First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

CEYLON v WEST INDIANS Played at Colombo Oval, February 26, 27, 28, 1949. Match drawn. CEYLON 1 S.Nagendra c Stollmeyer b Trim 5 (2) run out 1 2 †M.Rodrigo c Rickards b Trim 5 (1) lbw b Atkinson 0 3 *F.C.de Saram c Atkinson b Trim 94 c Walcott b Atkinson 13 4 M.Sathasivam c Christiani b Trim 32 c sub (W.Ferguson) b Walcott 12 5 S.S.Jayawickreme c Stollmeyer b Goddard 29 not out 50 6 C.I.Gunasekara b Trim 71 c Stollmeyer b Christiani 22 7 S.Coomaraswamy c Walcott b Atkinson 57 not out 41 8 B.Wijesinha c Weekes b Atkinson 9 9 F.G.Dalpathado lbw b Atkinson 34 10 R.L.de Kretser not out 16 11 L.E.de Zoysa c Rickards b Goddard 9 Extras 20 1 —— —— 381 (5 wickets) 140 FoW (1): 1-6 (1), 2-16 (2), 3-68 (4), 4-133 (5), 5-239 (3), 6-254 (6), 7-267 (8), 8-350 (7), 9-355 (9), 10-381 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-2 (2), 3-17 (4), 4-38 (3), 5-71 (6) WEST INDIANS 1 J.B.Stollmeyer c Rodrigo b de Kretser 93 2 A.F.Rae st Rodrigo b Wijesinha 137 3 C.L.Walcott st Rodrigo b Coomaraswamy 54 4 E.D.Weekes lbw b de Zoysa 10 5 †R.J.Christiani b Wijesinha 96 6 C.A.McWatt b de Zoysa 12 7 D.S.Atkinson b Dalpathado 74 8 F.J.Cameron not out 9 9 K.R.Rickards b de Zoysa 11 10 *J.D.C.Goddard b Gunasekara 4 11 J.Trim absent ill 0 Extras 13 —— 513 FoW (1): 1-199 (1), 2-293 (3), 3-293 (2), 4-312 (4), 5-334 (6), 6-488 (5), 7-490 (7), 8-508 (9), 9-513 (10) West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Trim 30 8 63 5 Atkinson 34 8 83 3 (1) 20 2 50 2 Cameron 18 2 61 0 Stollmeyer 18 0 82 0 (2) 4 0 19 0 Goddard 12.5 2 54 2 Rae 2 0 18 0 Walcott (3) 10 2 26 1 Christiani (4) 7 0 30 1 Weekes (5) 3 0 14 0 Ceylon Bowling O M R W Dalpathado 19 4 81 1 Wijesinha 36 3 130 2 Nagendra 3 0 11 0 de Kretser 15 1 55 1 Jayawickreme 4 1 9 0 de Zoysa 25 1 92 3 Gunasekara 3.1 0 13 1 Coomaraswamy 22 2 109 1 Umpires: D.S.de Soysa and C.D.Mayo. Toss: Ceylon Close of Play: 1st day: Ceylon (1) 344-7 (Coomaraswamy 54*, Dalpathado 26*); 2nd day: West Indians (1) 316-4 (Christiani 13*, McWatt 0*). A.F.Rae’s 137 took 200 minutes and included 20 fours. C.A.McWatt kept wicket in the Ceylon second innings. 82