First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, July 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 1950. West Indies won by ten wickets. ENGLAND 1 R.T.Simpson c Walcott b Johnson 4 run out 94 2 C.Washbrook c Stollmeyer b Worrell 3 c Worrell b Valentine 102 3 W.G.A.Parkhouse c Weekes b Johnson 13 lbw b Goddard 69 4 J.G.Dewes c Gomez b Worrell 0 lbw b Valentine 67 5 *N.W.D.Yardley c Goddard b Valentine 41 b Ramadhin 7 6 D.J.Insole lbw b Ramadhin 21 st Walcott b Ramadhin 0 7 †T.G.Evans b Ramadhin 32 c Stollmeyer b Ramadhin 63 8 D.Shackleton b Worrell 42 c Weekes b Valentine 1 9 R.O.Jenkins b Johnson 39 not out 6 10 A.V.Bedser c Stollmeyer b Valentine 13 b Ramadhin 2 11 W.E.Hollies not out 2 lbw b Ramadhin 0 Extras lb 12, nb 1 13 b 11, lb 10, w 2, nb 2 25 —— —— 223 436 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-18 (1), 3-23 (3), 4-25 (4), 5-75 (6), 6-105 (5), 7-147 (7), 8-174 (8), 9-191 (10), 10-223 (9) FoW (2): 1-212 (2), 2-220 (1), 3-326 (3), 4-346 (5), 5-350 (6), 6-408 (4), 7-410 (8), 8-434 (7), 9-436 (10), 10-436 (11) WEST INDIES 1 A.F.Rae st Evans b Yardley 68 not out 46 2 J.B.Stollmeyer c and b Jenkins 46 not out 52 3 R.J.Christiani lbw b Shackleton 10 4 F.M.M.Worrell c Yardley b Bedser 261 5 E.D.Weekes c and b Hollies 129 6 †C.L.Walcott b Bedser 8 7 G.E.Gomez not out 19 8 *J.D.C.Goddard c Yardley b Bedser 0 9 H.H.H.Johnson c Insole b Bedser 0 10 S.Ramadhin b Bedser 2 11 A.L.Valentine b Hollies 1 Extras b 2, lb 10, nb 2 14 nb 5 5 —— —— 558 (no wicket) 103 FoW (1): 1-77 (2), 2-95 (3), 3-238 (1), 4-521 (4), 5-535 (6), 6-537 (5), 7-538 (8), 8-539 (9), 9-551 (10), 10-558 (11) West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnson 25.4 5 59 3 30 5 65 0 Worrell 17 4 40 3 19 8 30 0 Gomez 3 1 9 0 11 3 23 0 Goddard 6 3 10 0 (6) 12 6 18 1 Ramadhin 29 12 49 2 81.2 25 135 5 Valentine 18 6 43 2 (4) 92 49 140 3 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 48 9 127 5 11 1 35 0 Shackleton 43 7 128 1 6 2 7 0 Yardley 27 3 82 1 Jenkins 13 0 73 1 11 1 46 0 Hollies 43.4 8 134 2 (3) 7 6 1 0 Simpson (5) 1.3 0 9 0 Umpires: F.Chester and H.Elliott. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 77-1 (Rae 31*, Christiani 0*); 2nd day: West Indies (1) 479-3 (Worrell 239*, Weekes 108*); 3rd day: England (2) 87-0 (Simpson 37*, Washbrook 38*); 4th day: England (2) 350-5 (Dewes 55*). F.M.M.Worrell’s 261 took 335 minutes and included 35 fours and 2 sixes. E.D.Weekes’s 129 took 220 minutes and included 17 fours. C.Washbrook’s 102 took 320 minutes and included 9 fours. 303