Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies
1920s
1920s
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January 1928 
[H.B.G.Austin](/wiki/Harold_Austin "Harold Austin"), President of the new [West Indies Cricket Board of Control](/wiki/West_Indies_Cricket_Board "West Indies Cricket Board"), assumed captaincy of the first Test\-playing [tour of England in 1928](/wiki/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1928 "West Indian cricket team in England in 1928"). However, at the age of 50, he was to stand aside before the tour.
[Karl Nunes](/wiki/Karl_Nunes "Karl Nunes") appointed captain instead for inaugural West Indies tour of England. "Leadership was a white function. So in the economy, so in cricket."Leonard Tim Hector, Fan the Flame [http://www.candw.ag/\~jardinea/ffhtm/ff000211\.htm](http://www.candw.ag/~jardinea/ffhtm/ff000211.htm) 

M.C.C. Committee member Mr [R H Mallett](/wiki/R_H_Mallett "R H Mallett"), 70, was charged to act as West Indian team manager, as he had done in 1906 and 1923\.


What is meant by 'leadership was a white function'?