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West Indian cricket team in England in 1950

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{{Infobox cricket tour

| series_name = West Indian cricket team in England in 1950

| team1_image = WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg

| team1_name = West Indies

| team2_image = Flag_of_England.svg

| team2_name = England

| from_date = 6 May

| to_date = 5 September 1950

| team1_captain = John Goddard

| team2_captain = Norman Yardley
Freddie Brown
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| no_of_tests = 4

| team1_tests_won = 3

| team2_tests_won = 1

| team1_tests_most_runs = Frank Worrell (539)

| team2_tests_most_runs = Len Hutton (333)

| team1_tests_most_wickets = Alf Valentine (33)

| team2_tests_most_wickets = Alec Bedser (11)

| player_of_test_series =

}}

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.{{cite book |last=Frindall |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Frindall |title=The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, volume I: 1877-1977 |year=1995 |publisher=Headline |location=London |isbn=0-7472-1117-5 |page=326 }}

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:

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=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 8–12 June 1950
(5-day match)

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

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 312 (128.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = TG Evans 104

| wickets-team1-inns1 = AL Valentine 8/104 (50 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 215 (93.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = ED Weekes 52

| wickets-team2-inns1 = R Berry 5/63 (31.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 288 (141.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = WJ Edrich 71

| wickets-team1-inns2 = AL Valentine 3/100 (56 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 183 (81.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = JB Stollmeyer 78

| wickets-team2-inns2 = WE Hollies 5/63 (35.2 overs)

| result = England won by 202 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19308.html Scorecard]

| venue = Old Trafford, Manchester

| umpires = F Chester and D Davies

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

| rain = 11 June was taken as a rest day.

  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

| notes = GHG Doggart and R Berry (both ENG), and S Ramadhin and AL Valentine (both WIN) made their Test debuts.

}}

=Second Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 24–29 June 1950
(5-day match)

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

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 326 (131.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = AF Rae 106 (274)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = RO Jenkins 5/116 (35.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 151 (106.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = C Washbrook 36

| wickets-team2-inns1 = S Ramadhin 5/66 (43 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 425/6d (178 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = CL Walcott 168*

| wickets-team1-inns2 = RO Jenkins 4/174 (59 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 274 (191.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = C Washbrook 114

| wickets-team2-inns2 = S Ramadhin 6/86 (72 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 326 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19348.html Scorecard]

| venue = Lord's, London

| umpires = D Davies and FS Lee

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

| rain = 25 June was taken as a rest day.

| notes = WGA Parkhouse (ENG) made his Test debut.

}}

=Third Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 20–25 July 1950
(5-day match)

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

| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 223 (98.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = D Shackleton 42

| wickets-team1-inns1 = FMM Worrell 3/40 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 558 (174.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = FMM Worrell 261

| wickets-team2-inns1 = AV Bedser 5/127 (48 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 436 (245.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = C Washbrook 102

| wickets-team1-inns2 = S Ramadhin 5/135 (81.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 103/0 (36.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = JB Stollmeyer 52*

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = West Indies won by 10 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19416.html Scorecard]

| venue = Trent Bridge, Nottingham

| umpires = F Chester and H Elliott

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

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

| notes = DJ Insole and D Shackleton (both ENG) made their Test debuts.

}}

=Fourth Test=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 12–16 August 1950
(5-day match)

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

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 503 (194.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = FMM Worrell 138

| wickets-team1-inns1 = DVP Wright 5/141 (53 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 344 (179.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = L Hutton 202*

| wickets-team2-inns1 = JDC Goddard 4/25 (17.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =

| runs-team1-inns2 =

| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 103 (f/o) (69.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = DS Sheppard 29

| wickets-team2-inns2 = AL Valentine 6/39 (26.3 overs)

| result = West Indies won by an innings and 56 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19470.html Scorecard]

| venue = The Oval, London

| umpires = WH Ashdown and FS Lee

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

| rain = 13 August was taken as a rest day.

  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

| notes = DS Sheppard, AJW McIntyre and MJ Hilton (all ENG) made their Test debuts.

}}

References

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Sources

  • [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1950.html CricketArchive and West Indies in England 1950]
  • [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155259.html 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

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