First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

KENT v WEST INDIANS Played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, August 30, 31, September 1, 1950. West Indians won by 222 runs. WEST INDIANS 1 R.E.Marshall b Ridgway 15 c Martin b Ridgway 10 2 †R.J.Christiani b Ridgway 9 c Ames b Ridgway 4 3 C.L.Walcott run out 32 c Hearn b Martin 2 4 G.E.Gomez run out 149 c Woollett b Martin 88 5 K.B.Trestrail c Ridgway b Martin 1 b Martin 6 6 E.D.Weekes b Ridgway 3 c Ames b Martin 16 7 *J.D.C.Goddard c Martin b Dovey 8 not out 41 8 C.B.Williams b Martin 11 9 P.E.W.Jones b Martin 20 10 A.L.Valentine not out 7 11 L.R.Pierre c Ufton b Martin 1 Extras lb 6, w 1, nb 2 9 b 3 3 —— —— 265 (6 wickets, declared) 170 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-25, 3-108, 4-112, 5-117, 6-132, 7-160, 8-257, 9-257, 10-265 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-16, 3-16, 4-23, 5-51, 6-170 KENT 1 A.E.Fagg b Pierre 7 c Christiani b Pierre 8 2 A.F.Woollett c Jones b Pierre 16 c Christiani b Goddard 7 3 L.E.G.Ames c Christiani b Jones 1 c Goddard b Valentine 19 4 P.Hearn c Christiani b Pierre 8 b Valentine 8 5 M.C.Cowdrey run out 25 c Williams b Valentine 5 6 *D.G.Clark c Gomez b Valentine 2 b Goddard 0 7 †D.G.Ufton c Weekes b Valentine 14 b Valentine 5 8 R.R.Dovey c Walcott b Gomez 38 b Goddard 1 9 J.W.Martin c Trestrail b Valentine 10 b Goddard 0 10 D.V.P.Wright not out 7 not out 0 11 F.Ridgway c Christiani b Valentine 4 b Valentine 0 Extras b 8, lb 6 14 b 6, lb 8 14 —— —— 146 67 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-15, 3-34, 4-39, 5-56, 6-78, 7-93, 8-120, 9-139, 10-146 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-34, 3-34, 4-55, 5-55, 6-62, 7-63, 8-63, 9-63, 10-67 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 27 6 75 3 21 4 46 2 Martin 31.1 3 75 4 27.1 8 72 4 Wright 14 1 59 0 (4) 5 1 25 0 Dovey 12 2 47 1 (3) 12 4 24 0 West Indians Bowling O M R W O M R W Pierre 12 3 21 3 6 2 10 1 Jones 11 3 28 1 6 0 24 0 Valentine 25 13 57 4 13.2 9 6 5 Gomez 11 3 26 1 Goddard (4) 13 6 13 4 Umpires: W.F.F.Price and A.Skelding. Toss: West Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 34-3 (Hearn 6*, Cowdrey 0*); 2nd day: West Indians (2) 130-5 (Gomez 64*, Goddard 28*). G.E.Gomez’s 149 took 250 minutes. 401