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344 & 103
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
503
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Overs: 69.3 RR: 1.48 vs spin: 1.47
vs seam: 0.75
Overs: 194.2 RR: 2.59 vs spin: 2.33
vs seam: 2.20
Sat 12/08/50 England v West Indies, 4th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by an innings and 56 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 503 (194.2; RR: 2.59)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AF Rae b Bedser 109 0 0 0
JB Stollmeyer lbw b Bailey 36 0 0 0
FMM Worrell lbw b Wright 138 0 17 0
ED Weekes c Hutton b Wright 30 0 0 0
CL Walcott b Wright 17 0 0 0
GE Gomez c McIntyre b Brown 74 0 0 0
RJ Christiani c McIntyre b Bedser 11 0 0 0
JDC Goddard not out 58 0 0 0
PEW Jones b Wright 1 0 0 0
S Ramadhin c McIntyre b Wright 3 0 0 0
AL Valentine b Bailey 9 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 11lb, 0w, 1nb) 17  
TOTAL 503 all out (194.2 overs; RR: 2.59)

Fall of wickets

72-1 (JB Stollmeyer 0.0 ov), 244-2 (AF Rae 0.0 ov), 295-3 (ED Weekes 0.0 ov), 318-4 (CL Walcott 0.0 ov), 337-5 (RJ Christiani 0.0 ov), 446-6 (GE Gomez 0.0 ov), 480-7 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 482-8 (PEW Jones 0.0 ov), 490-9 (S Ramadhin 0.0 ov), 503-10 (AL Valentine 194.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TE Bailey 34.2 9 84 2 2.47 0 0
AV Bedser 38.0 9 75 2 1.97 0 1
FR Brown 21.0 4 74 1 3.52 0 0
DVP Wright 53.0 16 141 5 2.66 0 0
MJ Hilton 41.0 12 91 0 2.22 0 0
DCS Compton 7.0 2 21 0 3.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 344 (179.4; RR: 1.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton not out 202 0 22 0
RT Simpson c Jones b Valentine 30 0 0 0
DS Sheppard b Ramadhin 11 0 0 0
DCS Compton run out 44 0 0 0
JG Dewes c Worrell b Valentine 17 0 0 0
TE Bailey c Weekes b Goddard 18 0 0 0
FR Brown c Weekes b Valentine 0 0 0 0
AJW McIntyre c & b Valentine 4 0 0 0
AV Bedser lbw b Goddard 0 0 0 0
MJ Hilton b Goddard 3 0 0 0
DVP Wright lbw b Goddard 4 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 344 all out (179.4 overs; RR: 1.91)

Fall of wickets

73-1 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 120-2 (DS Sheppard 0.0 ov), 229-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 259-4 (JG Dewes 0.0 ov), 310-5 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 315-6 (FR Brown 0.0 ov), 321-7 (AJW McIntyre 0.0 ov), 322-8 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 326-9 (MJ Hilton 0.0 ov), 344-10 (DVP Wright 179.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PEW Jones 23.0 4 70 0 3.04 0 0
FMM Worrell 20.0 9 30 0 1.50 0 0
S Ramadhin 45.0 23 63 1 1.40 0 0
AL Valentine 64.0 21 121 4 1.89 0 0
GE Gomez 10.0 3 24 0 2.40 0 0
JDC Goddard 17.4 6 25 4 1.47 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 103 (69.3; RR: 1.48)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Christiani b Goddard 2 0 0 0
RT Simpson b Ramadhin 16 84 0 0 19.05
DS Sheppard c Weekes b Valentine 29 0 0 0
DCS Compton c Weekes b Valentine 11 0 0 0
JG Dewes c Christiani b Valentine 3 0 0 0
TE Bailey lbw b Ramadhin 12 0 0 0
FR Brown c Stollmeyer b Valentine 15 0 0 0
AJW McIntyre c b Ramadhin 0 0 0 0
AV Bedser c Weekes b Valentine 0 0 0 0
MJ Hilton c b Valentine 0 0 0 0
DVP Wright not out 6 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 103 all out (69.3 overs; RR: 1.48)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 39-2 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 50-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 56-4 (JG Dewes 0.0 ov), 79-5 (DS Sheppard 0.0 ov), 83-6 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 83-7 (AJW McIntyre 0.0 ov), 83-8 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 85-9 (MJ Hilton 0.0 ov), 103-10 (FR Brown 69.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JDC Goddard 9.0 4 11 1 1.22 0 0
AL Valentine 26.3 10 39 6 1.50 0 0
S Ramadhin 26.0 11 38 3 1.46 0 0
GE Gomez 8.0 4 6 0 0.75 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at The Oval, 4th Test

Date

Saturday August 12, 1950

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

FS Lee, WH Ashdown

England Team

Playing XI

FR Brown, L Hutton, DCS Compton, DVP Wright, AV Bedser, JG Dewes, RT Simpson, TE Bailey, MJ Hilton, AJW McIntyre, DS Sheppard

West Indies Team

Playing XI

JB Stollmeyer, GE Gomez, RJ Christiani, JDC Goddard, PEW Jones, CL Walcott, ED Weekes, FMM Worrell, AF Rae, S Ramadhin, AL Valentine