First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Played at Kennington Oval, August 12, 14, 15, 16, 1950. West Indies won by an innings and 56 runs. WEST INDIES 1 A.F.Rae b Bedser 109 2 J.B.Stollmeyer lbw b Bailey 36 3 F.M.M.Worrell lbw b Wright 138 4 E.D.Weekes c Hutton b Wright 30 5 †C.L.Walcott b Wright 17 6 G.E.Gomez c McIntyre b Brown 74 7 R.J.Christiani c McIntyre b Bedser 11 8 *J.D.C.Goddard not out 58 9 P.E.W.Jones b Wright 1 10 S.Ramadhin c McIntyre b Wright 3 11 A.L.Valentine b Bailey 9 Extras b 5, lb 11, nb 1 17 —— 503 FoW (1): 1-72 (2), 2-244 (1), 3-295 (4), 4-318 (5), 5-337 (7), 6-446 (6), 7-480 (3), 8-482 (9), 9-490 (10), 10-503 (11) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton not out 202 c Christiani b Goddard 2 2 R.T.Simpson c Jones b Valentine 30 b Ramadhin 16 3 D.S.Sheppard b Ramadhin 11 c Weekes b Valentine 29 4 D.C.S.Compton run out 44 c Weekes b Valentine 11 5 J.G.Dewes c Worrell b Valentine 17 c Christiani b Valentine 3 6 T.E.Bailey c Weekes b Goddard 18 lbw b Ramadhin 12 7 *F.R.Brown c Weekes b Valentine 0 c Stollmeyer b Valentine 15 8 †A.J.W.McIntyre c and b Valentine 4 c sub (K.B.Trestrail) b Ramadhin 0 9 A.V.Bedser lbw b Goddard 0 c Weekes b Valentine 0 10 M.J.Hilton b Goddard 3 c sub (K.B.Trestrail) b Valentine 0 11 D.V.P.Wright lbw b Goddard 4 not out 6 Extras b 5, lb 6 11 b 6, lb 3 9 —— —— 344 103 FoW (1): 1-73 (2), 2-120 (3), 3-229 (4), 4-259 (5), 5-310 (6), 6-315 (7), 7-321 (8), 8-322 (9), 9-326 (10), 10-344 (11) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-39 (2), 3-50 (4), 4-56 (5), 5-79 (3), 6-83 (6), 7-83 (8), 8-83 (9), 9-85 (10), 10-103 (7) England Bowling O M R W Bailey 34.2 9 84 2 Bedser 38 9 75 2 1nb Brown 21 4 74 1 Wright 53 16 141 5 Hilton 41 12 91 0 Compton 7 2 21 0 West Indies Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 23 4 70 0 Worrell 20 9 30 0 Ramadhin 45 23 63 1 26 11 38 3 Valentine 64 21 121 4 (2) 26.3 10 39 6 Gomez 10 3 24 0 (4) 8 4 6 0 Goddard 17.4 6 25 4 (1) 9 4 11 1 Umpires: W.H.Ashdown and F.S.Lee. Toss: West Indies Close of Play: 1st day: West Indies (1) 295-3 (Worrell 110*); 2nd day: England (1) 29-0 (Hutton 14*, Simpson 12*); 3rd day: England (1) 282-4 (Hutton 160*, Bailey 9*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. A.F.Rae’s 109 took 300 minutes. F.M.M.Worrell’s 138 took 305 minutes and included 17 fours. L.Hutton’s 202 took 470 minutes and included 22 fours. F.M.M.Worrell retired hurt in the West Indies first innings having scored 116 (team score 315-3) - he returned when the score was 446-6. 355