First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

ESSEX v WEST INDIANS Played at Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea, August 23, 24, 25, 1950. West Indians won by seven wickets. ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Ramadhin 106 run out 25 2 A.V.Avery c Jones b Stollmeyer 52 c Stollmeyer b Ramadhin 18 3 *D.J.Insole b Ramadhin 0 (6) lbw b Gomez 18 4 R.Horsfall b Ramadhin 15 (5) b Gomez 17 5 E.A.W.Stanley b Gomez 3 (7) st Walcott b Ramadhin 25 6 T.E.Bailey lbw b Gomez 3 (3) lbw b Gomez 5 7 F.H.Vigar b Ramadhin 1 (8) lbw b Ramadhin 11 8 R.Smith c Rae b Gomez 6 (9) b Gomez 1 9 T.P.B.Smith run out 19 (4) c Weekes b Gomez 18 10 †T.H.Wade c Stollmeyer b Gomez 3 c Gomez b Ramadhin 19 11 K.C.Preston not out 1 not out 5 Extras b 14, lb 6 20 b 5, lb 2 7 —— —— 229 169 FoW (1): 1-126, 2-127, 3-157, 4-175, 5-189, 6-196, 7-199, 8-211, 9-221, 10-229 FoW (2): 1-38, 2-45, 3-49, 4-81, 5-84, 6-119, 7-137, 8-138, 9-144, 10-169 WEST INDIANS 1 R.J.Christiani c T.P.B.Smith b Preston 60 (5) not out 53 2 *J.B.Stollmeyer hit wkt b T.P.B.Smith 43 b Preston 16 3 K.B.Trestrail b R.Smith 8 4 G.E.Gomez lbw b Bailey 46 5 E.D.Weekes c Vigar b Preston 23 (4) not out 84 6 †C.L.Walcott c Wade b Bailey 5 (3) c Wade b Preston 0 7 A.F.Rae c Preston b R.Smith 0 (1) c Bailey b R.Smith 30 8 C.B.Williams c T.P.B.Smith b Bailey 5 9 P.E.W.Jones lbw b Bailey 2 10 S.Ramadhin not out 4 11 L.R.Pierre c Wade b Bailey 0 Extras b 11, lb 6 17 b 1, lb 2 3 —— —— 213 (3 wickets) 186 FoW (1): 1-104, 2-104, 3-127, 4-185, 5-193, 6-194, 7-198, 8-206, 9-213, 10-213 FoW (2): 1-27, 2-27, 3-89 West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Pierre 7 0 17 0 3 0 14 0 Jones 10 1 38 0 (3) 7 3 9 0 Gomez 21 7 34 4 (2) 39 14 79 5 Williams 29 12 52 0 (5) 4 0 11 0 Ramadhin 37 16 53 4 (4) 25.5 9 49 4 Stollmeyer 3 0 15 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 16.4 3 44 5 12 0 71 0 Preston 16 2 59 2 7 1 27 2 R.Smith 24 7 44 2 16.2 1 85 1 T.P.B.Smith 22 2 49 1 Umpires: E.Robinson and A.Skelding. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: West Indians (1) 68-0 (Christiani 38*, Stollmeyer 29*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 49-3 (T.P.B.Smith 1*). T.C.Dodds’s 106 took 240 minutes and included 10 fours. 381