f21679	Worcestershire v West Indians
	West Indies in British Isles 1957
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 1st, 2nd May 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indians won by an innings and 77 runs
Umpires	DE Davies, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 290/9 (Alexander 31*, Dewdney 2*)

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AG Ganteaume	hit wkt b Berry	40
NS Asgarali	st Booth b Berry	35
CL Walcott	c Berry b Flavell	33
FMM Worrell	st Booth b Berry	38
GS Sobers	b Horton	0
OG Smith	c Outschoorn b Berry	68			7	3
DS Atkinson	c DW Richardson b Berry	0
*JDC Goddard	c Booth b Flavell	27
+FCM Alexander	not out	31
AL Valentine	lbw b Berry	7
DT Dewdney	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-92, 3-140, 4-140, 5-168, 6-168, 7-220, 8-263, 9-270

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	25	4	65	2	-	-
Aldridge	26	11	48	0	-	-
Berry	44	16	105	6	-	-
Horton	23	9	49	1	-	-
Jenkins	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Walcott b Valentine	26
*PE Richardson	c and b Worrell	18
LF Outschoorn	c Sobers b Worrell	0
DW Richardson	c Walcott b Atkinson	1
G Dews	b Atkinson	4
MJ Horton	c Sobers b Atkinson	0
RO Jenkins	c Walcott b Valentine	3
+R Booth	c and b Atkinson	19
JA Flavell	c Sobers b Valentine	0
R Berry	not out	0
KJ Aldridge	b Atkinson	1
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-31, 4-53, 5-53, 6-57, 7-78, 8-78, 9-79, 10-80 (32.1 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dewdney	5	0	16	0	-	-
Worrell	9	1	20	2	-	-
Atkinson	11.1	4	25	5	-	-
Valentine	7	3	11	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Sobers b Worrell	0
*PE Richardson	c and b Worrell	10
LF Outschoorn	b Atkinson	21
DW Richardson	c Walcott b Atkinson	20
G Dews	b Atkinson	12
MJ Horton	b Valentine	1
RO Jenkins	c Smith b Valentine	28
+R Booth	c Ganteaume b Atkinson	29
JA Flavell	not out	6
R Berry	c Smith b Atkinson	0
KJ Aldridge	b Valentine	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-32, 3-34, 4-61, 5-66, 6-68, 7-127, 8-127, 9-127, 10-133 (55.1 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dewdney	3	1	19	0	-	-
Worrell	5	1	14	2	-	-
Atkinson	17	7	37	5	-	-
Valentine	16.1	5	22	3	-	-
Smith	8	4	18	0	-	-
Sobers	6	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CL Walcott (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JDC Goddard (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> OG Smith made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> DT Dewdney made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> AG Ganteaume made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> DS Atkinson made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> GS Sobers made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> R Berry reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the West Indians first innings

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