- Test no. 297 | 1947/48 season
- Played at Bourda, Georgetown, British Guiana
- 3,4,5,6 March 1948 (5-day match)
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| GM Carew | b Cranston | 17 | 0 | ||||
| JDC Goddard* | b Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CL Walcott† | lbw b Cranston | 11 | 0 | ||||
| RJ Christiani | c Hardstaff b Tremlett | 51 | 1 | ||||
| FMM Worrell | not out | 131 | 215 | 15 | 0 | ||
| GE Gomez | c †Evans b Cranston | 36 | 0 | ||||
| ED Weekes | b Cranston | 36 | 0 | ||||
| EAV Williams | b Laker | 7 | 1 | ||||
| W Ferguson | c Allen b Laker | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) | 5 | |||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 105.4 overs) | 297 | (2.81 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat J Trim, LR Pierre |
| Fall of wickets1-7 (Goddard), 2-26 (Carew), 3-48 (Walcott), 4-127 (Christiani), 5-224 (Gomez), 6-284 (Weekes), 7-295 (Williams), 8-297 (Ferguson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GOB Allen | 2.4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.87 | |||
| MF Tremlett | 14 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| K Cranston | 25 | 5 | 78 | 4 | 3.12 | |||
| JC Laker | 36 | 11 | 94 | 2 | 2.61 | |||
| R Howorth | 23 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 2.52 | |||
| JT Ikin | 5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 |
| England 1st innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | c Williams b Goddard | 31 | 0 | |||
| JDB Robertson | c Ferguson b Goddard | 23 | 0 | |||
| W Place | c Christiani b Goddard | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J Hardstaff jnr | b Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JT Ikin | c Ferguson b Goddard | 7 | 0 | |||
| K Cranston | st †Walcott b Ferguson | 24 | 0 | |||
| R Howorth | c Ferguson b Goddard | 4 | 0 | |||
| JC Laker | c †Walcott b Ferguson | 10 | 0 | |||
| TG Evans† | b Trim | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF Tremlett | c Christiani b Trim | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GOB Allen* | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, nb 2) | 7 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 50.2 overs) | 111 | (2.20 runs per over) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-59 (Hutton), 2-61 (Robertson), 3-64 (Place), 4-64 (Hardstaff), 5-94 (Cranston), 6-96 (Ikin), 7-109 (Laker), 8-110 (Evans), 9-110 (Tremlett), 10-111 (Howorth) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Trim | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0.60 | |||
| LR Pierre | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| EAV Williams | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| JDC Goddard | 14.2 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 2.16 | |||
| FMM Worrell | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| W Ferguson | 15 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1.53 | |||
| GE Gomez | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Ferguson | 24 | 0 | |||
| JDB Robertson | lbw b Ferguson | 9 | 0 | |||
| W Place | b Ferguson | 15 | 0 | |||
| J Hardstaff jnr | c Christiani b Trim | 63 | 6 | 1 | ||
| GOB Allen* | lbw b Ferguson | 20 | 0 | |||
| K Cranston | c Christiani b Goddard | 32 | 0 | |||
| TG Evans† | c Goddard b Williams | 37 | 0 | |||
| JT Ikin | run out | 24 | 0 | |||
| R Howorth | lbw b Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JC Laker | c Goddard b Williams | 6 | 0 | |||
| MF Tremlett | not out | 18 | 1 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 3) | 13 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 106.4 overs) | 263 | (2.46 runs per over) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Robertson), 2-51 (Place), 3-52 (Hutton), 4-137 (Allen), 5-145 (Hardstaff), 6-185 (Cranston), 7-226 (Evans), 8-233 (Howorth), 9-239 (Ikin), 10-263 (Laker) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Trim | 13 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 2.92 | |||
| LR Pierre | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | |||
| EAV Williams | 24.4 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 1.37 | |||
| JDC Goddard | 24 | 8 | 43 | 1 | 1.79 | |||
| W Ferguson | 40 | 6 | 116 | 5 | 2.90 |
| West Indies 2nd innings (target: 78 runs) | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| GM Carew | c Allen b Laker | 8 | 0 | |||
| JDC Goddard* | lbw b Laker | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CL Walcott† | not out | 31 | 0 | |||
| RJ Christiani | lbw b Howorth | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GE Gomez | not out | 25 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 1) | 8 | ||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 20 overs) | 78 | (3.90 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat FMM Worrell, ED Weekes, EAV Williams, W Ferguson, J Trim, LR Pierre |
| Fall of wickets1-10 (Goddard), 2-23 (Carew), 3-26 (Christiani) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Cranston | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | |||
| JC Laker | 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 3.77 | |||
| R Howorth | 9 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2.77 |
| Match details |
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Toss West Indies, who chose to bat Series West Indies led the 4-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
LR Pierre and
J Trim
(West Indies) |
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Umpires
J Da Silva and ES Gillette |
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Close of play 3 Mar day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 284/5 (FMM Worrell 127*, ED Weekes 36*) 4 Mar day 2 - England 1st innings 110/9 (R Howorth 3*) 5 Mar day 3 - England 2nd innings 226/6 (TG Evans 37*, JT Ikin 18*) 6 Mar day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 78/3 (20 ov) - end of match |
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