover stands close in, fields almost behind him at a distance of forty yards or so; but once or twice at Lord's on Monday in the M.C.C. match the ball went through both men, although it was not hit hard enough to reach the boundary. On the same day Challenor sometimes at point and sometimes in a position which is a sort of "third man close in", fielded brilliantly." Averages The following averages are for the 13 first-class matches only. Batting In all 19 matches SG Smith was leading run scorer with 1107. LS Constantine with 1025 and G Challenor with 1017 also reached 1000 runs. Bowling Ollivierre bowled 3 wides, Smith 2 no balls and 12 wides, Morrison 2 no balls, Cumberbatch 3 wides, Parker 2 wides. In all 19 matches SG Smith took 116 wickets. RC Ollivierre was second highest wicket taker with 71. References Annual reviews Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1907 (pages 440 to 462) Further reading Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game, 1906 L S Smith, West Indies Cricket History and Cricket Tours of England 1900, 1906 and 1923, 1923 Peter Wynne-Thomas, The Complete History of Cricket Tours at Home & Abroad, 1989 External links CricketArchive 1906 in English cricket 1906 in West Indian cricket English cricket seasons in the 20th century International cricket competitions from 1888–89 to 1918 1906