First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

MIDDLESEX v WEST INDIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 26, 28, 29, 1950. Match drawn. MIDDLESEX 1 J.G.Dewes b Valentine 21 lbw b Weekes 86 2 J.D.B.Robertson c Walcott b Johnson 105 c and b Valentine 27 3 *W.J.Edrich lbw b Johnson 8 c and b Worrell 36 4 D.C.S.Compton b Goddard 38 c Rae b Weekes 24 5 H.P.H.Sharp c Gomez b Valentine 72 6 S.M.Brown st Walcott b Valentine 36 not out 13 7 J.M.Sims b Johnson 1 (5) not out 20 8 J.J.Warr c Rae b Valentine 6 9 †M.L.Laws st Walcott b Valentine 1 10 J.A.Young c Gomez b Goddard 14 11 A.E.Moss not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 1 9 lb 2, w 1 3 —— —— 311 (4 wickets, declared) 209 FoW (1): 1-53, 2-82, 3-146, 4-183, 5-244, 6-245, 7-258, 8-260, 9-303, 10-311 FoW (2): 1-49, 2-152, 3-152, 4-185 WEST INDIANS 1 A.F.Rae c Laws b Moss 3 2 J.B.Stollmeyer lbw b Sims 81 3 R.E.Marshall b Sims 9 (1) lbw b Warr 9 4 F.M.M.Worrell b Warr 1 (5) not out 7 5 E.D.Weekes c Compton b Young 52 (4) st Laws b Young 7 6 †C.L.Walcott c Laws b Young 7 (3) b Young 24 7 R.J.Christiani not out 131 (2) not out 100 8 G.E.Gomez c Laws b Young 7 9 *J.D.C.Goddard c Edrich b Compton 6 10 H.H.H.Johnson c Warr b Sims 25 11 A.L.Valentine lbw b Compton 2 Extras b 12, lb 7 19 b 1 1 —— —— 343 (3 wickets) 148 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-53, 3-54, 4-139, 5-158, 6-163, 7-188, 8-207, 9-303, 10-343 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-78, 3-104 West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnson 43 10 85 3 4 0 11 0 Gomez 19 5 45 0 17 4 36 0 Valentine 52.1 23 72 5 8 4 20 1 Marshall 20 7 51 0 (5) 9 1 41 0 Goddard 19 5 49 2 Worrell (4) 19 5 73 1 Weekes (6) 4 0 25 2 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Warr 19 3 57 1 11 0 32 1 Moss 12 1 54 1 2 0 23 0 Sims 23 5 96 3 Young 36 11 79 3 (3) 15 4 54 2 Compton 9 3 19 2 (4) 6 0 38 0 Edrich 3 0 19 0 Umpires: D.Davies and C.H.Welch. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Middlesex (1) 228-4 (Sharp 21*, Brown 32*); 2nd day: West Indians (1) 237-8 (Christiani 49*, Johnson 7*). J.D.B.Robertson’s 105 took 240 minutes and included 12 fours. R.J.Christiani’s 131 took 150 minutes and included 21 fours and 1 six. R.J.Christiani’s 100 took 90 minutes and included 14 fours. 395