f17745	British Guiana v Jamaica
	Other First-Class matches in West Indies 1947/48
Venue	Bourda, Georgetown on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st October 1947 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	British Guiana won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Da Silva, ES Gillette
Close of play day 1	British Guiana (1) 213/3 (Christiani 26*, Persaud 24*)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Jamaica (1) 53/2 (Cunningham 20*, Weekes 29*)
Close of play day 4	Jamaica (1) 308/6 (Rickards 21*, NL Bonitto 21*)
Close of play day 5	British Guiana (2) 105/3 (Christiani 22*, Persaud 20*)
Close of play day 6	British Guiana (2) 346/5 (Christiani 159*, Bayley 34*)
Close of play day 7	No play

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British Guiana first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Westmaas	c Weekes b AR Bonitto	69
BH Pairaudeau	c Cunningham b AR Bonitto	30
*HP Bayley	b AR Bonitto	57
RJ Christiani	c Prescod b Worrell	39
G Persaud	not out	35
JL Thomas	c Weekes b Worrell	1
+CA McWatt	c Prescod b Worrell	6
BBM Gaskin	c Weekes b Worrell	0
B Baijnauth	not out	0
ND Wight	did not bat
WG Griffith	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-158, 3-163, 4-229, 5-231, 6-239, 7-245

Jamaica bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kentish	1	1	0	0	-	-
Bailey	10	0	35	0	-	-
Holt	1	0	3	0	-	-
Worrell	22	5	58	4	-	-
Headley	23	7	52	0	-	-
AR Bonitto	18	3	74	3	-	-
Rickards	1	0	2	0	-	-
Weekes	7	1	13	0	-	-

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Jamaica first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OJ Cunningham	c Gaskin b Christiani	145
+JE Prescod	c McWatt b Griffith	2
JKC Holt	c Christiani b Gaskin	0
KH Weekes	c McWatt b Gaskin	41
FMM Worrell	b Griffith	31
*GA Headley	lbw b Wight	36
KR Rickards	c Pairaudeau b Gaskin	77
NL Bonitto	c Christiani b Gaskin	71
AR Bonitto	c McWatt b Gaskin	0
ESM Kentish	not out	2
CW Bailey	c Pairaudeau b Gaskin	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 116.1 overs)	417
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-79, 4-146, 5-266, 6-268, 7-403, 8-413, 9-413, 10-417 (116.1 ov)

British Guiana bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaskin	36.1	9	89	6	-	1
Griffith	20	3	60	2	1	7
Baijnauth	22	4	73	0	-	1
Wight	22	2	82	1	-	-
Christiani	12	0	65	1	-	1
Thomas	1	0	15	0	-	-
Persaud	3	0	21	0	-	-

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British Guiana second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Westmaas	lbw b Kentish	10
BH Pairaudeau	c Holt b Headley	29
JL Thomas	b AR Bonitto	16
RJ Christiani	c +Weekes b Bailey	181
G Persaud	b Headley	58
+CA McWatt	c Weekes b Kentish	17
*HP Bayley	not out	66
BBM Gaskin	c sub (H Christiani) b Bailey	2
ND Wight	not out	1
B Baijnauth	did not bat
WG Griffith	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-58, 3-78, 4-212, 5-267, 6-387, 7-397

Jamaica bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kentish	24	0	76	2	-	-
Bailey	20	1	78	2	-	-
Headley	21	2	62	2	-	-
AR Bonitto	28	0	108	1	-	-
Rickards	1	0	3	0	-	-
Weekes	16	0	53	0	-	-

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Jamaica second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OJ Cunningham	c Christiani b Gaskin	0
+JE Prescod	c and b Wight	35
JKC Holt	b Griffith	1
KH Weekes	lbw b Baijnauth	17
KR Rickards	b Wight	4
*GA Headley	not out	4
NL Bonitto	not out	18
FMM Worrell	did not bat
AR Bonitto	did not bat
ESM Kentish	did not bat
CW Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 29 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-31, 4-57, 5-60

British Guiana bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaskin	11	4	24	1	-	-
Griffith	6	1	9	1	-	-
Baijnauth	4	1	17	1	-	-
Wight	4	0	21	2	-	-
Christiani	3	3	0	0	-	-
Persaud	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but extended to eight.
--> G Persaud made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NL Bonitto made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LA Westmaas made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WG Griffith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KH Weekes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OJ Cunningham (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in First-Class matches
--> OJ Cunningham (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KR Rickards (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> RJ Christiani (2) passed his previous highest score of 149 in First-Class matches
--> FMM Worrell reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the British Guiana first innings

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This match was originally scheduled for five days but when rain severely curtailed play on the first three days it was agreed to extend the match. Day 8 was the last possible day as the Jamaicans had to leave for home the following day.

 

 

 

 

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