First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

TRINIDAD v BRITISH GUIANA Played at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, March 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 1947. Trinidad won by an innings and 125 runs. BRITISH GUIANA 1 L.A.Westmaas c and b Ferguson 33 c K.B.Trestrail b Gomez 14 2 H.A.Wight c Legall b A.L.Trestrail 13 b Ferguson 18 3 R.J.Christiani c Burnett b Ferguson 31 st Legall b Skeete 89 4 J.L.Thomas c and b Ferguson 94 lbw b Burnett 11 5 B.H.Pairaudeau b Burnett 1 b Burnett 4 6 †C.A.McWatt run out 56 not out 123 7 *K.L.Wishart b Ferguson 17 (8) c K.B.Trestrail b Sealy 8 8 N.D.Wight c K.B.Trestrail b Skeete 23 (7) b Burnett 1 9 B.B.M.Gaskin lbw b Ferguson 18 c Ferguson b Gomez 0 10 B.Baijnauth st Legall b Ferguson 16 b Ferguson 22 11 J.Trim not out 10 c K.B.Trestrail b Burnett 5 Extras 14 4 —— —— 326 299 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-76, 3-83, 4-86, 5-203, 6-249, 7-266, 8-296, 9-304, 10-326 FoW (2): 1-29, 2-37, 3-86, 4-118, 5-154, 6-159, 7-206, 8-209, 9-276, 10-299 TRINIDAD 1 A.G.Ganteaume run out 1 2 J.B.Stollmeyer b Gaskin 324 3 K.B.Trestrail c H.A.Wight b Gaskin 75 4 *G.E.Gomez c Pairaudeau b Baijnauth 190 5 R.P.Tang Choon not out 82 6 J.E.D.Sealy c Christiani b Gaskin 7 7 A.L.Trestrail c H.A.Wight b Gaskin 18 8 C.C.R.Skeete lbw b N.D.Wight 11 9 W.Ferguson b Gaskin 11 10 H.J.B.Burnett 11 †R.A.Legall Extras 31 —— (8 wickets, declared) 750 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-158, 3-592, 4-624, 5-644, 6-681, 7-717, 8-750 Trinidad Bowling O M R W O M R W Sealy 7 1 25 0 9 2 34 1 Gomez 7 1 15 0 9 1 23 2 A.L.Trestrail 10 2 36 1 Skeete 19 2 66 1 (3) 10 0 51 1 Ferguson 33.4 4 120 6 (4) 23 2 117 2 Burnett 21 6 50 1 (5) 20.6 2 70 4 British Guiana Bowling O M R W Gaskin 48.7 4 228 5 Trim 16 2 93 0 N.D.Wight 33 0 168 1 Baijnauth 35 4 141 1 Thomas 6 0 35 0 Christiani 6 0 41 0 Pairaudeau 1 0 13 0 Umpires: Toss: British Guiana Close of Play: 1st day: British Guiana (1) 249-6 (Thomas 56*, N.D.Wight 0*); 2nd day: Trinidad (1) 245-2 (Stollmeyer 138*, Gomez 17*); 3rd day: Trinidad (1) 620-3 (Stollmeyer 323*, Tang Choon 8*); 4th day: British Guiana (2) 167-6 (McWatt 28*, Wishart 1*). J.B.Stollmeyer’s 324 took 492 minutes and included 22 fours. 108