About Joe Solomon
Joseph Stanislaus Solomon was a Guyanese cricketer who played 27 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1,326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up. He also bowled occasional leg-breaks but was best known as a brilliant fieldsman. He was best remembered for his role in the famous Tied Test match between the West Indies and Australia in 1960 at the Gabba, where he was involved in two direct hit runout dismissals. Solomon began playing first-class cricket late in his career at the age of 26 and made his first-class debut in the 1956/57 season against Jamaica. He scored a century on his first-class debut by notching up an unbeaten knock of 114 against Jamaica.
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