NEBLETT, James Montague
D.O.B: November 13, 1901
Teams: British Guiana, West Indies
James Neblett was a right-handed middle order batsman and leg-break bowler who was born in Barbados but moved to then British Guiana at a young age and played his first-class cricket for his new home between 1926 and 1939.
However, he once represented a ‘Barbados-born’ team against a West Indies Rest side during which he returned his best innings bowling figures of four for 82.
His first three first-class matches were all played against the touring MCC side at Bourda in 1926 and although he performed only moderately with the bat he captured three wickets in each of the games at 24.00 runs apiece.
The all-rounder was subsequently picked as part of the West Indies squad for their first official visit to England under the Jamaican Robert Nunes in 1928 but did not play in any of the three Tests.
Even so, he only contested eight of the several first-class matches on tour but had the consolation of compiling his highest score of 61 in the first innings of the game against Cambridge University and in doing so he surpassed his previous highest mark of 59 which were the only two fifties he recorded in his 20-match career.
Neblett then took a long five-year break from competitive cricket but was surprisingly included in the West Indies team to engage England in the 1935 Test match at Bourda.
His inclusion was primarily due to the West Indies’ policy at the time of playing homebred individuals in an effort to keep the expenses down to the minimum.
The two teams came into the third Test with the series levelled at 1-1 and played to a stalemate.
England batted first and totalled 226 with the debutant leg-spinner going wicketless for 31 runs off 20 overs. The home team then replied with 184 with Neblett eking out an unbeaten eleven.
In their second turn at the crease, the visitors declared their innings closed at 160 for 6 – Neblet claiming his first and only Test victim – George Paine caught by George Grant for 18.
Set 203 for victory, West Indies closed at 104 for five wickets with Neblett falling for only five.   
He was never picked to represent the regional team again and only played one more first-class game which he was involved in some three years after.
He died in Guyana in 1959.
RECORD:
TESTS: 1 (1935 vs England) RUNS: 16 AVG 16: WKTS: 1 RUNS 75 AVG: 75.00