WEST INDIES LEADS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27387, 12 May 1950, Page 5

WEST INDIES LEADS

Match Against Yorkshire DIFFICULT BATTING CONDITIONS NZPA—Copyright LONDON, May 10. On a rain-damaged pitch, 20 wickets fell today for 223 runs in the match West Indies v. Yorkshire, at Bradford. Yorkshire, sent in to bat, was all out for 91. Yorkshire lost four wickets for 65 runs in two hours before lunch, and six wickets for 26 runs in 40 minutes after the adjournment. Npne of the batsmen could cope with a turning, lifting ball. The West Indies batsmen also found the pitch all against batting. The spin bowler Ken Smailes was in deadly form. He took the wickets of Rae, Trestrail, and Goddard in four balls. The West Indies, however, managed to lead Yorkshire by 41 runs on the first innings. Scores:— Yorkshire < First Innings Hutton, c and b Gomez 27 Lowson, b Ramadhin J Halliday, st Walcott, b Ramadhin .. 13 Lester, c Goddard, b Gomez 3 Wilson, run out •• •• •• l 0 Yardley, c Stollmeyer, b Gomez .. .. 9 Coxon, c Stollmeyer, b Gomez .. .. 8 Smailes, b Gomez 0 Wardle, lbw, b Ramadhin .. .. .. 0 Brennan, st Walcott, b Ramadhin .. 7 Trueman, not out .. 0 Extra 1 Total 91 Bowling Analysis.—Pierre, 0 for 10: Jones, 0 for 7; Gomez, 5 for 34; Goddard. 0 for 9; Ramadhin. 4 for 30. West Indies First Innings Stollmeyer, lbw, b Coxon S Worrell, lbw, b Smailes 15 Rae. c Trueman, b Smailes 32 Weekes. b Smailes .. .. 3 Walcott, c Coxon, b Wardle 'SB * Trestrail. b Smailes .. 0 Goddard, c Hutton, b Smailes .... 0 Gomez, c Yardley. b Wardle .. .. 3 Ramadhin. c Hutton, b Wardle .. .. 0 Pierre, b Wardle 0 Jones, not out .. 4 Extras 0 Total 132 Bowling Analysis.—Trueman, 0 for 8; Coxon, 1 for 17: Wardle, 4 for 57; Smailes 5 for 44; Halliday. 0 for 0.