Cyril Christiani
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Fullname
Cyril Marcel Christiani
Born28 October 1913
Georgetown, British Guiana
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died4 April 1938 (aged 24)
Georgetown, British Guiana
Georgetown, British Guiana
BattingRight-handed
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| Full name | Cyril Marcel Christiani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1913 Georgetown, British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 April 1938 (aged 24) Georgetown, British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Robert Christiani (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 38) | 8 January 1935 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 March 1935 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyril Marcel Christiani (28 October 1913 – 4 April 1938) was a West Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches in 1934–35.
Aged 19, Christiani toured England in 1933 as the reserve wicket-keeper to Ivan Barrow.[1] He was the West Indian wicket-keeper in all four Tests of the 1934–35 series.[2]
Christiani died in 1938 of malaria, aged 24.[3] He had three brothers who played first-class cricket for British Guiana, one of whom was the Test cricketer Robert Christiani.[2]
