Clifford Inniss


Sir Clifford de Lisle Inniss was a Barbadian cricketer and lawyer.
Inniss was born at Friendly Hall, Saint [Michael, Barbados], and attended Harrison [College (Barbados)|Harrison College] in Bridgetown. He was a right-handed batsman who played a few matches of first-class cricket for Barbados [cricket team|Barbados] from 1927–28 to 1938–39. His highest scores were the 72 and 80 he made against British Guiana in 1929–30. While studying law at Oxford University in 1933 he joined the West [Indian cricket team in England in 1933|West Indian touring team] for their first-class matches early in the tour against Oxford University [Cricket Club|Oxford University] in Oxford and against MCC at Lord's. He and George Headley put on 149 for the third wicket against MCC.
Inniss became a QC, and later served as Chief Justice of British Honduras. He died in Belmopan, the capital of Belize, aged 88. His brother, Bruce de Lisle Inniss, played one first-class match for Barbados in 1942.