First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, March 27, 29, 30, 31, April 1, 1948. West Indies won by ten wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Johnson 56 c sub (J.K.C.Holt) b Goddard 60 2 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Johnson 64 b Johnson 28 3 W.Place st Walcott b Ferguson 8 st Walcott b Stollmeyer 107 4 J.Hardstaff c Gomez b Ferguson 9 b Johnson 64 5 K.Cranston c Walcott b Johnson 13 b Kentish 36 6 *G.O.B.Allen c Walcott b Kentish 23 lbw b Johnson 13 7 J.T.Ikin run out 5 c Worrell b Stollmeyer 3 8 †T.G.Evans c Weekes b Kentish 9 b Johnson 4 9 R.Howorth not out 12 st Walcott b Stollmeyer 1 10 J.C.Laker c Walcott b Johnson 6 not out 6 11 M.F.Tremlett b Johnson 0 c Walcott b Johnson 2 Extras b 12, lb 8, nb 2 22 b 8, lb 2, nb 2 12 —— —— 227 336 FoW (1): 1-129 (2), 2-132 (1), 3-147 (4), 4-150 (3), 5-173 (5), 6-185 (7), 7-200 (6), 8-205 (8), 9-221 (10), 10-227 (11) FoW (2): 1-69 (2), 2-101 (1), 3-214 (4), 4-291 (5), 5-316 (3), 6-316 (6), 7-327 (7), 8-327 (8), 9-329 (9), 10-336 (11) WEST INDIES 1 *J.D.C.Goddard c Hutton b Howorth 17 not out 46 2 J.B.Stollmeyer lbw b Howorth 30 not out 25 3 E.D.Weekes c Hutton b Ikin 141 4 F.M.M.Worrell lbw b Allen 38 5 G.E.Gomez b Tremlett 23 6 K.R.Rickards b Laker 67 7 R.J.Christiani c and b Laker 14 8 †C.L.Walcott c Hutton b Tremlett 45 9 W.Ferguson c Hardstaff b Laker 75 10 H.H.H.Johnson b Howorth 8 11 E.S.M.Kentish not out 1 Extras b 11, lb 17, nb 3 31 lb 4, w 1 5 —— —— 490 (no wicket) 76 FoW (1): 1-39 (1), 2-62 (2), 3-144 (4), 4-204 (5), 5-320 (3), 6-351 (7), 7-358 (6), 8-455 (8), 9-482 (10), 10-490 (9) West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnson 34.5 13 41 5 31 11 55 5 Kentish 21 8 38 2 26 7 68 1 Goddard 19 7 33 0 25 9 38 1 Ferguson 38 14 53 2 (5) 32 7 90 0 Worrell 11 1 25 0 (4) 20 3 41 0 Stollmeyer 5 1 15 0 19 7 32 3 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Allen 20 1 83 1 2 0 14 0 Tremlett 31 1 98 2 1 0 4 0 Howorth 40 10 106 3 (4) 4 0 27 0 Laker 36.4 5 103 3 (3) 2 0 11 0 Ikin 19 0 69 1 2 0 15 0 Umpires: S.C.Burke and T.A.Ewart. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 183-5 (Allen 13*, Ikin 5*); 2nd day: West Indies (1) 168-3 (Weekes 68*, Gomez 5*); 3rd day: England (2) 21-0 (Hutton 11*, Robertson 10*); 4th day: England (2) 258-3 (Place 88*, Cranston 15*). E.D.Weekes’s 141 took 232 minutes and included 15 fours. W.Place’s 107 took 363 minutes and included 6 fours. 110