David Holford

David Anthony Jerome Holford (16 April 1940 – 30 May 2022) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 24 Test matches between 1966 and 1977.

Holford was born on 16 April 1940[1] at Upper Collymore Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados, and was a middle-order batsman and leg-spinner.

In his second Test, at Lord's in 1966, he and his cousin Garry Sobers[1][2] put on an unbroken partnership of 274 for the sixth wicket after West Indies had lost five for 95 in their second innings and were leading by only nine runs.

His highest first-class score was 111 for Barbados against the touring Indians in 1970–71, when he put on 213 with Sobers for the fourth wicket.

His best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 52 (12 for 115 in the match) for the West Indian touring team against Cambridge University in 1966.