First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Played at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, February 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 1948. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 J.D.B.Robertson run out 2 c Christiani b Ferguson 133 2 S.C.Griffith lbw b Worrell 140 c Ferguson b Gomez 4 3 J.T.Ikin b Ferguson 21 lbw b Ferguson 19 4 K.Cranston c and b Ferguson 7 c Christiani b Williams 6 5 *G.O.B.Allen c Walcott b Gaskin 36 (6) c Walcott b Williams 2 6 R.Howorth b Ferguson 14 (7) b Ferguson 14 7 †T.G.Evans c Walcott b Williams 30 (8) st Walcott b Ferguson 21 8 G.A.Smithson c Goddard b Ferguson 35 (9) b Ferguson 35 9 J.C.Laker c Gaskin b Goddard 55 (5) c Carew b Williams 24 10 J.H.Wardle c Worrell b Ferguson 4 not out 2 11 H.J.Butler not out 15 b Ferguson 0 Extras lb 1, nb 2 3 b 5, lb 3, nb 7 15 —— —— 362 275 FoW (1): 1-5 (1), 2-42 (3), 3-54 (4), 4-126 (5), 5-158 (6), 6-201 (7), 7-288 (2), 8-296 (8), 9-306 (10), 10-362 (9) FoW (2): 1-18 (2), 2-53 (3), 3-62 (4), 4-97 (5), 5-122 (6), 6-149 (7), 7-196 (8), 8-270 (1), 9-275 (9), 10-275 (11) WEST INDIES 1 G.M.Carew lbw b Laker 107 (5) not out 18 2 A.G.Ganteaume c Ikin b Howorth 112 3 E.D.Weekes b Butler 36 (1) c Evans b Butler 20 4 F.M.M.Worrell c Evans b Cranston 97 not out 28 5 †C.L.Walcott c Butler b Howorth 20 (2) lbw b Allen 2 6 *G.E.Gomez lbw b Laker 62 7 R.J.Christiani c Robertson b Allen 7 8 J.D.C.Goddard not out 9 9 E.A.V.Williams c and b Allen 31 (3) b Butler 0 10 W.Ferguson b Butler 5 11 B.B.M.Gaskin b Butler 0 Extras b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 4 11 lb 2, w 1, nb 1 4 —— —— 497 (3 wickets) 72 FoW (1): 1-173 (1), 2-226 (3), 3-306 (2), 4-341 (5), 5-440 (4), 6-447 (6), 7-454 (7), 8-488 (9), 9-497 (10), 10-497 (11) FoW (2): 1-3 (2), 2-8 (3), 3-41 (1) West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Gaskin 37 14 72 1 21 6 41 0 Williams 21 8 31 1 (5) 27 7 64 3 Ferguson 39 5 137 5 (6) 34.2 4 92 6 Goddard 23.3 6 64 1 (3) 9 4 11 0 Worrell 23 4 55 1 (4) 14 2 30 0 Gomez (2) 8 2 22 1 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 32 4 122 3 8 2 27 2 Allen 16 0 82 2 4.2 0 21 1 Laker 36 10 108 2 Cranston 7 1 29 1 (3) 3 0 18 0 Ikin 20 5 60 0 Howorth 32 3 76 2 (4) 1 0 2 0 Wardle 3 0 9 0 Umpires: V.Guillen and G.B.Henderson. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 230-6 (Griffith 110*, Smithson 7*); 2nd day: West Indies (1) 160-0 (Carew 101*, Ganteaume 52*); 3rd day: West Indies (1) 447-6 (Christiani 2*); 4th day: England (2) 70-3 (Robertson 28*, Laker 4*). S.C.Griffith’s 140 took 354 minutes and included 15 fours. G.M.Carew’s 107 took 162 minutes and included 16 fours. A.G.Ganteaume’s 112 took 300 minutes and included 13 fours. J.D.B.Robertson’s 133 took 345 minutes and included 15 fours. 87