First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

JAMAICA v BRITISH GUIANA Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, March 10, 12, 13, 14, 1951. Jamaica won by nine wickets. JAMAICA 1 O.J.Cunningham b Patoir 46 (2) not out 26 2 V.R.Lumsden b Gaskin 60 (1) lbw b Gaskin 0 3 J.K.C.Holt c Christiani b C.H.Thomas 4 not out 26 4 K.R.Rickards c Reece b Gaskin 195 5 N.L.Bonitto c Persaud b C.H.Thomas 32 6 L.E.Saunders lbw b Gaskin 29 7 †A.P.Binns c Gaskin b Trim 82 8 *A.R.Bonitto b Gaskin 22 9 S.R.Goodridge c Trim b Gaskin 17 10 R.S.Miller st Reece b Patoir 17 11 A.L.Valentine not out 3 Extras b 8, lb 4 12 nb 1 1 —— —— 519 (1 wicket) 53 FoW (1): 1-86 (1), 2-101 (3), 3-130 (2), 4-192 (5), 5-267 (6), 6-437 (7), 7-473 (4), 8-482 (8), 9-509 (10), 10-519 (9) FoW (2): 1-0 (1) BRITISH GUIANA 1 G.L.Wight c Holt b Valentine 23 b Goodridge 64 2 †C.C.Reece b Valentine 15 (3) st Binns b Valentine 18 3 R.J.Christiani b Miller 61 (5) c and b Goodridge 34 4 H.P.Bayley c Binns b Miller 7 (2) c Goodridge b Saunders 36 5 J.L.Thomas c N.L.Bonitto b Goodridge 14 (7) not out 60 6 A.B.Patoir c N.L.Bonitto b Miller 6 (4) c Binns b Saunders 32 7 C.H.Thomas st Binns b Valentine 25 (8) b Valentine 0 8 G.Persaud c A.R.Bonitto b Valentine 33 (9) c Valentine b Goodridge 28 9 P.B.Wight c Binns b Valentine 39 (6) b Valentine 13 10 J.Trim b Valentine 23 c N.L.Bonitto b Goodridge 15 11 *B.B.M.Gaskin not out 4 b Goodridge 4 Extras b 1, lb 1, w 4 6 b 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 —— —— 256 314 FoW (1): 1-37 (2), 2-43 (1), 3-60 (4), 4-99 (5), 5-123 (6), 6-136 (3), 7-172 (7), 8-214 (8), 9-249 (9), 10-256 (10) FoW (2): 1-64 (2), 2-101 (3), 3-146 (1), 4-184 (4), 5-197 (5), 6-213 (6), 7-223 (8), 8-284 (9), 9-306 (10), 10-314 (11) British Guiana Bowling O M R W O M R W Trim 19 1 92 1 (2) 5 0 18 0 Gaskin 34.7 7 112 5 (1) 8 2 18 1 Patoir 21 1 124 2 6 0 7 0 C.H.Thomas 22 2 94 2 2 0 9 0 P.B.Wight 5 0 29 0 Christiani 4 0 32 0 J.L.Thomas 3 0 24 0 Jamaica Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodridge 15 2 46 1 23.3 4 73 5 Miller 29 7 78 3 16 4 39 0 Valentine 32.4 6 102 6 29 3 101 3 A.R.Bonitto 8 0 24 0 9 0 22 0 Saunders (5) 17 1 49 2 Lumsden (6) 2 0 20 0 Umpires: R.C.Burke and T.A.Ewart. Toss: Jamaica Close of Play: 1st day: Jamaica (1) 388-5 (Rickards 158*, Binns 47*); 2nd day: British Guiana (1) 120-4 (Christiani 51*, Patoir 6*); 3rd day: British Guiana (2) 134-2 (G.L.Wight 60*, Patoir 13*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. K.R.Rickards’s 195 took 313 minutes and included 15 fours. C.C.Reece was sent for to keep wicket in this game replacing C.A.McWatt who had been injured in the previous game but only arrived on the day of the match so R.J.Christiani kept wicket until tea on Day 1. 124