West Indian cricket team in England in 1950
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West Indies | England | ||
Dates | 6 May – 5 September 1950 | ||
Captains | John Goddard |
Norman Yardley Freddie Brown (4th Test only) | |
Test series | |||
Result | West Indies won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
Most runs | Frank Worrell (539) | Len Hutton (333) | |
Most wickets | Alf Valentine (33) | Alec Bedser (11) |
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1950 season to play a four-match Test series against England.
West Indies won the series 3–1 with no matches drawn. The second Test at Lord's was the first time that the West Indies had won a match in England; in that match Ramadhin took 5 wickets for 66 runs and 6 for 86, whilst Valentine took 4 for 48 and 3 for 79.[1]
Wisden in 1951 named four West Indian players as Cricketer of the Year. They were Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell. The fifth player was England wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans. For the source, see Wisden 1951 in Cricinfo.
West Indies team[]
The following players were selected for the tour:
- John Goddard (captain) (Barbados)
- Robert Christiani (Guyana)
- Gerry Gomez (T&T)
- Hines Johnson (Jamaica)
- Prior Jones (T&T)
- Roy Marshall (Barbados)
- Lance Pierre (T&T)
- Allan Rae (Jamaica)
- Sonny Ramadhin (T&T)
- Jeff Stollmeyer (T&T)
- Kenneth Trestrail (T&T)
- Alf Valentine (Jamaica)
- Clyde Walcott (Barbados)
- Everton Weekes (Barbados)
- Cecil Williams (Barbados)
- Frank Worrell (Barbados)
Eleven of the sixteen players had already appeared in test cricket. Ramadhin and Valentine made their test debuts in this series. Marshall made his test debut in a later series. Trestrail and Williams never played test cricket.
Test series summary[]
First Test[]
England
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312 (128.3 overs)
TG Evans 104 AL Valentine 8/104 (50 overs) |
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288 (141.5 overs)
WJ Edrich 71 AL Valentine 3/100 (56 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 11 June was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- GHG Doggart and R Berry (both ENG), and S Ramadhin and AL Valentine (both WIN) made their Test debuts.
Second Test[]
West Indies
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151 (106.4 overs)
C Washbrook 36 S Ramadhin 5/66 (43 overs) | ||
425/6d (178 overs)
CL Walcott 168* RO Jenkins 4/174 (59 overs) |
274 (191.3 overs)
C Washbrook 114 S Ramadhin 6/86 (72 overs) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 25 June was taken as a rest day.
- WGA Parkhouse (ENG) made his Test debut.
Third Test[]
England
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223 (98.4 overs)
D Shackleton 42 FMM Worrell 3/40 (17 overs) |
558 (174.4 overs)
FMM Worrell 261 AV Bedser 5/127 (48 overs) | |
436 (245.2 overs)
C Washbrook 102 S Ramadhin 5/135 (81.2 overs) |
103/0 (36.3 overs)
JB Stollmeyer 52* |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 23 July was taken as a rest day.
- DJ Insole and D Shackleton (both ENG) made their Test debuts.
Fourth Test[]
West Indies
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503 (194.2 overs)
FMM Worrell 138 DVP Wright 5/141 (53 overs) |
344 (179.4 overs)
L Hutton 202* JDC Goddard 4/25 (17.4 overs) | |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 13 August was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- DS Sheppard, AJW McIntyre and MJ Hilton (all ENG) made their Test debuts.
References[]
- ^ Frindall, Bill (1995). The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, volume I: 1877-1977. London: Headline. p. 326. ISBN 0-7472-1117-5.
Sources[]
- CricketArchive and West Indies in England 1950
- Wisden 1951 and West Indies in England 1950
- Playfair Cricket Annual 1951
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1951
- Michael Manley, A History Of West Indies Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1988
- 1950 in English cricket
- 1950 in West Indian cricket
- West Indian cricket tours of England
- International cricket competitions from 1945–46 to 1960
- International cricket tour of England stubs