English cricket team in the West Indies in 1929–30

International cricket tour

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. 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. It was the only time one country has played in two Test matches on the same day.

English team

The team was, by a wide margin, the oldest Test tour party of all time, with an average age of nearly 38 years. The manager was the veteran administrator Harry Mallett.

Test match summary

First Test

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) 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

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) 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

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) 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.
This was the first test cricket victory for the West Indies.

Fourth Test

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) 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.
CC Passailaigue, IM Barrow, OC Da Costa and GG Morais (all WIN) made their Test debuts.

References

"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

England 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

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