England v West Indies 3rd Test

West Indies tour of England - 1957 (1957) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 4 July 1957

Match drawn

Match drawn. Tom Graveney top-scored with 258 for England. Fred Trueman took 5/63.

England ARCHIVE West Indies ARCHIVE 1957 TESTS Trent Bridge ARCHIVE

MATCH FACTS

Series: West Indies tour of England - 1957 (1957)
Ground: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Dates: 4 July 1957 to 9 July 1957
Toss: England, chose to bat
Result: Match drawn
Captains: Peter May (England), John Goddard (West Indies)
Debut: Dick Richardson (England)
Umpires: FS Lee and JS Buller

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. It was Dick Richardson's first Test.

England batted first and made 619 for 6. Tom Graveney top-scored with 258, and Peter Richardson made 126. The innings was built on a 266-run stand for the second wicket between Tom Graveney and Peter Richardson, 43% of the total. That was well above the 1950s average first-innings total at Trent Bridge, 338 across 8 Tests.

West Indies replied with 372 all out. Frank Worrell top-scored with 191 not out, and Garry Sobers made 47. Fred Trueman took 5 for 63 for England. The innings was built on a 109-run stand for the third wicket between Frank Worrell and Rohan Kanhai. From 295 for 4 they lost 5 wickets for 22 runs, to 317 for 9. England led by 247 on first innings. West Indies followed on.

West Indies made 367 all out in their second innings. Collie Smith top-scored with 168, and John Goddard made 61. Brian Statham took 5 for 118 for England. The innings was built on a 154-run stand for the seventh wicket between John Goddard and Collie Smith, 42% of the total.

Set 121 to win, England made 64 for 1. Tom Graveney top-scored with 28 not out.

Match drawn.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 619 FOR 6

Batter	How out	R
Peter Richardson	c Clyde Walcott	126
Don Smith	c Rohan Kanhai	1
Tom Graveney	bowled	258
Peter May	lbw	104
Colin Cowdrey	run out	55
Dick Richardson	bowled	33
Godfrey Evans	not out	26
Trevor Bailey	not out	3

Did not bat: Jim Laker, Fred Trueman, Brian Statham

Extras 13 · Total 619 for 6

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Frank Worrell	21	4	79	1
Roy Gilchrist	29	3	118	0
Denis Atkinson	40	7	99	1
Sonny Ramadhin	38	5	95	0
Alf Valentine	23	4	68	0
Garry Sobers	21	6	60	1
John Goddard	15	5	26	0
Collie Smith	25	5	61	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Don Smith), 2-280 (Peter Richardson), 3-487 (Peter May), 4-510 (Tom Graveney), 5-573 (Dick Richardson), 6-609 (Colin Cowdrey)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Peter Richardson and Don Smith	14
second	Tom Graveney and Peter Richardson	266
third	Tom Graveney and Peter May	207
fourth	Tom Graveney and Colin Cowdrey	23
fifth	Colin Cowdrey and Dick Richardson	63
sixth	Godfrey Evans and Colin Cowdrey	36
seventh	Godfrey Evans and Trevor Bailey	10

WEST INDIES, FIRST INNINGS: 372 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R
Frank Worrell	not out	191
Garry Sobers	bowled	47
Clyde Walcott	c Jim Laker	17
Rohan Kanhai	c Godfrey Evans	42
Everton Weekes	bowled	33
Collie Smith	c Godfrey Evans	2
Denis Atkinson	c Godfrey Evans	4
John Goddard	c Peter May	0
Roy Gilchrist	c Dick Richardson	1
Alf Valentine	bowled	1
Sonny Ramadhin	bowled	19

Extras 15 · Total 372 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Brian Statham	28.4	9	78	1
Fred Trueman	30	8	63	5
Jim Laker	62	27	101	3
Trevor Bailey	28	9	77	1
Don Smith	12	1	38	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-87 (Garry Sobers), 2-120 (Clyde Walcott), 3-229 (Rohan Kanhai), 4-295 (Everton Weekes), 5-297 (Collie Smith), 6-305 (Denis Atkinson), 7-305 (John Goddard), 8-314 (Roy Gilchrist), 9-317 (Alf Valentine), 10-372 (Sonny Ramadhin)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Frank Worrell and Garry Sobers	87
second	Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell	33
third	Frank Worrell and Rohan Kanhai	109
fourth	Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell	66
fifth	Frank Worrell and Collie Smith	2
sixth	Frank Worrell and Denis Atkinson	8
seventh	John Goddard and Frank Worrell	0
eighth	Frank Worrell and Roy Gilchrist	9
ninth	Frank Worrell and Alf Valentine	3
tenth	Frank Worrell and Sonny Ramadhin	55

WEST INDIES, SECOND INNINGS: 367 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R
Frank Worrell	bowled	16
Garry Sobers	lbw	9
Clyde Walcott	c Godfrey Evans	7
Rohan Kanhai	c Godfrey Evans	28
Everton Weekes	bowled	3
Collie Smith	bowled	168
Denis Atkinson	c Godfrey Evans	46
John Goddard	c Godfrey Evans	61
Sonny Ramadhin	bowled	15
Roy Gilchrist	bowled	0
Alf Valentine	not out	2

Extras 12 · Total 367 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Brian Statham	41.2	12	118	5
Fred Trueman	35	5	80	4
Jim Laker	43	14	98	1
Trevor Bailey	12	3	22	0
Don Smith	12	5	23	0
Tom Graveney	5	2	14	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-22 (Garry Sobers), 2-30 (Frank Worrell), 3-39 (Clyde Walcott), 4-56 (Everton Weekes), 5-89 (Rohan Kanhai), 6-194 (Denis Atkinson), 7-348 (John Goddard), 8-352 (Collie Smith), 9-365 (Sonny Ramadhin), 10-367 (Roy Gilchrist)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Frank Worrell and Garry Sobers	22
second	Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell	8
third	Clyde Walcott and Rohan Kanhai	9
fourth	Everton Weekes and Rohan Kanhai	17
fifth	Collie Smith and Rohan Kanhai	33
sixth	Denis Atkinson and Collie Smith	105
seventh	John Goddard and Collie Smith	154
eighth	Sonny Ramadhin and Collie Smith	4
ninth	Sonny Ramadhin and Roy Gilchrist	13
tenth	Alf Valentine and Roy Gilchrist	2

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 64 FOR 1

Batter	How out	R
Peter Richardson	c Rohan Kanhai	11
Don Smith	not out	16
Tom Graveney	not out	28

Did not bat: Peter May, Colin Cowdrey, Dick Richardson, Godfrey Evans, Trevor Bailey, Jim Laker, Fred Trueman, Brian Statham

Extras 9 · Total 64 for 1

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Frank Worrell	7	1	27	0
Roy Gilchrist	7	0	21	1
Denis Atkinson	1	0	1	0
John Goddard	1	0	2	0
Clyde Walcott	1	0	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-13 (Peter Richardson)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Peter Richardson and Don Smith	13
second	Tom Graveney and Don Smith	51

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