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England tour of West Indies, 1947/48 / Scorecard

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England in West Indies Test Series - 1st Test

West Indies v England

Match drawn

West Indies 1st innings R 4s 6s
JB Stollmeyer c Robertson b Ikin 78 0
CL Walcott† b Laker 8 0
ED Weekes c †Evans b Tremlett 35 0
GE Gomez b Laker 86 0
GA Headley* b Laker 29 0
RJ Christiani lbw b Laker 1 0 0
JDC Goddard b Howorth 28 0
EAV Williams c Ikin b Laker 2 0 0
W Ferguson b Laker 0 0 0
PEW Jones not out 10 0
BBM Gaskin c Ikin b Laker 10 0
Extras (lb 4, w 2, nb 3) 9
Total (all out; 124 overs) 296 (2.38 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-18 (Walcott), 2-81 (Weekes), 3-185 (Stollmeyer), 4-245 (Headley), 5-246 (Gomez), 6-271 (Christiani), 7-273 (Williams), 8-273 (Ferguson), 9-279 (Goddard), 10-296 (Gaskin)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MF Tremlett 26 8 49 1 1.88
K Cranston 15 4 29 0 1.93
JC Laker 37 9 103 7 2.78
JT Ikin 16 3 38 1 2.37
R Howorth 30 8 68 1 2.26
England 1st innings R 4s 6s
JDB Robertson lbw b Williams 80 0
W Place c Gomez b Goddard 12 0
D Brookes b Jones 10 0
J Hardstaff jnr b Williams 98 0
JT Ikin c †Walcott b Williams 3 0 0
GA Smithson c Gomez b Jones 0 0 0
K Cranston* run out 2 0 0
R Howorth c Goddard b Ferguson 14 0
TG Evans† b Jones 26 0
JC Laker c †Walcott b Jones 2 0 0
MF Tremlett not out 0 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 6
Total (all out; 110.2 overs) 253 (2.29 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-32 (Place), 2-67 (Brookes), 3-130 (Robertson), 4-153 (Ikin), 5-156 (Smithson), 6-176 (Cranston), 7-197 (Howorth), 8-250 (Hardstaff), 9-252 (Evans), 10-253 (Laker)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PEW Jones 25.2 6 54 4 2.13
BBM Gaskin 11 0 30 0 2.72
EAV Williams 33 15 51 3 1.54
JDC Goddard 21 6 49 1 2.33
W Ferguson 14 1 52 1 3.71
GA Headley 6 1 11 0 1.83
West Indies 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
JB Stollmeyer c †Evans b Howorth 31 0
CL Walcott† c Ikin b Howorth 16 0
ED Weekes b Laker 25 0
GE Gomez st †Evans b Howorth 0 0 0
JDC Goddard c Ikin b Laker 18 0
RJ Christiani lbw b Cranston 99 0
EAV Williams c †Evans b Howorth 72 63 3
PEW Jones c Robertson b Howorth 7 0
W Ferguson not out 56 0
BBM Gaskin c Brookes b Howorth 7 0
GA Headley* not out 7 0
Extras (b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 13
Total (9 wickets dec; 106 overs) 351 (3.31 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-46 (Walcott), 2-69 (Stollmeyer), 3-71 (Gomez), 4-87 (Weekes), 5-144 (Goddard), 6-240 (Williams), 7-252 (Jones), 8-301 (Christiani), 9-328 (Gaskin)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MF Tremlett 10 0 40 0 4.00
K Cranston 13 3 31 1 2.38
JC Laker 30 12 95 2 3.16
JT Ikin 12 1 48 0 4.00
R Howorth 41 8 124 6 3.02
England 2nd innings (target: 395 runs) R 4s 6s
JDB Robertson not out 51 0
D Brookes c †Walcott b Goddard 7 0
R Howorth b Ferguson 16 0
K Cranston* lbw b Gaskin 8 0
J Hardstaff jnr c Gomez b Goddard 0 0 0
W Place not out 1 0 0
Extras (lb 3) 3
Total (4 wickets; 45.4 overs) 86 (1.88 runs per over)
Did not bat JT Ikin, GA Smithson, TG Evans†, JC Laker, MF Tremlett
Fall of wickets 1-33 (Brookes), 2-55 (Howorth), 3-70 (Cranston), 4-71 (Hardstaff)
Bowling O M R W Econ
PEW Jones 9 1 29 0 3.22
BBM Gaskin 10 4 15 1 1.50
EAV Williams 9 3 17 0 1.88
JDC Goddard 14 4 18 2 1.28
W Ferguson 3.4 1 4 1 1.09
Match details
Toss West Indies, who chose to bat
Series 4-match series level 0-0
Test debuts D Brookes, JC Laker, W Place, GA Smithson and MF Tremlett (England); RJ Christiani, W Ferguson, BBM Gaskin, JDC Goddard, PEW Jones, CL Walcott and ED Weekes (West Indies)
Umpires CS Foster and JH Walcott
Close of play
Wed, 21 Jan - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 244/3 (GE Gomez 85*, GA Headley 29*)
Thu, 22 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 150/3 (J Hardstaff jnr 42*, JT Ikin 3*)
Fri, 23 Jan - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 117/4 (JDC Goddard 9*, RJ Christiani 28*)
Sat, 24 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 60/2 (JDB Robertson 35*, K Cranston 2*)
Sun, 25 Jan - rest day
Mon, 26 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 86/4 (45.4 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
West Indies v England at Kingston - Mar 27-Apr 1, 1948
West Indies won by 10 wickets
West Indies v England at Georgetown - Mar 3-6, 1948
West Indies won by 7 wickets
West Indies v England at Port of Spain - Feb 11-16, 1948
Match drawn
West Indies v England at Bridgetown - Jan 21-26, 1948
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