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Full name Ellis Edgar Achong
Born February 16, 1904, Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Died August 30, 1986, St Augustine, Port of Spain, Trinidad (aged 82 years 195 days)
Major teams West Indies,Trinidad
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
11
1
81
22
8.10
0
0
0
6
0
First-class
38
55
20
503
45*
14.37
0
0
20
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
8
918
378
8
2/64
2/76
47.25
2.47
114.7
0
0
0
First-class
38
7799
3326
110
7/73
30.23
2.55
70.9
3
1
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Feb 1-6, 1930 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Jan 24-28, 1935 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1929/30 - 1934/35
Umpiring statistics
Only Test
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 17-23, 1954 scorecard
Test matches
1
Test statistics
Profile
Wisden obituary
A left-arm spin bowler, he was the first cricketer of Chinese extraction to play Test cricket, appearing for West Indies in six matches against England and taking eight wickets at 47.25. Chosen to tour England in 1933, he played in all three Tests but with limited success, and in all first-class matches that season took 71 wickets. Essentially an orthodox slow left-armer, at Manchester he had Robins stumped by a ball which,--bowled with a wrist-spinner's action, turned into the right-hander from the off and gave rise to the use in England of the word chinaman to describe such a delivery. After 1935 he played in the Lancashire leagues until 1951, and having returned to live in Trinidad he stood as an umpire in the 1953-54 Port-of-Spain Test between West Indies and England. In all first-class matches he took 110 wickets at 30.23, his best figures being seven for 73 for Trinidad against British Guiana in 1932-33. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Footnote
The origin of the term "chinaman" is reported to have originated after Achong had Walter Robbins stumped during the Manchester Test of 1933. According to Richie Benaud, as Robbins walked back to pavilion he said to Joe Hardstaff Snr, the umpire: "Fancy being done by a bloody chinaman".
