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Test no. 187

England in West Indies Test Series - 1st Test
West Indies v England

1929/30 season

Played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, on 11,13,14,15,16 January 1930 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	CA Roach	c Hendren b Astill	122	165	20	0
	ELG Hoad	c Rhodes b Voce	24			0
	GA Headley	b O'Connor	21			0
	FI de Caires	c Sandham b Voce	80			0
	JED Sealy	c Haig b Stevens	58			0
	LN Constantine	lbw b Stevens	13			1
	CR Browne	b Stevens	0		0	0
	LA Walcott	run out	24			0
	EL St Hill	c Calthorpe b Stevens	0		0	0
	HC Griffith	lbw b Stevens	8			0
	EAC Hunte	not out	10			0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 3)	9

	Total	(all out; 114.1 overs)	369	(3.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-90 (Hoad), 2-157 (Headley), 3-179 (Roach), 4-303 (Sealy), 5-320 (Constantine), 6-320 (Browne), 7-327 (de Caires), 8-327 (St Hill), 9-343 (Griffith), 10-369 (Walcott)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
W Voce	27	1	120	2	4.44
NE Haig	10	4	27	0	2.70
W Rhodes	27.1	9	44	0	1.61
GTS Stevens	27	5	105	5	3.88
J O'Connor	10	0	31	1	3.10
WE Astill	9	1	19	1	2.11
Hon.FSG Calthorpe	4	0	14	0	3.50


England 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	G Gunn	lbw b St Hill	35		0
	A Sandham	lbw b Constantine	152		0
	GTS Stevens	run out	9		0
	EH Hendren	c Constantine b St Hill	80		0
	J O'Connor	c Constantine b Griffith	37		0
	LEG Ames	b Constantine	16		0
	NE Haig	c Hunte b Browne	47		0
	WE Astill	c Constantine b Griffith	1	0	0
	Hon.FSG Calthorpe	b Constantine	40		0
	W Rhodes	not out	14		0
	W Voce	c Hoad b Browne	10		0
	Extras	(b 20, lb 3, nb 3)	26

	Total	(all out; 153 overs)	467	(3.05 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-78 (Gunn), 2-96 (Stevens), 3-264 (Hendren), 4-307 (Sandham), 5-333 (Ames), 6-349 (O'Connor), 7-353 (Astill), 8-431 (Haig), 9-448 (Calthorpe), 10-467 (Voce)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
LN Constantine	39	9	121	3	3.10
HC Griffith	36	11	102	2	2.83
EL St Hill	35	7	110	2	3.14
CR Browne	37	8	83	2	2.24
GA Headley	3	0	10	0	3.33
LA Walcott	3	0	15	0	5.00


West Indies 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	CA Roach	c Rhodes b Haig	77		0
	ELG Hoad	c Astill b Calthorpe	0	0	0
	GA Headley	c O'Connor b Rhodes	176		0
	FI de Caires	c & b Stevens	70		0
	LN Constantine	c sub b Stevens	6		0
	JED Sealy	b Rhodes	15		0
	LA Walcott	not out	16		0
	CR Browne	c Hendren b Rhodes	0	0	0
	EL St Hill	c Ames b Stevens	12		1
	HC Griffith	c O'Connor b Stevens	0	0	0
	EAC Hunte	lbw b Stevens	1	0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 6, w 1)	11

	Total	(all out; 152.4 overs)	384	(2.51 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Hoad), 2-162 (Roach), 3-304 (de Caires), 4-320 (Constantine), 5-352 (Sealy), 6-360 (Headley), 7-362 (Browne), 8-381 (St Hill), 9-381 (Griffith), 10-384 (Hunte)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
W Voce	3	0	15	0	5.00
NE Haig	20	4	40	1	2.00
W Rhodes	51	10	110	3	2.15
GTS Stevens	26.4	1	90	5	3.37
WE Astill	30	10	72	0	2.40
Hon.FSG Calthorpe	20	7	38	1	1.90
G Gunn	2	0	8	0	4.00


England 2nd innings (target: 287 runs)			R	6s
	G Gunn	b Walcott	29	0
	A Sandham	b Griffith	51	0
	GTS Stevens	c Constantine b Griffith	5	0
	EH Hendren	not out	36	0
	LEG Ames	not out	44	0
	Extras	(w 2)	2

	Total	(3 wickets; 65 overs)	167	(2.56 runs per over)

Did not bat J O'Connor, NE Haig, WE Astill,

Hon.FSG Calthorpe, W Rhodes, W Voce

Fall of wickets1-77 (Gunn), 2-85 (Stevens), 3-98 (Sandham)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
LN Constantine	12	3	47	0	3.91
HC Griffith	15	4	37	2	2.46
EL St Hill	11	3	24	0	2.18
CR Browne	13	6	19	0	1.46
GA Headley	2	0	6	0	3.00
LA Walcott	5	1	17	1	3.40
CA Roach	5	1	6	0	1.20
FI de Caires	2	0	9	0	4.50

Toss West Indies, who chose to bat first
Series 4-match series level 0-0

Test debuts Hon.FSG Calthorpe and W Voce (England); FI de Caires, GA Headley, EAC Hunte, JED Sealy, EL St Hill and LA Walcott (West Indies)

Umpires W Badley and J Hardstaff snr (England)

Close of play
11 Jan day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 338/8 (LA Walcott 7*, HC Griffith 5*)
12 Jan rest day
13 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 233/2 (A Sandham 111*, EH Hendren 64*)
14 Jan day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 46/1 (CA Roach 29*, GA Headley 16*)
15 Jan day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 326/4 (GA Headley 157*, JED Sealy 5*)
16 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 167/3 (65 ov) - end of match

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