First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

CEYLON v WEST INDIANS Played at Colombo Oval, February 19, 20, 21, 1949. West Indians won by an innings and 22 runs. WEST INDIANS 1 A.F.Rae st Navaratne b Wijesinha 116 2 G.M.Carew run out 77 3 †C.L.Walcott not out 125 4 E.D.Weekes not out 133 5 R.J.Christiani 6 K.R.Rickards 7 G.E.Gomez 8 *J.D.C.Goddard 9 P.E.W.Jones 10 J.Trim 11 W.Ferguson Extras 11 —— (2 wickets, declared) 462 FoW (1): 1-200 (1), 2-204 (2) CEYLON 1 M.Rodrigo b Trim 14 (2) not out 135 2 S.Nagendra c Walcott b Jones 17 (1) c Weekes b Trim 5 3 *F.C.de Saram b Goddard 9 c Ferguson b Gomez 1 4 V.G.Prins c Ferguson b Jones 0 (7) c Gomez b Jones 1 5 S.Coomaraswamy c Gomez b Jones 6 c Walcott b Goddard 35 6 C.I.Gunasekara c Goddard b Jones 11 c Walcott b Jones 72 7 B.Wijesinha b Trim 28 (4) c Gomez b Trim 10 8 G.M.Spittel b Trim 7 c Goddard b Jones 0 9 B.R.Heyn c Gomez b Ferguson 22 c Walcott b Jones 0 10 †B.Navaratne not out 5 c Walcott b Jones 5 11 R.L.deKretser c and b Goddard 3 c Ferguson b Jones 41 Extras 13 —— —— 122 318 FoW (1): 1-23 (1), 2-40 (2), 3-40 (3), 4-40 (4), 5-51 (5), 6-64 (6), 7-87 (7), 8-104 (8), 9-119 (9), 10-122 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (1), 2-17 (3), 3-38 (4), 4-112 (5), 5-229 (6), 6-231 (7), 7-231 (8), 8-231 (9), 9-237 (10), 10-318 (11) Ceylon Bowling O M R W Spittel 24 1 75 0 Wijesinha 27 5 97 1 Coomaraswamy 14 2 55 0 de Kretser 37 2 131 0 Gunasekara 11 0 66 0 Prins 5 0 27 0 West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 12 3 39 4 14.4 4 23 6 Gomez 16 6 28 0 36 11 71 1 Trim 10 2 27 3 18 2 44 2 Goddard 7.1 1 23 2 14 0 67 1 2nb Ferguson 2 0 5 1 13 0 78 0 Christiani (6) 5 0 22 0 Umpires: C.D.Mayo and J.K.Murray. Toss: West Indians Close of Play: 1st day: West Indians (1) 462-2 (Walcott 125*, Weekes 133*); 2nd day: Ceylon (2) 119-4 (Rodrigo 59*, Gunasekara 6*). A.F.Rae’s 116 took 165 minutes and included 14 fours. C.L.Walcott’s 125 took 150 minutes and included 10 fours. E.D.Weekes’s 133 took 145 minutes and included 14 fours. M.Rodrigo’s 135 took 400 minutes and included 10 fours. 78