West Indies vs England, 1st Test at Bridgetown, Jan 21 1948 - Match Result

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1st Test, Bridgetown, January 21 - 26, 1948, England tour of West Indies

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West Indies

296 & 351/9d

England

(T:395) 253 & 86/4

Match drawn

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West Indies1st Inn

296/10(124 overs)

Gerry Gomez

86 ()

Jim Laker

7/103 (37)

Jeffrey Stollmeyer

78 ()

Maurice Tremlett

1/49 (26)

England1st Inn

253/10(110.2 overs)

Joe Hardstaff

98 ()

Prior Jones

4/54 (25.2)

Jack Robertson

80 ()

Foffie Williams

3/51 (33)

West Indies2nd Inn

351/9(106 overs)

Robert Christiani

99 ()

Dick Howorth

6/124 (41)

Foffie Williams

72 ()

Jim Laker

2/95 (30)

England2nd Inn

86/4(45.4 overs)

Jack Robertson

*51 ()

John Goddard

2/18 (14)

Dick Howorth

16 ()

Wilf Ferguson

1/4 (3.4)

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Match details

GroundKensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

TossWest Indies, elected to bat first

Series

England tour of West Indies

Season1947/48

Series result4-match series level 0-0

Match numberTest no. 293

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

Dennis Brookes

Gerald Smithson

Jim Laker

Maurice Tremlett

Winston Place

Berkeley Gaskin

Clyde Walcott

Everton Weekes

John Goddard

Prior Jones

Robert Christiani

Wilf Ferguson

Umpires

Campbell Foster

Harold Walcott

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