f17839 t297	West Indies v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1947/48 (3rd Test)
Venue	Bourda, Georgetown on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th March 1948 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indies won by 7 wickets
Umpires	J Da Silva, ES Gillette
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 284/5 (Worrell 127*, Weekes 36*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 110/9 (Howorth 3*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 226/6 (Evans 37*, Ikin 18*)

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Carew	b Cranston	17		75	1	-
*JDC Goddard	b Allen	1		12	-	-
+CL Walcott	lbw b Cranston	11		35	-	-
RJ Christiani	c Hardstaff b Tremlett	51		106	3	1
FMM Worrell	not out	131		215	15	-
GE Gomez	c Evans b Cranston	36		106	2	-
ED Weekes	b Cranston	36		26	6	-
EAV Williams	b Laker	7		11	-	1
W Ferguson	c Allen b Laker	2		2	-	-
J Trim	did not bat
LR Pierre	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 105.4 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Goddard), 2-26 (Carew), 3-48 (Walcott), 4-127 (Christiani), 5-224 (Gomez), 6-284 (Weekes), 7-295 (Williams), 8-297 (Ferguson, 105.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	2.4	0	5	1	-	-
Tremlett	14	4	35	1	-	-
Cranston	25	5	78	4	-	-
Laker	36	11	94	2	-	-
Howorth	23	4	58	0	-	-
Ikin	5	2	22	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Williams b Goddard	31		92	4	-
JDB Robertson	c Ferguson b Goddard	23		94	1	-
W Place	c Christiani b Goddard	1		13	-	-
J Hardstaff	b Ferguson	3		11	-	-
JT Ikin	c Ferguson b Goddard	7		35	-	-
K Cranston	st Walcott b Ferguson	24		32	4	-
R Howorth	c Ferguson b Goddard	4		34	-	-
JC Laker	c Walcott b Ferguson	10		19	1	-
+TG Evans	b Trim	1		4	-	-
MF Tremlett	c Christiani b Trim	0		2	-	-
*GOB Allen	not out	0		1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (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, 50.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trim	10	6	6	2	-	-
Pierre	2	0	9	0	-	-
Williams	6	0	21	0	-	-
Goddard	14.2	5	31	5	-	-
Worrell	2	0	5	0	-	-
Ferguson	15	5	23	3	-	-
Gomez	1	0	9	0	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	b Ferguson	24		114	2	-
JDB Robertson	lbw b Ferguson	9		63	-	-
W Place	b Ferguson	15		41	1	-
J Hardstaff	c Christiani b Trim	63		91	6	1
*GOB Allen	lbw b Ferguson	20		93	1	-
K Cranston	c Christiani b Goddard	32		41	6	-
+TG Evans	c Goddard b Williams	37		62	3	-
JT Ikin	run out	24			1	-
R Howorth	lbw b Ferguson	2		7	-	-
JC Laker	c Goddard b Williams	6		47	-	-
MF Tremlett	not out	18		22	1	1
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 106.4 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Robertson), 2-51 (Place), 3-52 (Hutton), 4-137 (Allen), 5-145 (Hardstaff), 6-185 (Cranston), 7-226 (Evans), 8-233 (Howorth), 9-241 (Ikin), 10-263 (Laker, 106.4 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trim	13	2	38	1	-	-
Williams	24.4	12	34	2	-	-
Goddard	24	8	43	1	-	-
Ferguson	40	6	116	5	-	-
Pierre	5	0	19	0	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Carew	c Allen b Laker	8		31	1	-
*JDC Goddard	lbw b Laker	3		15	-	-
+CL Walcott	not out	31		50	6	-
RJ Christiani	lbw b Howorth	3		4	-	-
GE Gomez	not out	25		32	3	-
FMM Worrell	did not bat
ED Weekes	did not bat
EAV Williams	did not bat
W Ferguson	did not bat
J Trim	did not bat
LR Pierre	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 20 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Goddard), 2-23 (Carew), 3-26 (Christiani)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranston	2	0	11	0	-	-
Laker	9	1	34	2	-	-
Howorth	9	0	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> J Trim made his debut in Test matches
--> LR Pierre made his debut in Test matches
--> EAV Williams made his last appearance in Test matches
--> LR Pierre made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RJ Christiani (1) 50 in 110 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> FMM Worrell (1) 50 in 105 balls, 90 minutes with 5 fours
--> FMM Worrell (1) passed his previous highest score of 97 in Test matches
--> FMM Worrell (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> FMM Worrell (1) 100 in 205 balls, 170 minutes with 12 fours
--> ED Weekes (1) equalled his previous highest score of 36 in Test matches
--> R Howorth (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> W Place (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> J Hardstaff (2) 50 in 63 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> J Hardstaff (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 43
--> CL Walcott (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> CL Walcott (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> LR Pierre made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> J Trim made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> L Hutton made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> JDC Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed W Place in the England first innings (previous best was 2-18)
--> JDC Goddard achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> JDC Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the England first innings (previous best was 5-47)

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