Prince Bartholomew

Prince Charles Smith Bartholomew (9 October 1939 – 25 April 2017) was a Trinidad cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1969 to 1978.^[1]

Prince Bartholomew

Personal information
Full name	Prince Charles Smith Bartholomew
Born	(1939-10-09)October 9, 1939 San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
Died	April 25, 2017(2017-04-25) (aged 77) Trinidad and Tobago
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968-69 to 1976-77	Trinidad
1968-69 to 1969-70	North Trinidad
1970-71 to 1978-79	East Trinidad
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 57 6 Runs scored 1598 12 Batting average 23.85 4.00 100s/50s 0/9 0/0 Top score 95 not out 8 Balls bowled 7758 328 Wickets 141 6 Bowling average 25.56 37.16 5 wickets in innings 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 8/27 3/36 Catches/stumpings 27/– 2/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 24 July 2014

An opening bowler and middle-order batsman, Bartholomew made his first-class debut in 1968-69. He had his most successful season with both bat and ball in 1970-71, scoring 325 runs at an average of 40.62^[2] and taking 27 wickets at 21.96.^[3] He scored 95 not out and 53 not out for Trinidad against Guyana in the Shell Shield, which Trinidad won.^[4] Captaining East Trinidad in the Beaumont Cup, he took 5 for 35, 4 for 29, 2 for 33 and 2 for 73, as well as top-scoring in the final with 82,^[5] to lead East Trinidad to the title in their first season in the competition.

Captaining North and East Trinidad in their first match in the Beaumont Cup in 1975-76, he took 8 for 27,^[6] which remain the best figures in the competition.

Bartholomew captained Trinidad in the 1975-76 season, when they shared the Shell Shield title with Barbados, and captained East Trinidad in most of their first-class matches from 1971 to 1979.