First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, June 8, 9, 10, 12, 1950. England won by 202 runs. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Valentine 39 (8) c and b Worrell 45 2 R.T.Simpson c Goddard b Valentine 27 (1) c Weekes b Gomez 0 3 W.J.Edrich c Gomez b Valentine 7 (2) c Weekes b Ramadhin 71 4 G.H.G.Doggart c Rae b Valentine 29 (3) c Goddard b Valentine 22 5 H.E.Dollery c Gomez b Valentine 8 (4) c Gomez b Valentine 0 6 *N.W.D.Yardley c Gomez b Valentine 0 (5) lbw b Gomez 25 7 T.E.Bailey not out 82 (6) run out 33 8 †T.G.Evans c and b Valentine 104 (7) c Worrell b Ramadhin 15 9 J.C.Laker b Valentine 4 c Stollmeyer b Valentine 40 10 W.E.Hollies c Weekes b Ramadhin 0 c Walcott b Worrell 3 11 R.Berry b Ramadhin 0 not out 4 Extras b 8, lb 3, nb 1 12 b 17, lb 12, nb 1 30 —— —— 312 288 FoW (1): 1-31 (3), 2-74 (2), 3-79 (4), 4-83 (6), 5-88 (5), 6-249 (8), 7-293 (1), 8-301 (9), 9-308 (10), 10-312 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-31 (3), 3-43 (4), 4-106 (5), 5-131 (2), 6-151 (7), 7-200 (6), 8-266 (8), 9-284 (9), 10-288 (10) WEST INDIES 1 A.F.Rae c Doggart b Berry 14 c Doggart b Hollies 10 2 J.B.Stollmeyer lbw b Hollies 43 c sub (P.Hough) b Laker 78 3 F.M.M.Worrell st Evans b Berry 15 st Evans b Hollies 28 4 E.D.Weekes c sub (P.Hough) b Bailey 52 lbw b Hollies 1 5 †C.L.Walcott c Evans b Berry 13 b Berry 9 6 R.J.Christiani lbw b Berry 17 c Yardley b Hollies 6 7 G.E.Gomez c Berry b Hollies 35 st Evans b Berry 8 8 *J.D.C.Goddard run out 7 not out 16 9 H.H.H.Johnson c Dollery b Hollies 8 b Berry 22 10 S.Ramadhin not out 4 b Berry 0 11 A.L.Valentine c and b Berry 0 c Bailey b Hollies 0 Extras lb 6, nb 1 7 b 4, w 1 5 —— —— 215 183 FoW (1): 1-52 (1), 2-74 (2), 3-74 (3), 4-94 (5), 5-146 (6), 6-178 (4), 7-201 (8), 8-211 (9), 9-211 (7), 10-215 (11) FoW (2): 1-32 (1), 2-68 (3), 3-80 (4), 4-113 (5), 5-126 (6), 6-141 (7), 7-146 (2), 8-178 (9), 9-178 (10), 10-183 (11) West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnson 10 3 18 0 Gomez 10 1 29 0 (1) 25 12 47 2 Valentine 50 14 104 8 56 22 100 3 Ramadhin 39.3 12 90 2 42 17 77 2 Goddard 15 1 46 0 9 3 12 0 Worrell 4 1 13 0 5.5 1 10 2 Walcott (2) 4 1 12 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 10 2 28 1 3 1 9 0 Edrich 2 1 4 0 3 1 10 0 Hollies 33 13 70 3 35.2 11 63 5 Laker 17 5 43 0 (5) 14 4 43 1 Berry 31.5 13 63 5 (4) 26 12 53 4 Umpires: F.Chester and D.Davies. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 17-0 (Rae 8*, Stollmeyer 8*); 2nd day: England (2) 108-4 (Edrich 56*, Bailey 0*); 3rd day: West Indies (2) 122-4 (Stollmeyer 67*, Christiani 2*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. T.G.Evans’s 104 took 142 minutes and included 16 fours. L.Hutton retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 15 (team score 22-0) - he returned when the score was 249-6. 199