Robert Kenneth Ablack was a first class cricketer. Born in Port of Spain

Port of Spain

Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...

, Trinidad

Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

 he was a left-arm orthodox spinner who appeared for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

 between 1946 and 1949. He also appeared for a West Indies XI in 1944 and for Learie Constantine

Learie Constantine

Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine MBE was a West Indian cricketer who played 18 Test matches before the Second World War. He took West Indies' first wicket in Test cricket and was the team's leading all-rounder and opening bowler for the entirety of his career...

's XI in 1944 and 1945. His best bowling, 3 for 32, came against Glamorgan, a game in which he took 5 for 68 in the match. He became a Producer and International Cricket Commentator for the BBC and was a member of the first Test Match Special broadcast team. In 1962 he left the United Kingdom and returned to his homeland of Trinidad and Tobago, where he resided up until his death in 2010.