At the same time another English team, captained by Harold Gilligan, was touring New Zealand, playing New Zealand's first Test series.[3] It was the only time one country has played in two Test matches on the same day.[4]
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 administrator Harry Mallett.[6]
Test match summaryedit
First Testedit
11, 13, 14, 15, 16 January 1930 (5-day match) Scorecard
England to West Indies 1929-30 at Test Cricket Tours
Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1929-30 at CricketArchive
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english, cricket, team, west, indies, 1929, england, national, cricket, team, toured, west, indies, from, january, april, 1930, played, four, match, test, series, against, west, indies, cricket, team, which, drawn, england, were, captained, freddie, calthorpe,. The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to April 1930 and played a four match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which was drawn 1 1 England were captained by Freddie 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 by Harold Gilligan was touring New Zealand playing New Zealand s first Test series 3 It was the only time one country has played in two Test matches on the same day 4 Contents 1 English team 2 Test match summary 2 1 First Test 2 2 Second Test 2 3 Third Test 2 4 Fourth Test 3 References 4 External linksEnglish team editFreddie Calthorpe captain Les Ames Ewart Astill George Gunn Nigel Haig Patsy Hendren Jack O Connor Fred Price Wilfred Rhodes Andy Sandham Rony Stanyforth Greville Stevens Leslie Townsend Bill Voce Bob Wyatt 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 administrator Harry Mallett 6 Test match summary editFirst Test edit 11 13 14 15 16 January 1930 5 day match ScorecardWest Indies nbsp v nbsp England369 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 drawnKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires W Badley WIN and J 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 and EAC Hunte all WIN and FSG Calthorpe and W Voce both ENG made their Test debuts Second Test edit 1 3 4 5 6 February 1930 5 day match ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp West Indies208 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 runsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires KL Grant WIN and J Hardstaff ENG England won the toss and elected to bat 2 February was taken as a rest day MG Grell N Betancourt and EE Achong all WIN made their Test debuts Third Test edit 21 22 24 25 26 February 1930 5 day match ScorecardWest Indies nbsp v nbsp England471 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 runsBourda Georgetown British Guiana Umpires J Hardstaff ENG and RDR Hill WIN West Indies won the toss and elected to bat 23 February was taken as a rest day CEL Jones WIN and LF Townsend ENG made their Test debuts Fourth Test edit 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 April 1930 Timeless Test ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp West Indies849 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 drawnSabina Park Kingston Jamaica Umpires J Hardstaff WIN and E 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 and GG Morais all WIN made their Test debuts References edit England in the West Indies 1929 30 CricketArchive Retrieved 20 July 2014 Has anyone taken more than Bob Willis 325 wickets without a ten for ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 10 December 2019 New Zealand v England statistical quirks International Cricket Council Retrieved 21 March 2018 Quick quick Snow ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 14 January 2020 England to West Indies 1929 30 Test Cricket Tours Retrieved 30 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 editEngland in West Indies 1929 30 at Cricinfo England to West Indies 1929 30 at Test Cricket Tours Marylebone Cricket Club in West Indies 1929 30 at CricketArchive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title English cricket team in the West Indies in 1929 30 amp oldid 1188272139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
