Wildey Sports and Cultural Club

Wildey Sports and Cultural Club is a cricket club in Barbados. The club competes in the Barbados Cricket Association Elite Division competition, the premier cricket competition in Barbados. The club was established in 1964 for and by employees of Banks Brewery, a leading brewery in Barbados and until 2014 was called Banks Sports and Cultural Club[1][2] Until 2013, the club played at the Brewery Ground; it now plays at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology at Pine Hill.[2]

Unlike some Barbadian clubs established before the 1960s such as Pickwick, Wanderers and Carlton, Wildey began as a club primarily for black Barbadians.[1]

Admitted to Division 1 in 1973, Banks/Wildey has since won the Division 1 championship six times: 1978, 1979, 1986, 2001, 2002 and 2007.[3][4]

Notable cricketers from the club include:

* Malcolm Marshall.[5]
* Gordon Greenidge
* Vanburn Holder
* Sherwin Campbell.[3]
* Carlos Brathwaite.[2]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Sandiford, p. 22.
2. ^ a b c Holder, Keith (6 September 2019). "Wonderful Wildey wallop Wanderers". Barbados Today. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
3. ^ a b Howard, Elvis (27 April 2008). "2008 Div.1 season previews – Banks, Barbados Youth, Empire, Carlton". Barbados Cricket Association. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
4. ^ Howard, Elvis (8 May 2011). "Bishop says St. Catherine will play tough in defence of title - BCA Div. 1 preview 2009". Barbados Cricket Association. Retrieved 7 July 2011. "Banks in 2001 and 2002 were the last side to win back-to-back titles ..."
5. ^ "Malcolm Marshall". The Economist. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2011.

## References

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* Sandiford, Keith A. P. (1998). Cricket Nurseries of colonial Barbados: The elite schools 1865-1966. Kingston: The Press University of the West Indies. ISBN 976-640-046-6.
* Stoddart, Brian (1987). "Cricket, Social Formation and Cultural Continuity in Barbados: A Preliminary Ethnohistory" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. 14 (3). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

## External links

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* Official site

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