English cricket team in the West Indies in 1947–48

The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to April 1948 and played four Test matches against the West Indies cricket team. The first two Tests were drawn and West Indies won the last two to take the series 2–0. England were captained by Gubby Allen, though Ken Cranston was stand-in skipper in the first Test. West Indies began with George Headley as captain but he was badly injured in the first Test and replaced for the rest of the series by John Goddard.

Test series summary

1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn^[1]
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn^[2]
3rd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 7 wickets^[3]
4th Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets^[4]

England squad

Batsmen – Len Hutton, Jack Robertson, Joe Hardstaff junior, Dennis Brookes, Winston Place, Gerald Smithson
Pace/seam bowlers – Gubby Allen (captain), Harold Butler, Maurice Tremlett
Spinners – Jim Laker, Johnny Wardle
All-rounders – Ken Cranston (vice-captain), Dick Howorth, Jack Ikin
Wicketkeepers – Godfrey Evans, Billy Griffith

References

Sources

CricketArchive — tour summary
Playfair Cricket Annual, 1st edition, 1948
Wisden Online — 1948
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 85th edition, 1948

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