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Batting style
  
Right-hand bat

Last test
  
March 9, 1956

Role
  
Cricket Player

Name
  
Sammy Guillen

1940–1950
  
Trinidad


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Full name
  
Simpson Clairmonte Guillen

Born
  
24 September 1924 (
1924-09-24
)
Port-of-Spain

Relations
  
Victor Guillen (father)Noel Guillen (brother)Justin Guillen (grandson)Logan van Beek (grandson)

National side
  
West IndiesNew Zealand

Test debut
  
22 December 1951 West Indies v Australia

Died
  
March 1, 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand

Simpson Clairmonte "Sammy" Guillen (24 September 1924 – 1 March 2013) was one of the few men to have played test cricket for two countries. He played five Tests for the West Indies and three for New Zealand in the 1950s, one of which was the New Zealand team's first victory, over the West Indies.

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Soccer career

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Guillen held the further rare distinction of also playing in the final of New Zealand's premier association football competition, the Chatham Cup, gaining a runners-up medal for Western AFC in 1954. Unsurprisingly for a wicket-keeper, his position in the Western side was goalkeeper.

Personal life

Born 24 September 1924 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Guillen came from a family of cricketers which include: Victor Guillen (Simpson's father, a Test umpire in the West Indies), Noel Guillen (Simpson's brother, whom the Queen's Park Oval's outdoor practice nets are named after), Jeffrey Guillen (a well-known real estate mogul who played cricket competitively throughout his teens and well into his 30's; Noel's son), Charles Guillen (a former player who played a major factor in the coaching of West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo) and Justin Guillen, an all-rounder for Trinidad and Tobago. His grandson Logan van Beek plays for the Canterbury Wizards in cricket and for the Christchurch Cougars in the NBL. Internationally, he represents the Netherlands in cricket.

Simpson resided in Christchurch with his wife Val Guillen, a former wicketkeeper for the province of Canterbury women's team. In 2004 he published his memoirs, Calypso Kiwi.

On the death of Colin Snedden on 24 April 2011, Guillen became the oldest surviving New Zealand Test cricketer (he was also the second-oldest surviving West Indian Test cricketer). He died in Christchurch on 1 March 2013.

References

Sammy Guillen Wikipedia


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