West Indies v England 1st Test
England tour of West Indies - 1948 (1947/48) · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown · 21 January 1948 · West Indies won the toss and chose to bat
Match drawn
Match drawn. Robert Christiani top-scored with 99 for West Indies.
West Indies, 287 (10 wkts)
| Jeffrey Stollmeyer | caught (Jack Robertson) | 78 | 0 |
| Clyde Walcott | bowled | 8 | 0 |
| Everton Weekes | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 35 | 0 |
| Gerry Gomez | bowled | 86 | 0 |
| George Headley | bowled | 29 | 0 |
| Robert Christiani | lbw | 1 | 0 |
| John Goddard | bowled | 28 | 0 |
| Foffie Williams | caught (Jack Ikin) | 2 | 0 |
| Wilf Ferguson | bowled | 0 | 0 |
| Prior Jones | not out | 10 | 0 |
| Berkeley Gaskin | caught (Jack Ikin) | 10 | 0 |
Maurice Tremlett 26.00-8-49-1Ken Cranston 15.00-4-29-0Jim Laker 37.00-9-103-7Jack Ikin 16.00-3-38-1Dick Howorth 30.00-8-68-1
England, 247 (10 wkts)
| Jack Robertson | lbw | 80 | 0 |
| Winston Place | caught (Gerry Gomez) | 12 | 0 |
| Dennis Brookes | bowled | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Hardstaff | bowled | 98 | 0 |
| Jack Ikin | caught (Clyde Walcott) | 3 | 0 |
| Gerald Smithson | caught (Gerry Gomez) | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Cranston | run out | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Howorth | caught (John Goddard) | 14 | 0 |
| Godfrey Evans | bowled | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | caught (Clyde Walcott) | 2 | 0 |
| Maurice Tremlett | not out | 0 | 0 |
Prior Jones 25.20-6-54-4Berkeley Gaskin 11.00-0-30-0Foffie Williams 33.00-15-51-3John Goddard 21.00-6-49-1Wilf Ferguson 14.00-1-52-1George Headley 6.00-1-11-0
West Indies, 338 (9 wkts)
| Jeffrey Stollmeyer | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 31 | 0 |
| Clyde Walcott | caught (Jack Ikin) | 16 | 0 |
| Everton Weekes | bowled | 25 | 0 |
| Gerry Gomez | stumping (Godfrey Evans) | 0 | 0 |
| John Goddard | caught (Jack Ikin) | 18 | 0 |
| Robert Christiani | lbw | 99 | 0 |
| Foffie Williams | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 72 | 0 |
| Prior Jones | caught (Jack Robertson) | 7 | 0 |
| Wilf Ferguson | not out | 56 | 0 |
| Berkeley Gaskin | caught (Dennis Brookes) | 7 | 0 |
| George Headley | not out | 7 | 0 |
Maurice Tremlett 10.00-0-40-0Ken Cranston 13.00-3-31-1Jim Laker 30.00-12-95-2Jack Ikin 12.00-1-48-0Dick Howorth 41.00-8-124-6
England, 83 (4 wkts)
| Jack Robertson | not out | 51 | 0 |
| Dennis Brookes | caught (Clyde Walcott) | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Howorth | bowled | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Cranston | lbw | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Hardstaff | caught (Gerry Gomez) | 0 | 0 |
| Winston Place | not out | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Ikin | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Smithson | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Godfrey Evans | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Tremlett | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Prior Jones 9.00-1-29-0Berkeley Gaskin 10.00-4-15-1Foffie Williams 9.00-3-17-0John Goddard 14.00-4-18-2Wilf Ferguson 3.40-1-4-1
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