Q:Facts: - testcap: 4 - source: http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/477/477.html cricketarchive - role: occasional wicket-keeper - lasttestdate: 21 february - fivefor: & nbsp ; -- 0 - country: west indies - birth date: 12 august 1897 - deliveries: 0 321 - columns: 2 - s/s: 0/0 4/9 - death date: 08 may 1981 - club: british guiana - year: 1922 -- 1932 1928 - name: maurice fernandes - testdebutdate: 23 june - death place: georgetown , demerara , guyana - birth place: georgetown , demerara , british guiana - date: 1897 08 12 yes - testdebutyear: 1928 - international: true - column: test first-class - catches/stumpings: 0 / -- 30/0 - fullname: maurius pacheco fernandes - tenfor: & nbsp ; -- 0 - lasttestyear: 1930 - matches: 2 46 - testdebutagainst: england - batting: right-handed - runs: 49 2,087 - wickets: & nbsp ; -- 5 - family: leslie fernandes -lrb- son -rrb- - lasttestagainst: england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maurice fernandes .
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maurius pacheco '' maurice '' fernandes , -lrb- 12 august 1897 -- 8 may 1981 -rrb- was a west indian test cricketer who played first-class cricket for british guiana between 1922 and 1932 .he made two test appearances for the west indies , in 1928 and 1930 .fernandes played as a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional wicket-keeper .he scored 2,087 first-class runs in 46 appearances at an average of 28.20 .graduating from playing at the demerara cricket club as a teenager , to play for british guiana in 1922 , fernandes took part in tours of england in 1923 and 1928 .he made his debut test appearance during the 1928 tour , playing in the first of the three tests .his next , and final test match came during the english tour of the west indies in 1930 .at the time , the west indies had a practice of picking their captain from the colony that the match was being played in , and fernandes was granted the honour for the match in british guiana .the west indies won the match , their maiden victory in test cricket .after the match , fernandes only played one further first-class match , and retired from first-class cricket in 1932 .