| f21556 | |
| Venue | Bourda, Georgetown on 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th October 1956 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | British Guiana won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (British Guiana won on first innings) |
| Umpires | ES Gillette, AB Rollox |
| Close of play day 1 | British Guiana (1) 283/4 (Kanhai 59*, Solomon 28*) |
| Close of play day 2 | British Guiana (1) 581/9 (Baijnauth 3*, Legall 4*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Barbados (1) 18/1 (Sobers 12*, ES Atkinson 1*) |
| Close of play day 4 | No play |
| Close of play day 5 | Barbados (2) 67/4 (Sobers 32*, ES Atkinson 10*; 24 overs) |
| British Guiana first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GL Gibbs | b Sobers | 80 | 188 | 12 | - | ||
| BH Pairaudeau | run out (Holder->Depeiaza->ES Atkinson) | 41 | 47 | 8 | - | ||
| *CL Walcott | c Depeiaza b DS Atkinson | 64 | 114 | 10 | - | ||
| RB Kanhai | run out (King) | 195 | 370 | 21 | 1 | ||
| BF Butcher | lbw b ES Atkinson | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| JS Solomon | c Goddard b ES Atkinson | 108 | 256 | 15 | - | ||
| +CA McWatt | lbw b Goddard | 41 | 109 | 6 | - | ||
| IS Madray | c Depeiaza b DS Atkinson | 16 | |||||
| B Baijnauth | b King | 3 | |||||
| LR Gibbs | b Holder | 6 | |||||
| PC Legall | not out | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 222.5 overs) | 581 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54 (Pairaudeau), 2-171 (Walcott), 3-198 (GL Gibbs), 4-215 (Butcher), 5-466 (Solomon), 6-532 (Kanhai), 7-568 (Madray), 8-568 (McWatt), 9-577 (LR Gibbs), 10-581 (Baijnauth, 222.5 ov) | |||||||
| Barbados bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 16.5 | 3 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| LL Williams | 8 | 0 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| ES Atkinson | 14 | 1 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| DS Atkinson | 70 | 29 | 128 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 56 | 20 | 108 | 1 | - | - | |
| Holder | 23 | 4 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| CB Williams | 17 | 2 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Weekes | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barbados first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CW Smith | c Baijnauth b Legall | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| GS Sobers | c and b LR Gibbs | 77 | 157 | 11 | - | ||
| ES Atkinson | b LR Gibbs | 17 | |||||
| ED Weekes | c Solomon b Madray | 63 | 137 | 7 | - | ||
| CB Williams | b LR Gibbs | 0 | |||||
| +CC Depeiaza | c Walcott b Madray | 1 | 23 | - | - | ||
| DS Atkinson | not out | 16 | |||||
| *JDC Goddard | run out (Kanhai) | 11 | |||||
| AH Holder | c Madray b LR Gibbs | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| FM King | c Walcott b Madray | 10 | - | 1 | |||
| LL Williams | c Pairaudeau b Madray | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 6 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.2 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Smith), 2-50 (ES Atkinson), 3-143 (Sobers), 4-143 (CB Williams), 5-160 (Depeiaza), 6-173 (Weekes), 7-192 (Goddard), 8-193 (Holder), 9-211 (King), 10-211 (LL Williams, 86.2 ov) | |||||||
| British Guiana bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Legall | 10 | 2 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Baijnauth | 24 | 10 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| LR Gibbs | 34 | 7 | 68 | 4 | - | - | |
| Madray | 18.2 | 2 | 61 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barbados second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CW Smith | lbw b Legall | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| GS Sobers | not out | 32 | |||||
| DS Atkinson | c Pairaudeau b Baijnauth | 12 | |||||
| ED Weekes | run out (sub [WV Edun]) | 4 | 29 | ||||
| +CC Depeiaza | c and b Madray | 4 | |||||
| ES Atkinson | not out | 10 | |||||
| CB Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| *JDC Goddard | did not bat | ||||||
| AH Holder | did not bat | ||||||
| FM King | did not bat | ||||||
| LL Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 24 overs) | 67 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Smith), 2-21 (DS Atkinson), 3-34 (Weekes), 4-43 (Depeiaza) | |||||||
| British Guiana bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Legall | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Baijnauth | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| LR Gibbs | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Madray | 6 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but extended to six.
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> LL Williams made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA McWatt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CB Williams made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CC Depeiaza made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FM King made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GL Gibbs (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> BH Pairaudeau (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> RB Kanhai (1) 100 in 157 minutes with 14 fours
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed his previous highest score of 129 in First-Class matches
--> RB Kanhai (1) 150 in 297 minutes with 17 fours and 1 six
--> JS Solomon (1) 100 in 243 minutes with 13 fours
--> IS Madray achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Barbados first innings (previous best was 4-168)
--> LR Gibbs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Barbados first innings (previous best was 4-113)
When rain prevented play on Day 4 it was agreed to extend the match by a day, but in the event rain prevented play on that extra day too
The official scorers changed Madray's score from the originally published 17 to 16 and the team score from 582 to 581 overnight after day 2
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Austria in Germany 2026
- Chile Women in Costa Rica 2026
- Croatia Women in Cyprus 2026
- Denmark Women in Greece 2026
- Finland in Cyprus 2026
- Gibraltar in Malta 2026
- Hong Kong Women's International T20 Tri-Series 2026
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023/24 to 2027
- ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 2026
- ICC Women's T20I Challenge Trophy 2026
- India Women in South Africa 2025/26
- Indonesia in Malaysia 2026
- Jersey in Denmark 2026
- New Zealand in Bangladesh 2026
- New Zealand Women in England 2026
- Pakistan in Bangladesh 2026
- Sri Lanka Women in Bangladesh 2026
- Zimbabwe Women in Pakistan 2026
View all Current Events CLICK HERE


