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About Clairmonte Depeiaza
- Cyril Clairmonte Depeiaza (10 October 1928 — 10 November 1995) was a West Indian cricketer. Depeiaza was born in Mount Standfast, Saint James Parish, Barbados.
- A wicketkeeper, he played in the Barbados Cricket League.
- He played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1951–52 to 1956–57, and toured New Zealand with the West Indian team in 1955–56.
- He played the last three Tests against Australia in 1954–55, and the first two against New Zealand in 1955–56.
- In the first Test of the New Zealand tour he did not keep wicket – Alfie Binns was preferred – and he bowled for the only time in his first-class career. In a brief international Test career, he is best known for a world Test record 7th wicket partnership with Denis Atkinson of 347 in which he made his only first-class hundred of 122.
- The pair came together with the score at 147 for 6 in reply to Australia's first innings of 668.
- Their partnership record still stands.
- During the partnership he was hit on the chest numerous times by short balls from Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall, leading to a suggestion from the father of his Barbados team-mate John Goddard that he wear a piece of protective foam rubber around his chest.
- This was the first known instance of a chest protector used in Test cricket.
- Following the innings, the crowd collected $1000 for him.Nicknamed "The Leaning Tower of Depeiaza" because of the way he leaned forward in his defensive shots, Depeiaza worked as a customs clerk.
- He moved to England and played league and Minor Counties cricket in the 1960s and 1970s.
- He died in 1995 at Manchester, England.
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