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Photo Flashback: Highlights of Sunlight Cup Cricket Champions from the 1960s

Published:Friday | July 11, 2025 | 7:21 AM
Sunlight Cup Champions for 1960, Wolmer's Boys. In front (from left) are Robb MacMillan, Sidney Abrahams Jr. Maurice Foster and Michael West. At the back from left are: David Peynado, Milton Powell, Robert Scarlett, Freddie Jobson (captain), Michael Archer, Allan Richards and Percy Montwell
SUNLIGHT CUP CHAMPIONS for 1965, The Kingston Technical High School team. Front row (l-r) are Roy Graham, Phillip Wilson, Daniel Evering (capt), Mr B. Roper (headmaster), Osmond Kerr (wk), Herbert Jarrett and Anthony Campbell. Back row (l-r) are Mr Stanley Heron (cricket master), Herbert Anderson, Anthony Wright, Carl Marriott, Courtney Douglas, Frank Grey (reserve), Dennis Dingwall and Dave Clarke (coach).
ISLAND SCHOOLBOY CRICKET CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND TIME: Kingston Technical High School, the season's Sunlight Cup cricket champions, became the Island Schoolboy Cricket Champions by defeating Holmwood High School by six wickets in the play-off for the Spalding Cup at Bumper Hall on July 11, 1967. It was the second time since 1965 that Kingston Technical have achieved this feat. Members of the team are: Back row (l-r) - Donovan Rose, Downie Walker, Ridley Bowen, Kenton James, Carrol Cuffe, Errol Kellyman, Wilmot Grey and Mr Stanley Williams (sportsmaster). Front row (l-r) - Roy Brock, Dennis Douglas, Anthony Wright (captain), Gladwin Brown and Lindel Wright.
SUNLIGHT CUP CHAMPIONS: Members of the St Andrew Technical team which won the 1969 Sunlight Cup cricket competition following the drawn match against Ardenne on Saturday, July 5. Seated (from left) Everton Thomas, Winston Alsol, Anthony Campbell (captain), Donald Spencer and Carrol Gordon, Standing (from left): Alfred Bahadur, Earl Banton, Michael Ashman, Roy McLean (coach), Everod Peart Hill and Karl Forbes.
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Let’s journey back to the golden era of schoolboy cricket, where pride, passion, and precision lit up the pitch. The 1960s were a defining decade for the Sunlight Cup, with teams like Wolmer’s Boys, Kingston Technical, and St Andrew Technical etching their names into history.