First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

LEICESTERSHIRE v WEST INDIANS Played at Grace Road, Leicester, July 12, 13, 14, 1950. West Indians won by an innings and 249 runs. WEST INDIANS 1 A.F.Rae b Jackson 26 2 R.E.Marshall c and b Sperry 188 3 F.M.M.Worrell not out 241 4 E.D.Weekes not out 200 5 C.L.Walcott 6 †R.J.Christiani 7 G.E.Gomez 8 *J.D.C.Goddard 9 P.E.W.Jones 10 S.Ramadhin 11 A.L.Valentine Extras b 18, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 27 —— (2 wickets, declared) 682 FoW (1): 1-95, 2-342 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c and b Valentine 121 c Walcott b Jones 5 2 G.S.Watson c Goddard b Jones 10 c Walcott b Valentine 6 3 M.Tompkin c Rae b Marshall 74 c Marshall b Ramadhin 11 4 *C.H.Palmer b Ramadhin 9 b Ramadhin 20 5 V.E.Jackson b Valentine 56 c Jones b Ramadhin 1 6 G.Lester b Ramadhin 27 b Ramadhin 6 7 K.D.Smith not out 14 lbw b Ramadhin 2 8 †J.W.R.Smith c Walcott b Valentine 1 b Ramadhin 0 9 J.E.Walsh c Marshall b Valentine 0 not out 24 10 C.R.D.Wooler b Ramadhin 0 st Christiani b Valentine 4 11 J.Sperry b Ramadhin 16 c Ramadhin b Valentine 1 Extras b 16, lb 8 24 lb 1 1 —— —— 352 81 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-142, 3-169, 4-263, 5-317, 6-317, 7-318, 8-318, 9-318, 10-352 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-14, 3-24, 4-26, 5-33, 6-41, 7-41, 8-68, 9-77, 10-81 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Sperry 34 0 171 1 Wooler 28 6 103 0 Walsh 22 1 133 0 Jackson 9.1 3 24 1 Palmer 16 1 79 0 Lester 20 0 122 0 K.D.Smith 3 0 23 0 West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 21 3 55 1 7 2 13 1 Gomez 12 7 21 0 2 2 0 0 Ramadhin 40.3 14 90 4 (4) 15 7 27 6 Valentine 57 27 101 4 (3) 19.4 8 40 3 Worrell 10 2 25 0 Marshall 12 4 36 1 Umpires: F.Chester and A.Skelding. Toss: West Indians Close of Play: 1st day: West Indians (1) 651-2 (Worrell 225*, Weekes 190*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 307-4 (Jackson 55*, Lester 18*). R.E.Marshall’s 188 took 210 minutes and included 31 fours. F.M.M.Worrell’s 241 included 26 fours and 1 six. E.D.Weekes’s 200 took 168 minutes and included 26 fours and 1 six. G.L.Berry’s 121 took 283 minutes and included 12 fours and 1 six. 284