Oliver Layne

Oliver Hoffran Layne (3 July 1876 in Brittons Hill, St Michael, Barbados – 16 August 1932 at Bellevue Hospital, New York City) was a West Indian cricketer who toured England in 1906.

Being a professional, he had limited opportunities to play in important matches, the Inter-Colonial Tournament being restricted to amateurs only.

He made his debut for Barbados against Lord Brackley's XI in 1904-05 and had immediate success scoring 93 runs and taking 11 wickets in two matches.

Before the 1906 tour he was described as a "good bat, bowled and field"[1] and "a professional and fast right hand bowler who can make the ball bump and is none too pleasant to play on a bad wicket.

He took 7–76 against Surrey, 63 against Derbyshire, 5–36 against Durham and Northumberland, 63 and 50 against Yorkshire, 62 and 5–14 against Norfolk and generally proved himself a more than useful all-rounder.