Sons of famous fathers honoured in Jamaica

West Indian Test originals from Jamaica were recognised during the 75th anniversary celebrations of West Indies' entry into Test cricket in Kingston at the weekend.

Sons of the late Karl Nunes, the first West Indies Test captain, EA Rae and OC "Tommy" Scott were presented with commemorative mementos during a ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel. A fourth player, FR Martin, has no surviving relatives as far as is known. Families of the eight other members of the first Test squad were presented with their mementos during the first Test against Sri Lanka in St Lucia.

The sons, who received the honours in Jamaica, all made their own contribution to the West Indian game. Bobby Nunes is a former Jamaica Cricket Association president, Allan Rae is a former West Indies opening batsman and WI Board president, while Alfred Scott was a West Indies player during the 1950s. They were presented with a framed photograph of the 1928 squad and the 2003 squad, as well as Professor Hilary Beckles's book A Nation Imagined which focused on West Indies' inaugural Test series against England 75 years ago.

Addresses were made at the function by Jamaica's prime minister, PJ Patterson; the Reverend Wes Hall, the outgoing West Indies board president; the Jamaican Cricket Association president Jackie Hendriks; and Mario Vulinovich, the chairman of Shell Jamaica.

Mr Patterson also opened a photographic exhibition, organised by the library of the Mona campus of the University of West Indies, featuring pictures of key moments in West Indian Test history.