First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Played at Bourda, Georgetown, March 3, 4, 5, 6, 1948. West Indies won by seven wickets. WEST INDIES 1 G.M.Carew b Cranston 17 c Allen b Laker 8 2 *J.D.C.Goddard b Allen 1 lbw b Laker 3 3 †C.L.Walcott lbw b Cranston 11 not out 31 4 R.J.Christiani c Hardstaff b Tremlett 51 lbw b Howorth 3 5 F.M.M.Worrell not out 131 6 G.E.Gomez c Evans b Cranston 36 (5) not out 25 7 E.D.Weekes b Cranston 36 8 E.A.V.Williams b Laker 7 9 W.Ferguson c Allen b Laker 2 10 J.Trim 11 L.R.Pierre Extras lb 1, w 3, nb 1 5 lb 7, nb 1 8 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 297 (3 wickets) 78 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-26 (1), 3-48 (3), 4-127 (4), 5-224 (6), 6-284 (7), 7-295 (8), 8-297 (9) FoW (2): 1-10 (2), 2-23 (1), 3-26 (4) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Williams b Goddard 31 b Ferguson 24 2 J.D.B.Robertson c Ferguson b Goddard 23 lbw b Ferguson 9 3 W.Place c Christiani b Goddard 1 b Ferguson 15 4 J.Hardstaff b Ferguson 3 c Christiani b Trim 63 5 J.T.Ikin c Ferguson b Goddard 7 (8) run out 24 6 K.Cranston st Walcott b Ferguson 24 c Christiani b Goddard 32 7 R.Howorth c Ferguson b Goddard 4 (9) lbw b Ferguson 2 8 J.C.Laker c Walcott b Ferguson 10 (10) c Goddard b Williams 6 9 †T.G.Evans b Trim 1 (7) c Goddard b Williams 37 10 M.F.Tremlett c Christiani b Trim 0 (11) not out 18 11 *G.O.B.Allen not out 0 (5) lbw b Ferguson 20 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 2 7 b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 3 13 —— —— 111 263 FoW (1): 1-59 (1), 2-61 (2), 3-64 (3), 4-64 (4), 5-94 (6), 6-96 (5), 7-109 (8), 8-110 (9), 9-110 (10), 10-111 (7) FoW (2): 1-21 (2), 2-51 (3), 3-52 (1), 4-137 (5), 5-145 (4), 6-185 (6), 7-226 (7), 8-233 (9), 9-241 (8), 10-263 (10) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Allen 2.4 0 5 1 Tremlett 14 4 35 1 Cranston 25 5 78 4 (1) 2 0 11 0 Laker 36 11 94 2 (2) 9 1 34 2 Howorth 23 4 58 0 (3) 9 0 25 1 Ikin 5 2 22 0 West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Trim 10 6 6 2 13 2 38 1 Pierre 2 0 9 0 (5) 5 0 19 0 Williams 6 0 21 0 (2) 24.4 12 34 2 Goddard 14.2 5 31 5 (3) 24 8 43 1 Worrell 2 0 5 0 Ferguson 15 5 23 3 (4) 40 6 116 5 Gomez 1 0 9 0 Umpires: J.Da Silva and E.S.Gillette. Toss: West Indies Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 284-5 (Worrell 127*, Weekes 36*); 2nd day: England (1) 110-9 (Howorth 3*); 3rd day: England (2) 226-6 (Evans 37*, Ikin 18*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. F.M.M.Worrell’s 131 took 215 minutes and included 15 fours. 99