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English cricket team in the West Indies in 1929–30

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TheEngland national cricket team toured theWest Indies from January to April 1930 and played a four-matchTest series against theWest Indies cricket team which was drawn 1–1. England were captained byFreddie Calthorpe; West Indies by a different captain at each venue.^[1]^[2] They were the first Tests played in the West Indies.

At the same time another English team, captained byHarold Gilligan, was touring New Zealand, playingNew Zealand's first Test series.^[3] It was the only time one country has played in two Test matches on the same day.^[4]

English team

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The team was, by a wide margin, the oldest Test tour party of all time, with an average age of nearly 38 years.^[5] The manager was the veteran administratorHarry Mallett.^[6]

Test match summary

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First Test

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11, 13, 14, 15, 16 January 1930
(5-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	England
369 (114.1 overs) CA Roach 122 GTS Stevens 5/105 (27 overs)		467 (153 overs) A Sandham 152 LN Constantine 3/121 (39 overs)
384 (152.4 overs) GA Headley 176 GTS Stevens 5/90 (26.4 overs)		167/3 (65 overs) A Sandham 51 HC Griffith 2/37 (15 overs)

Match drawn
Kensington Oval,Bridgetown,Barbados
Umpires:W Badley (WIN) andJ Hardstaff (ENG)

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
12 January was taken as a rest day.
GA Headley,FI de Caires,JED Sealy,LA Walcott,EL St Hill andEAC Hunte (all WIN), andFSG Calthorpe andW Voce (both ENG) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

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1, 3, 4, 5, 6 February 1930
(5-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	West Indies
208 (72.1 overs) EH Hendren 77 HC Griffith 5/63 (22 overs)		254 (87.2 overs) EAC Hunte 58 WE Astill 4/58 (24.2 overs)
425/8d (125 overs) EH Hendren 205* LN Constantine 4/165 (40 overs)		212 (112.2 overs) FI de Caires 45 W Voce 7/70 (37.2 overs)

England won by 167 runs
Queen's Park Oval,Port of Spain,Trinidad
Umpires:KL Grant (WIN) andJ Hardstaff (ENG)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
2 February was taken as a rest day.
MG Grell,N Betancourt andEE Achong (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

Third Test

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21, 22, 24, 25, 26 February 1930
(5-day match)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	England
471 (148 overs) CA Roach 209 LF Townsend 2/48 (16 overs)		145 (61.3 overs) EH Hendren 56 LN Constantine 4/35 (16.3 overs)
290 (127.3 overs) GA Headley 112 WE Astill 4/70 (43 overs)		327 (158.5 overs) EH Hendren 123 LN Constantine 5/87 (40 overs)

West Indies won by 289 runs
Bourda,Georgetown,British Guiana
Umpires:J Hardstaff (ENG) andRDR Hill (WIN)

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
23 February was taken as a rest day.
CEL Jones (WIN) andLF Townsend (ENG) made their Test debuts.
This was the first test cricket victory for the West Indies.

Fourth Test

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3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 April 1930
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

England	v	West Indies
849 (258.2 overs) A Sandham 325 OC Scott 5/266 (80.2 overs)		286 (111.5 overs) RK Nunes 66 NE Haig 3/73 (30 overs) WE Astill 3/73 (33 overs)
272/9d (79.1 overs) EH Hendren 55 OC Scott 4/108 (25 overs)		408/5 (164.3 overs) GA Headley 223 RES Wyatt 2/58 (24.3 overs)

Match drawn
Sabina Park,Kingston,Jamaica
Umpires:J Hardstaff (WIN) andE Knibbs (WIN)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
6 April was taken as a rest day.
There was no play on the eighth or ninth days.
The match was drawn on the ninth day by arrangement, as the MCC boat home was leaving.^[7]
CC Passailaigue,IM Barrow,OC Da Costa andGG Morais (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

References

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^"England in the West Indies 1929–30". CricketArchive. Retrieved20 July 2014.
^"Has anyone taken more than Bob Willis' 325 wickets without a ten-for?".ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved10 December 2019.
^"New Zealand v England – statistical quirks". International Cricket Council. Retrieved21 March 2018.
^"Quick, quick Snow".ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved14 January 2020.
^"England to West Indies 1929-30".Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved30 March 2018.
^"R. H. Mallett",The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1940, p. 35.
^Test Cricket Tours - England to West Indies 1929-30, test-cricket-tours.co.uk, retrieved 18 September 2016.

External links

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England in West Indies, 1929-30 atCricinfo
England to West Indies 1929-30 at Test Cricket Tours
Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1929-30 at CricketArchive

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