f26273 t605	England v West Indies
	West Indies in British Isles 1966 (1st Test)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th June 1966 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indies won by an innings and 40 runs
Umpires	JS Buller, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 343/5 (Sobers 83*, Holford 6*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 163/8 (Brown 10*, Higgs 1*)
Batsman of the Match	GS Sobers
Bowler of the Match	LR Gibbs

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Hunte	c Smith b Higgs	135	279	297	19	-
EDAS McMorris	c Russell b Higgs	11	50	53	1	-
RB Kanhai	b Higgs	0	5	6	-	-
BF Butcher	c Parks b Titmus	44	95	85	6	-
SM Nurse	b Titmus	49	72	85	5	-
*GS Sobers	c Cowdrey b Titmus	161	241	244	26	1
DAJ Holford	c Smith b Allen	32	116	135	2	-
+DW Allan	lbw b Titmus	1	15	11	-	-
CC Griffith	lbw b Titmus	30	30	29	5	-
WW Hall	b Allen	1	11	11	-	-
LR Gibbs	not out	1	2	2	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 153.1 overs)	484
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (McMorris), 2-42 (Kanhai), 3-116 (Butcher), 4-215 (Nurse), 5-283 (Hunte), 6-410 (Holford), 7-411 (Allan), 8-471 (Griffith), 9-482 (Sobers), 10-484 (Hall, 153.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	28	6	100	0	-	-
Brown	28	4	84	0	-	-
Higgs	31	5	94	3	-	-
Allen	31.1	8	104	2	-	-
Titmus	35	10	83	5	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Milburn	run out	0	8	14	-	-
WE Russell	c Sobers b Gibbs	26	69	92	3	-
KF Barrington	c and b Griffith	5	10	13	-	-
MC Cowdrey	c and b Gibbs	12	36	39	1	-
*MJK Smith	c Butcher b Gibbs	5	27	91	1	-
+JM Parks	c Nurse b Holford	43	114	108	6	-
FJ Titmus	b Holford	15	12	11	3	-
DA Allen	c Sobers b Gibbs	37	63	61	7	-
DJ Brown	b Gibbs	14	64	45	1	-
K Higgs	c Sobers b Holford	1	22	15	-	-
IJ Jones	not out	0	19	12	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Milburn), 2-24 (Barrington), 3-42 (Cowdrey), 4-48 (Russell), 5-65 (Smith), 6-85 (Titmus), 7-143 (Parks), 8-153 (Allen), 9-163 (Higgs), 10-167 (Brown, 74.1 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	14	6	43	0	-	-
Griffith	10	3	28	1	-	-
Sobers	7	1	16	0	-	-
Gibbs	28.1	13	37	5	-	-
Holford	15	4	34	3	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Milburn	b Gibbs	94	136	152	12	2
WE Russell	b Griffith	20	49	64	1	-
KF Barrington	c Nurse b Holford	30	65	69	4	-
MC Cowdrey	c Butcher b Sobers	69	184	131	8	-
*MJK Smith	b Gibbs	6	35	26	1	-
+JM Parks	c and b Sobers	11	34	19	1	-
FJ Titmus	c Butcher b Sobers	12	23	14	1	-
DA Allen	c Allan b Gibbs	1	9	2	-	-
DJ Brown	c Sobers b Gibbs	10	82	60	2	-
K Higgs	st Allan b Gibbs	5	32	19	-	-
IJ Jones	not out	0	6	5	-	-
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 108 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Russell), 2-142 (Barrington), 3-166 (Milburn), 4-184 (Smith), 5-203 (Parks), 6-217 (Titmus), 7-218 (Allen), 8-268 (Cowdrey), 9-276 (Brown), 10-277 (Higgs, 108 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	42	11	87	3	-	-
Hall	5	0	28	0	-	-
Griffith	6	1	25	1	-	-
Gibbs	41	16	69	5	-	-
Holford	14	2	49	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> DAJ Holford made his debut in Test matches
--> C Milburn made his debut in Test matches
--> DA Allen made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CC Hunte (1) 50 in 97 balls, 141 minutes
--> CC Hunte (1) 100 in 209 balls, 235 minutes with 14 fours
--> CC Hunte (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> GS Sobers (1) 50 in 67 balls, 66 minutes
--> GS Sobers (1) 100 in 160 balls, 177 minutes with 17 fours
--> GS Sobers (1) 150 in 226 balls with 24 fours and 1 six
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 50
--> C Milburn (2) 50 in 69 balls, 75 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 50 in 140 balls, 104 minutes
--> DAJ Holford made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> C Milburn made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> SM Nurse made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DW Allan made his debut in England in Test matches
--> IJ Jones made his debut in England in Test matches
--> CC Griffith reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed WE Russell, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> GS Sobers reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed FJ Titmus, his 2nd wicket in the England second innings

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