# Alfred Binns

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**Alfred Philip Binns** (24 July 1929 – 29 December 2017) was a [West Indian](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team) cricketer from Jamaica who played in five [Tests](/source/Test_cricket) between [1953](/source/Indian_cricket_team_in_West_Indies_in_1952-53) and [1956](/source/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_1955-56). He played as wicketkeeper in all five Tests.[1][2]

## Career

Binns was born in [Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston,_Jamaica), and attended [St. George's College](/source/St._George's_College,_Jamaica).[3] He represented [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica_cricket_team) in [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) from 1950 to 1957. His highest score was 157 against [British Guiana](/source/British_Guiana_cricket_team) in 1952–53.[4] He also scored 151 for Jamaica against [the Australians](/source/Australia_cricket_team) in 1954–55, when he and [Collie Smith](/source/Collie_Smith) added 277 for the sixth wicket in 230 minutes after Jamaica had been 81 for 5.[5] He toured [New Zealand in 1955-56](/source/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_1955%E2%80%9356), playing in three of the four Tests.

In the 1956–57 season, playing for Jamaica against [British Guiana](/source/Guyana_national_cricket_team), Binns became the first batsmen since [John King](/source/John_King_(cricketer,_born_1871)) in [1906](/source/1906_English_cricket_season) to be given out [hit the ball twice](/source/Hit_the_ball_twice) in a first-class game.[6] He remains the only batsmen ever given out this way in West Indian first-class cricket, and the last outside of the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent).[6]

After his cricket career, Binns migrated to the [United States](/source/United_States), where he graduated from [Northeastern University](/source/Northeastern_University) in [Boston](/source/Boston) and worked as a teacher in [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts). He married Henrietta Elizabeth Harrison in Boston in 1959, and they had two daughters. They retired to [Florida](/source/Florida) in 1985.[7][8] Binns died in Florida in December 2017 at the age of 88.[2]

## References

1. Accessed on 2008-06-24

1. Townshend, Errol. ["Unlucky Alfred Binns, 88, dies in Florida"](https://caribbeancricket.com/news/2018/01/03/7110). *Caribbean Cricket*. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

1. ["Newspaper Archives"](https://newspaperarchive.com/jm/kingston/kingston/kingston-gleaner/1950/01-16/page-10). *Daily Gleaner*. 16 January 1950. p. 10. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042244/http://newspaperarchive.com/jm/kingston/kingston/kingston-gleaner/1950/01-16/page-10) 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

1. [British Guiana v Jamaica 1952-53](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20437.html)

1. *[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)* 1956, pp. 865-66.

1. ["Dismissed Hit the Ball Twice"](https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Out_Hit_the_Ball_Twice.html). *The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians*. CricketArchive Oracles.

1. Bell, Carl (9 January 2018). ["Former Ja and Windies cricketer 'Allie' Binns ends his innings"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025111/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/former-ja-and-windies-cricketer-8216-allie-8217-binns-ends-his-innings_122017?profile=1234). *Jamaica Observer*. Archived from [the original](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/former-ja-and-windies-cricketer-8216-allie-8217-binns-ends-his-innings_122017?profile=1234) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

1. ["Alfred Binns of Weston, Florida, 1929-2017, Obituary"](https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/obituary/alfred-binns?fh_id=14549). *TM Ralph Funeral Homes*. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

## External links

- [Alfred Binns at CricketArchive](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/950/950.html)

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