Cricket Board mourns Carl Furlonge
THE Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has extended its condolences to the family of former national cricketer Carl Furlonge who passed away on Friday at his home in Petit Valley.
He was 83 years old. Furlonge was laid to rest yesterday following a funeral service at St Andrew’s RC Church, Petit Valley. Furlonge represented Trinidad and Tobago at cricket between 1953 and 1961, making an auspicious First Class debut against the touring Indian team, taking five catches in that match.
The dapper left-handed batsman, who bowled spin right-handed, was born in Fyzabad, south Trinidad but represented North in the annual inter- zone Beaumont Cup Classics.
He was a constant fixture on the national team for close to a decade playing against the then British Guiana, Jamaica and Barbados.