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Test no. 274

West Indies in England Test Series - 3rd Test
England v West Indies

1939 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 19,21,22 August 1939 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	c & b Johnson	73			0
	WW Keeton	b Johnson	0	3	0	0
	N Oldfield	c Sealy b Constantine	80			0
	WR Hammond	c Grant b Constantine	43	105		0
	DCS Compton	c Gomez b Martindale	21			0
	J Hardstaff jnr	b Constantine	94			0
	MS Nichols	run out	24			0
	A Wood	b Constantine	0		0	0
	DVP Wright	lbw b Constantine	6			0
	TWJ Goddard	b Clarke	0		0	0
	RTD Perks	not out	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1)	10

	Total	(all out; 73.3 overs)	352	(3.59 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Keeton), 2-133 (Hutton), 3-168 (Oldfield), 4-215 (Compton), 5-244 (Hammond), 6-333 (Nichols), 7-333 (Wood), 8-345 (Wright), 9-346 (Goddard), 10-352 (Hardstaff)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
EA Martindale	13	0	87	1	5.01
TF Johnson	16	1	53	2	2.48
LN Constantine	17.3	2	75	5	3.23
CB Clarke	21	0	96	1	3.42
RS Grant	6	0	31	0	3.87


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	RS Grant	c Goddard b Perks	6			0
	JB Stollmeyer	c Perks b Hutton	59			0
	GA Headley	run out	65	140		0
	VH Stollmeyer	st Wood b Goddard	96	135	11	0
	GE Gomez	b Perks	11			0
	KH Weekes	c Hammond b Nichols	137	135	18	1
	JED Sealy	c Wright b Nichols	24			0
	LN Constantine	c Wood b Perks	79		11	1
	EA Martindale	b Perks	3		0	0
	CB Clarke	b Perks	2		0	0
	TF Johnson	not out	9			0
	Extras	(lb 6, nb 1)	7

	Total	(all out; 101.5 overs)	498	(3.67 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Grant), 2-128 (JB Stollmeyer), 3-134 (Headley), 4-164 (Gomez), 5-327 (VH Stollmeyer), 6-389 (Weekes), 7-434 (Sealy), 8-451 (Martindale), 9-475 (Clarke), 10-498 (Constantine)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MS Nichols	34	4	161	2	3.55
RTD Perks	30.5	6	156	5	3.82
DVP Wright	13	2	53	0	3.05
TWJ Goddard	12	1	56	1	3.50
L Hutton	7	0	45	1	4.82
DCS Compton	5	1	20	0	3.00


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	not out	165	310	17	0
	WW Keeton	b Constantine	20			0
	N Oldfield	c Sealy b Johnson	19			0
	WR Hammond	b Clarke	138	180	21	0
	DCS Compton	not out	10			0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 5, w 4, nb 1)	14

	Total	(3 wickets dec; 76 overs)	366	(3.61 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat J Hardstaff jnr, MS Nichols,

A Wood, DVP Wright, TWJ Goddard, RTD Perks

Fall of wickets1-39 (Keeton), 2-77 (Oldfield), 3-341 (Hammond)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
EA Martindale	10	2	46	0	3.45
TF Johnson	14	2	76	1	4.07
LN Constantine	20	3	97	1	3.63
CB Clarke	17	1	78	1	3.44
RS Grant	11	1	38	0	2.59
GA Headley	4	0	17	0	3.18

Balls per over 8

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England won the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts N Oldfield (England); TF Johnson and VH Stollmeyer (West Indies)

Umpires F Chester and W Reeves

Close of play
19 Aug day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 27/1 (JB Stollmeyer 14*, GA Headley 7*)
20 Aug rest day
21 Aug day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 395/6 (JED Sealy 17*, LN Constantine 1*)
22 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 366/3d (76 ov) - end of match

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