f18907	Essex v West Indians
	West Indies in England 1950
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indians won by 7 wickets
Umpires	E Robinson, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 68/0 (Christiani 38*, Stollmeyer 29*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 49/3 (TPB Smith 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Ramadhin	106		240	10	-
AV Avery	c Jones b Stollmeyer	52
*DJ Insole	b Ramadhin	0
R Horsfall	b Ramadhin	15
EAW Stanley	b Gomez	3
TE Bailey	lbw b Gomez	3
FH Vigar	b Ramadhin	1
R Smith	c Rae b Gomez	6
TPB Smith	run out	19
+TH Wade	c Stollmeyer b Gomez	3
KC Preston	not out	1
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-126, 2-127, 3-157, 4-175, 5-189, 6-196, 7-199, 8-211, 9-221, 10-229 (107 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pierre	7	0	17	0	-	-
Jones	10	1	38	0	-	-
Gomez	21	7	34	4	-	-
Williams	29	12	52	0	-	-
Ramadhin	37	16	53	4	-	-
Stollmeyer	3	0	15	1	-	-

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Christiani	c TPB Smith b Preston	60
*JB Stollmeyer	hit wkt b TPB Smith	43
KB Trestrail	b R Smith	8
GE Gomez	lbw b Bailey	46
ED Weekes	c Vigar b Preston	23
+CL Walcott	c Wade b Bailey	5
AF Rae	c Preston b R Smith	0
CB Williams	c TPB Smith b Bailey	5
PEW Jones	lbw b Bailey	2
S Ramadhin	not out	4
LR Pierre	c Wade b Bailey	0
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-104, 3-127, 4-185, 5-193, 6-194, 7-198, 8-206, 9-213, 10-213 (78.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16.4	3	44	5	-	-
Preston	16	2	59	2	-	-
R Smith	24	7	44	2	-	-
TPB Smith	22	2	49	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	25
AV Avery	c Stollmeyer b Ramadhin	18
TE Bailey	lbw b Gomez	5
TPB Smith	c Weekes b Gomez	18
R Horsfall	b Gomez	17
*DJ Insole	lbw b Gomez	18
EAW Stanley	st Walcott b Ramadhin	25
FH Vigar	lbw b Ramadhin	11
R Smith	b Gomez	1
+TH Wade	c Gomez b Ramadhin	19
KC Preston	not out	5
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-45, 3-49, 4-81, 5-84, 6-119, 7-137, 8-138, 9-144, 10-169 (78.5 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pierre	3	0	14	0	-	-
Gomez	39	14	79	5	-	-
Jones	7	3	9	0	-	-
Ramadhin	25.5	9	49	4	-	-
Williams	4	0	11	0	-	-

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West Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Rae	c Bailey b R Smith	30
*JB Stollmeyer	b Preston	16
+CL Walcott	c Wade b Preston	0
ED Weekes	not out	84
RJ Christiani	not out	53
KB Trestrail	did not bat
GE Gomez	did not bat
CB Williams	did not bat
PEW Jones	did not bat
S Ramadhin	did not bat
LR Pierre	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 35.2 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27, 3-89

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	12	0	71	0	-	-
Preston	7	1	27	2	-	-
R Smith	16.2	1	85	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Stollmeyer (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> ED Weekes (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> S Ramadhin reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> GE Gomez reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> R Smith reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the West Indians second innings

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