Career
He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex. He was born in Upton Park and died in Southend-on-Sea. West played Minor Counties cricket between 1949 and 1955, though he only played two first-class matches, the first a University Match against Cambridge University.
West"s second and final first-class match came against a Commonwealth XI, consisting mostly of foreign first-class and West Indian Test players.
