English cricket team in the West Indies in 1929–30

The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to April 1930 and played a four-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which was drawn 1–1. England were captained by Freddie Calthorpe; West Indies by a different captain at each venue.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_West_Indies_1929-30.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=England in the West Indies 1929–30 |access-date=20 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28262814/anyone-taken-more-bob-willis-325-wickets-ten-for |title=Has anyone taken more than Bob Willis' 325 wickets without a ten-for? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=10 December 2019}} They were the first Tests played in the West Indies.

At the same time another English team, captained by Harold Gilligan, was touring New Zealand, playing New Zealand's first Test series.{{cite news |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/648939 |title=New Zealand v England – statistical quirks |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 March 2018}} It was the only time one country has played in two Test matches on the same day.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149452.html |title=Quick, quick Snow |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=14 January 2020}}

English team

The team was, by a wide margin, the oldest Test tour party of all time, with an average age of nearly 38 years.{{cite web|title=England to West Indies 1929-30|url=http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_3116505.html|website=Test Cricket Tours|access-date=30 March 2018}} The manager was the veteran administrator Harry Mallett."R. H. Mallett", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1940, p. 35.

Test match summary

=First Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 January 1930
(5-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 369 (114.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = CA Roach 122

| wickets-team1-inns1 = GTS Stevens 5/105 (27 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 467 (153 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = A Sandham 152

| wickets-team2-inns1 = LN Constantine 3/121 (39 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 384 (152.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = GA Headley 176

| wickets-team1-inns2 = GTS Stevens 5/90 (26.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 167/3 (65 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = A Sandham 51

| wickets-team2-inns2 = HC Griffith 2/37 (15 overs)

| result = Match drawn

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13348.html Scorecard]

| venue = Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

| umpires = W Badley (WIN) and J Hardstaff (ENG)

| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 12 January was taken as a rest day.

| notes = GA Headley, FI de Caires, JED Sealy, LA Walcott, EL St Hill and EAC Hunte (all WIN), and FSG Calthorpe and W Voce (both ENG) made their Test debuts.

}}

=Second Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 February 1930
(5-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 208 (72.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = EH Hendren 77

| wickets-team1-inns1 = HC Griffith 5/63 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 254 (87.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = EAC Hunte 58

| wickets-team2-inns1 = WE Astill 4/58 (24.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 425/8d (125 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = EH Hendren 205*

| wickets-team1-inns2 = LN Constantine 4/165 (40 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 212 (112.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = FI de Caires 45

| wickets-team2-inns2 = W Voce 7/70 (37.2 overs)

| result = England won by 167 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13366.html Scorecard]

| venue = Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

| umpires = KL Grant (WIN) and J Hardstaff (ENG)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 2 February was taken as a rest day.

| notes = MG Grell, N Betancourt and EE Achong (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

}}

=Third Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 February 1930
(5-day match)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 471 (148 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = CA Roach 209

| wickets-team1-inns1 = LF Townsend 2/48 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 145 (61.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = EH Hendren 56

| wickets-team2-inns1 = LN Constantine 4/35 (16.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 290 (127.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = GA Headley 112

| wickets-team1-inns2 = WE Astill 4/70 (43 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 327 (158.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = EH Hendren 123

| wickets-team2-inns2 = LN Constantine 5/87 (40 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 289 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13377.html Scorecard]

| venue = Bourda, Georgetown, British Guiana

| umpires = J Hardstaff (ENG) and RDR Hill (WIN)

| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 23 February was taken as a rest day.

| notes = CEL Jones (WIN) and LF Townsend (ENG) made their Test debuts.

This was the first test cricket victory for the West Indies.

}}

=Fourth Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 April 1930
(Timeless Test)

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 849 (258.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = A Sandham 325

| wickets-team1-inns1 = OC Scott 5/266 (80.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 286 (111.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = RK Nunes 66

| wickets-team2-inns1 = NE Haig 3/73 (30 overs)
WE Astill 3/73 (33 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 272/9d (79.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = EH Hendren 55

| wickets-team1-inns2 = OC Scott 4/108 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 408/5 (164.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = GA Headley 223

| wickets-team2-inns2 = RES Wyatt 2/58 (24.3 overs)

| result = Match drawn

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13395.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

| umpires = J Hardstaff (WIN) and E Knibbs (WIN)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain = 6 April was taken as a rest day.

There was no play on the eighth or ninth days.
The match was drawn on the ninth day by arrangement, as the MCC boat home was leaving.[http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_3116505.html Test Cricket Tours - England to West Indies 1929-30], test-cricket-tours.co.uk, retrieved 18 September 2016.

| notes = CC Passailaigue, IM Barrow, OC Da Costa and GG Morais (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

}}

References

External links

[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1929-30/ENG_IN_WI England in West Indies, 1929-30] at Cricinfo
[http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_3116505.html England to West Indies 1929-30] at Test Cricket Tours
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_West_Indies_1929-30.html Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1929-30] at CricketArchive

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