Wednesday, 07 April 1999
Former St. Benedict's principal, Dom Basil Mathhews, succumbs to kidney disease in Aberdeen, Mississippi at the age of 87. Dom Basil was responsible for bringing Surinamese coach, August Wooter, and Hungarian coach Amerigo Brunner to T&T, and for the rise of players such as Warren Archibald, Leroy De Leon, Jan Steadman, and Steve David.