Frank Worrell was born in Barbados, within a mile of Kensington Oval.  It was while a student at Combermere School that he led his team to victory in 1940 winning the BCA First Eleven Cup. 

This was the foundation for what would be an illustrious cricketing career.

Sir Frank made his debut as part of the West Indies team in 1947–48 versus the England team.

Following this series, he settled in England to play for Radcliffe, Lancashire in the Central Lancashire League and to read economics at Manchester University.

He made his highest Test score of 261 against England at Trent Bridge in 1950 and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1951.

Sir Frank Worrell became the first black cricketer to captain the West Indies cricket team for an entire series, thus breaking the colour barriers then found in West Indian cricket. He led the side on two particularly notable tours. The first was to Australia in 1960–61.

When he left professional cricket, Sir Frank became Warden of Irvine Hall at the University of the West Indies and was appointed to the Jamaican Senate by Sir Alexander Bustamante. He strongly supported a closer political union between the nations of the Caribbean.

He is widely known as one of the 3 Ws of cricketing fame.  The other two were Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1964 for his services to cricket.  He was the first of the 3 W’s to receive a knighthood.

Sir Frank Worrell died of leukaemia on March 13, 1967 at the age of 42.