First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, January 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 1948. Match drawn. WEST INDIES 1 J.B.Stollmeyer c Robertson b Ikin 78 c Evans b Howorth 31 2 †C.L.Walcott b Laker 8 c Ikin b Howorth 16 3 E.D.Weekes c Evans b Tremlett 35 b Laker 25 4 G.E.Gomez b Laker 86 st Evans b Howorth 0 5 *G.A.Headley b Laker 29 (11) not out 7 6 R.J.Christiani lbw b Laker 1 lbw b Cranston 99 7 J.D.C.Goddard b Howorth 28 (5) c Ikin b Laker 18 8 E.A.V.Williams c Ikin b Laker 2 (7) c Evans b Howorth 72 9 W.Ferguson b Laker 0 not out 56 10 P.E.W.Jones not out 10 (8) c Robertson b Howorth 7 11 B.B.M.Gaskin c Ikin b Laker 10 (10) c Brookes b Howorth 7 Extras lb 4, w 2, nb 3 9 b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 13 —— —— 296 (9 wickets, declared) 351 FoW (1): 1-18 (2), 2-81 (3), 3-185 (1), 4-245 (5), 5-246 (4), 6-271 (6), 7-273 (8), 8-273 (9), 9-279 (7), 10-296 (11) FoW (2): 1-46 (2), 2-69 (1), 3-71 (4), 4-87 (3), 5-144 (5), 6-240 (7), 7-252 (8), 8-301 (6), 9-328 (10) ENGLAND 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Williams 80 not out 51 2 W.Place c Gomez b Goddard 12 (6) not out 1 3 D.Brookes b Jones 10 (2) c Walcott b Goddard 7 4 J.Hardstaff b Williams 98 (5) c Gomez b Goddard 0 5 J.T.Ikin c Walcott b Williams 3 6 G.A.Smithson c Gomez b Jones 0 7 *K.Cranston run out 2 (4) lbw b Gaskin 8 8 R.Howorth c Goddard b Ferguson 14 (3) b Ferguson 16 9 †T.G.Evans b Jones 26 10 J.C.Laker c Walcott b Jones 2 11 M.F.Tremlett not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 6 lb 3 3 —— —— 253 (4 wickets) 86 FoW (1): 1-32 (2), 2-67 (3), 3-130 (1), 4-153 (5), 5-156 (6), 6-176 (7), 7-197 (8), 8-250 (4), 9-252 (9), 10-253 (10) FoW (2): 1-33 (2), 2-55 (3), 3-70 (4), 4-71 (5) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Tremlett 26 8 49 1 10 0 40 0 Cranston 15 4 29 0 13 3 31 1 Laker 37 9 103 7 30 12 95 2 Ikin 16 3 38 1 12 1 48 0 Howorth 30 8 68 1 41 8 124 6 West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 25.2 6 54 4 9 1 29 0 Gaskin 11 0 30 0 10 4 15 1 Williams 33 15 51 3 (4) 9 3 17 0 Goddard 21 6 49 1 (3) 14 4 18 2 Ferguson 14 1 52 1 3.4 1 4 1 Headley 6 1 11 0 Umpires: C.S.Foster and J.H.Walcott. Toss: West Indies Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 244-3 (Gomez 85*, Headley 29*); 2nd day: England (1) 150-3 (Hardstaff 42*, Ikin 3*); 3rd day: West Indies (2) 117-4 (Goddard 9*, Christiani 28*); 4th day: England (2) 60-2 (Robertson 35*, Cranston 2*). 72