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f17575 t293	West Indies v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1947/48 (1st Test)
Venue	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th January 1948 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CS Foster, JH Walcott
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 244/3 (Gomez 85, Headley 29)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 150/3 (Hardstaff 42, Ikin 3)
Close of play day 3	West Indies (2) 117/4 (Goddard 9, Christiani 28)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 60/2 (Robertson 35, Cranston 2)

West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Stollmeyer	c Robertson b Ikin	78		211	7	-
+CL Walcott	b Laker	8		30	1	-
ED Weekes	c Evans b Tremlett	35		57	3	-
GE Gomez	b Laker	86		213	10	-
*GA Headley	b Laker	29		82	5	-
RJ Christiani	lbw b Laker	1		18	-	-
JDC Goddard	b Howorth	28		37	5	-
EAV Williams	c Ikin b Laker	2		8	-	-
W Ferguson	b Laker	0		2	-	-
PEW Jones	not out	10		20	1	-
BBM Gaskin	c Ikin b Laker	10		9	2	-
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	296
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, 124 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	26	8	49	1	-	-
Cranston	15	4	29	0	-	-
Laker	37	9	103	7	-	-
Ikin	16	3	38	1	-	-
Howorth	30	8	68	1	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Williams	80		171	8	-
W Place	c Gomez b Goddard	12		56	1	-
D Brookes	b Jones	10		45	1	-
J Hardstaff	b Williams	98		258	5	-
JT Ikin	c Walcott b Williams	3		55	-	-
GA Smithson	c Gomez b Jones	0		19	-	-
*K Cranston	run out	2		48	-	-
R Howorth	c Goddard b Ferguson	14		18	2	-
+TG Evans	b Jones	26		47	5	-
JC Laker	c Walcott b Jones	2		10	-	-
MF Tremlett	not out	0		5	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	253
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, 110.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	25.2	6	54	4	-	-
Gaskin	11	0	30	0	-	-
Williams	33	15	51	3	-	-
Goddard	21	6	49	1	-	-
Ferguson	14	1	52	1	-	-
Headley	6	1	11	0	-	-

West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Stollmeyer	c Evans b Howorth	31		65	2	-
+CL Walcott	c Ikin b Howorth	16		39	2	-
ED Weekes	b Laker	25		48	3	-
GE Gomez	st Evans b Howorth	0		6	-	-
JDC Goddard	c Ikin b Laker	18		82	1	-
RJ Christiani	lbw b Cranston	99		176	11	-
EAV Williams	c Evans b Howorth	72		63	8	2
PEW Jones	c Robertson b Howorth	7		7	1	-
W Ferguson	not out	56		89	9	-
BBM Gaskin	c Brookes b Howorth	7		22	-	-
*GA Headley	not out	7		29	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	351
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)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	10	0	40	0	-	-
Cranston	13	3	31	1	-	-
Laker	30	12	95	2	-	-
Ikin	12	1	48	0	-	-
Howorth	41	8	124	6	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	51		120	5	-
D Brookes	c Walcott b Goddard	7		38	-	-
R Howorth	b Ferguson	16		28	1	-
*K Cranston	lbw b Gaskin	8		38	-	-
J Hardstaff	c Gomez b Goddard	0		4	-	-
W Place	not out	1		5	-	-
JT Ikin	did not bat
GA Smithson	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
MF Tremlett	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 45.4 overs)	86
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Brookes), 2-55 (Howorth), 3-70 (Cranston), 4-71 (Hardstaff)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9	1	29	0	-	-
Gaskin	10	4	15	1	-	-
Goddard	14	4	18	2	-	-
Williams	9	3	17	0	-	-
Ferguson	3.4	1	4	1	-	-

Notes
--> JB Stollmeyer (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 59
--> CL Walcott made his debut in Test Matches
--> ED Weekes made his debut in Test Matches
--> GE Gomez (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 11
--> GE Gomez (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 27
--> RJ Christiani made his debut in Test Matches
--> JDC Goddard made his debut in Test Matches
--> W Ferguson made his debut in Test Matches
--> PEW Jones made his debut in Test Matches
--> BBM Gaskin made his debut in Test Matches
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 30
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 71
--> W Place made his debut in Test Matches
--> D Brookes made his debut in Test Matches
--> GA Smithson made his debut in Test Matches
--> JC Laker made his debut in Test Matches
--> MF Tremlett made his debut in Test Matches
--> RJ Christiani (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 99
--> EAV Williams (2) 50 in 28 balls, 30 minutes
--> JC Laker reached 100 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed RJ Christiani, his 4th wicket in the West Indies first innings
--> EAV Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed JDB Robertson in the England first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> R Howorth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed EAV Williams in the West Indies second innings (previous best was 3-64)