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Test no. 298

England in West Indies Test Series - 4th Test
West Indies v England

1947/48 season

Played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, on 27,29,30,31 March, 1 April 1948 (5-day match)

Result West Indies won by 10 wickets


England 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	L Hutton	b Johnson	56		0
	JDB Robertson	lbw b Johnson	64		0
	W Place	st Walcott b Ferguson	8		0
	J Hardstaff jnr	c Gomez b Ferguson	9		0
	K Cranston	c Walcott b Johnson	13		0
	GOB Allen	c Walcott b Kentish	23		0
	JT Ikin	run out	5		0
	TG Evans	c Weekes b Kentish	9		0
	R Howorth	not out	12		0
	JC Laker	c Walcott b Johnson	6		0
	MF Tremlett	b Johnson	0	0	0
	Extras	(b 12, lb 8, nb 2)	22

	Total	(all out; 128.5 overs)	227	(1.76 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-129 (Robertson), 2-132 (Hutton), 3-147 (Hardstaff), 4-150 (Place), 5-173 (Cranston), 6-185 (Ikin), 7-200 (Allen), 8-205 (Evans), 9-221 (Laker), 10-227 (Tremlett)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HHH Johnson	34.5	13	41	5	1.17
ESM Kentish	21	8	38	2	1.80
JDC Goddard	19	7	33	0	1.73
W Ferguson	38	14	53	2	1.39
FMM Worrell	11	1	25	0	2.27
JB Stollmeyer	5	1	15	0	3.00


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JDC Goddard	c Hutton b Howorth	17			0
	JB Stollmeyer	lbw b Howorth	30			0
	ED Weekes	c Hutton b Ikin	141		15	0
	FMM Worrell	lbw b Allen	38			0
	GE Gomez	b Tremlett	23			0
	KR Rickards	b Laker	67			0
	RJ Christiani	c & b Laker	14			0
	CL Walcott	c Hutton b Tremlett	45			0
	W Ferguson	c Hardstaff b Laker	75	105		0
	HHH Johnson	b Howorth	8			0
	ESM Kentish	not out	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 11, lb 17, nb 3)	31

	Total	(all out; 146.4 overs)	490	(3.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-39 (Goddard), 2-62 (Stollmeyer), 3-144 (Worrell), 4-204 (Gomez), 5-320 (Weekes), 6-351 (Christiani), 7-358 (Rickards), 8-455 (Walcott), 9-482 (Johnson), 10-490 (Ferguson)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GOB Allen	20	1	83	1	4.15
MF Tremlett	31	1	98	2	3.16
R Howorth	40	10	106	3	2.65
JC Laker	36.4	5	103	3	2.80
JT Ikin	19	0	69	1	3.63


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	c sub b Goddard	60	120		0
	JDB Robertson	b Johnson	28			0
	W Place	st Walcott b Stollmeyer	107			0
	J Hardstaff jnr	b Johnson	64			0
	K Cranston	b Kentish	36			0
	GOB Allen	lbw b Johnson	13			0
	JT Ikin	c Worrell b Stollmeyer	3		0	0
	TG Evans	b Johnson	4			0
	R Howorth	st Walcott b Stollmeyer	1		0	0
	JC Laker	not out	6			0
	MF Tremlett	c Walcott b Johnson	2		0	0
	Extras	(b 8, lb 2, nb 2)	12

	Total	(all out; 153 overs)	336	(2.19 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-69 (Robertson), 2-101 (Hutton), 3-214 (Hardstaff), 4-291 (Cranston), 5-316 (Place), 6-316 (Allen), 7-327 (Ikin), 8-327 (Evans), 9-329 (Howorth), 10-336 (Tremlett)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HHH Johnson	31	11	55	5	1.77
ESM Kentish	26	7	68	1	2.61
JDC Goddard	25	9	38	1	1.52
W Ferguson	32	7	90	0	2.81
FMM Worrell	20	3	41	0	2.05
JB Stollmeyer	19	7	32	3	1.68


West Indies 2nd innings (target: 74 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	JDC Goddard	not out	46	34	8	1
	JB Stollmeyer	not out	25	34		0
	Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5

	Total	(0 wickets; 11 overs)	76	(6.90 runs per over)

Did not bat ED Weekes, FMM Worrell, GE Gomez, KR Rickards, RJ Christiani,

CL Walcott, W Ferguson, HHH Johnson, ESM Kentish


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GOB Allen	2	0	14	0	7.00
MF Tremlett	1	0	4	0	4.00
R Howorth	4	0	27	0	6.75
JC Laker	2	0	11	0	5.50
JT Ikin	2	0	15	0	7.50

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series West Indies won the 4-match series 2-0

Test debuts HHH Johnson, ESM Kentish and KR Rickards (West Indies)

Umpires SC Burke and TA Ewart

Close of play
27 Mar day 1 - England 1st innings 183/5 (GOB Allen 13*, JT Ikin 5*)
28 Mar rest day
29 Mar day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 168/3 (ED Weekes 68*, GE Gomez 5*)
30 Mar day 3 - England 2nd innings 21/0 (L Hutton 11*, JDB Robertson 10*)
31 Mar day 4 - England 2nd innings 258/3 (W Place 88*, K Cranston 15*)
1 Apr day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 76/0 (11 ov) - end of match