Dear Editor,
It is in the interest of the Guyana Billiards & Pool Association, as a sporting organization endeavouring to gain a position in the national sports sphere, to keep in touch with certain events in other areas of sport, since billiards and pool are games played by a wide cross-section of society both here in Guyana and elsewhere. As such I feel it my duty to bring to the attention of the public a very important matter. On February 16, 2011, Mr Edwin Seeraj who hosts the programme ‘Today in Cricket History’ on NCN Voice of Guyana, stated that Lawrence Rowe, who was even knighted for the feat of making a triple century and double century on his Test debut, (302 runs not out in the first innings and 249 not out in the second innings), had made a double century. Now I may be wrong about the latter score of 249, since perhaps it should have been 250 as one run was in dispute and I never got around to finding out whether it was recorded, but what I am sure of is that it was a triple and double century as I was there myself in Jamaica. There were Guyanese playing for the West Indies, and New Zealand is a world recognized Test cricketing team.
These days too often I find that when historical events are mentioned in the media there are often inaccuracies. As I said, I was there in Jamaica myself, and even held the bat above my head, for that matter. I held two bats and a handle above my head in the pavilion offering my help in the matter so to speak, as it had taken two bats to make such a mighty knock, one having come apart, and it was the very bad handle I held above my head.
These days, however, I knock pool balls and the odd billiards ball; my cricketing days are long past.
Yours faithfully,
R G Venton
