Sydney Walling

Sir Sydney Walling ( born July 12, 1907 in Antigua, † 8 October 2009 ) was a cricketer from Antigua, who has competed in the 1930s and 1940s for Antigua and Barbuda.

Walling played in the position of opening batsman. In the season 1933/1934 he was the first black captain of the team from Antigua. Later he played as captain of the team of the Leeward Islands. In the early 1950s he was a member of the first established joint team of the Antilles islands. In addition to Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes, he was the fourth major player in the archipelago, whose last name began with W.

Despite the fact that he has set out with his national team, he never made ​​the jump into the team of the West Indies. Some commentators have pushed this to the fact that he lived on a small island on which at that time no first-class cricket was played.

Walling has worked with 15 years for the post and brought it, also because of his cricket career, to the postmaster of the island. In addition to the sports he played horn in a music group. In 2004 he was knighted in recognition of his athletic performance. In 2006, a part of the main road on the way to Sir Vivian Richards Stadium capital was named in his honor after him as Sydney Walling Highway.

He died on 8 October 2009 at the age of 102 years. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer paid tribute to him after his death.