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West Indies in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1948/49

West Indians vs Ceylon - Ceylon v West Indians  |  West Indians won by an innings and 22 runs

Match Details
Toss West Indians, who chose to bat Series West Indies In India, Pakistan And Ceylon 1948/49
Umpires
CD Mayo and JK Murray Match Date 19, 20, 21 Feb 1949
Match Referee Ground P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo , Colombo
Player of Match    

West Indians 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Allan Rae st Benedict Navaratne b Bertie Wijesinha 116 0 0 0 0
2 George Carew run out 77 0 0 0 0
3 Clyde Walcott † not out 125 0 0 0 0
4 Everton Weekes not out 133 0 0 0 0
5 Robert Christiani Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kenneth Rickards Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gerry Gomez Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 John Goddard * Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Prior Jones Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 John Trim Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wilf Ferguson Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra 0
Total 2 wickets; 118.0 overs; 451 3.92 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-200 ;   2-204

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Malcolm Spittel 24.0 1 75 0 0 0
Bertie Wijesinha 27.0 5 97 1 0 0
Sathyendra Coomaraswamy 14.0 2 55 0 0 0
Robert de Kretser 37.0 2 131 0 0 0
Ievers Gunasekera 11.0 0 66 0 0 0
Vernon Prins 5.0 0 27 0 0 0

Ceylon 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Mahesha Rodrigo b John Trim 14 0 0 0 0
2 S Nagendra c Clyde Walcott b Prior Jones 17 0 0 0 0
3 Derrick de Saram * b John Goddard 9 0 0 0 0
4 Vernon Prins c Wilf Ferguson b Prior Jones 0 0 0 0 0
5 Sathyendra Coomaraswamy c Gerry Gomez b Prior Jones 6 0 0 0 0
6 Ievers Gunasekera c John Goddard b Prior Jones 11 0 0 0 0
7 Bertie Wijesinha b John Trim 28 0 0 0 0
8 Malcolm Spittel b John Trim 7 0 0 0 0
9 Russell Heyn c Gerry Gomez b Wilf Ferguson 22 0 0 0 0
10 Benedict Navaratne † not out 5 0 0 0 0
11 Robert de Kretser c & b John Goddard 3 0 0 0 0
Extra 0
Total 10 wickets; 47.1 overs; 122 2.59 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-23 ;   2-40 ;   3-40 ;   4-40 ;   5-51 ;   6-64 ;   7-87 ;   8-104 ;   9-119 ;   10-122

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Prior Jones 12.0 3 39 4 0 0
Gerry Gomez 16.0 6 28 0 0 0
John Trim 10.0 2 27 3 0 0
John Goddard * 7.1 1 23 2 0 0
Wilf Ferguson 2.0 0 5 1 0 0

Ceylon 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 S Nagendra c Everton Weekes b John Trim 5 0 0 0 0
2 Mahesha Rodrigo not out 135 400 0 10 0
3 Derrick de Saram * c Wilf Ferguson b Gerry Gomez 1 0 0 0 0
4 Bertie Wijesinha c Gerry Gomez b John Trim 10 0 0 0 0
5 Sathyendra Coomaraswamy c Clyde Walcott b John Goddard 35 0 0 0 0
6 Ievers Gunasekera c Clyde Walcott b Prior Jones 72 0 0 0 0
7 Vernon Prins c Gerry Gomez b Prior Jones 1 0 0 0 0
8 Russell Heyn c Clyde Walcott b Prior Jones 0 0 0 0 0
9 Malcolm Spittel c John Goddard b Prior Jones 0 0 0 0 0
10 Benedict Navaratne † c Clyde Walcott b Prior Jones 5 0 0 0 0
11 Robert de Kretser c Wilf Ferguson b Prior Jones 41 0 0 0 0
Extra 0
Total 10 wickets; 100.4 overs; 305 3.16 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-16 ;   2-17 ;   3-38 ;   4-112 ;   5-229 ;   6-231 ;   7-231 ;   8-231 ;   9-237 ;   10-318

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Prior Jones 14.4 4 23 6 0 0
Gerry Gomez 36.0 11 71 1 0 0
John Trim 18.0 2 44 2 0 0
John Goddard * 14.0 0 67 1 0 2
Wilf Ferguson 13.0 0 78 0 0 0
Robert Christiani 5.0 0 22 0 0 0