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England v West Indies, 1973, 1st test
The Oval, 26/07/1973 - 31/07/1973

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: DJ Constant, TW Spencer
Result: West Indies won by 158 runs

West Indies
RC Fredericks         lbw                b Arnold                35
RGA Headley           lbw                b Greig                  8
*RB Kanhai                               b Greig                 10
CH Lloyd              lbw                b Arnold               132
AI Kallicharran       c Knott            b Arnold                80
+DL Murray            c Roope            b Arnold                28
GStA Sobers           run out                                    10
BD Julien             lbw                b Arnold                11
KD Boyce                                 b Underwood             72
Inshan Ali            c Boycott          b Underwood             15
LR Gibbs              not out                                     1
Extras                b 1, lb 2, w 0, nb 10                      13
Total                 all out                                   415

Fall Of Wickets
1-33 (Headley)                2-47 (Fredericks)             
3-64 (Kanhai)                 4-272 (Kallicharran)          
5-275 (Lloyd)                 6-297 (Sobers)                
7-309 (Julien)                8-346 (Murray)                
9-405 (Inshan Ali)            10-415 (Boyce)                

Bowling
Snow                31      8    71     0
Arnold              39     10   113     5
Greig               30.3    6    81     2
Roope                6      1    26     0
Underwood           23.3    8    68     2
Illingworth         15      3    43     0

England
G Boycott             c Murray           b Julien                97
DL Amiss                                 b Boyce                 29
GRJ Roope                                b Boyce                  9
FC Hayes              c Lloyd            b Sobers                16
KWR Fletcher          c Lloyd            b Julien                11
AW Greig              c Sobers           b Boyce                 38
*R Illingworth        lbw                b Sobers                27
+APE Knott            not out                                     4
JA Snow                                  b Boyce                  0
GG Arnold             c Kallicharran     b Boyce                  4
DL Underwood          c Headley          b Sobers                 0
Extras                b 2, lb 7, w 2, nb 11                      22
Total                 all out                                   257

Fall Of Wickets
1-50 (Amiss)                  2-95 (Roope)                  
3-134 (Hayes)                 4-163 (Fletcher)              
5-185 (Boycott)               6-247 (Illingworth)           
7-247 (Greig)                 8-247 (Snow)                  
9-257 (Arnold)                10-257 (Underwood)            

Bowling
Sobers              22.1   13    27     3
Boyce               22      4    70     5
Julien              20      6    49     2
Gibbs               23      8    37     0
Inshan Ali          11      3    52     0

West Indies
RC Fredericks         c Hayes            b Arnold                 3
RGA Headley                              b Arnold                42
*RB Kanhai            c Knott            b Snow                   0
CH Lloyd              c Greig            b Snow                  14
AI Kallicharran                          b Illingworth           80
GStA Sobers           c Underwood        b Snow                  51
+DL Murray            c Roope            b Underwood              4
BD Julien                                b Illingworth           23
KD Boyce                                 b Illingworth            9
Inshan Ali            not out                                     5
LR Gibbs              c Knott            b Arnold                 3
Extras                b 2, lb 13, w 0, nb 6                      21
Total                 all out                                   255

Fall Of Wickets
1-9 (Fredericks)              2-31 (Kanhai)                 
3-52 (Lloyd)                  4-117 (Headley)               
5-177 (Kallicharran)          6-184 (Murray)                
7-215 (Julien)                8-232 (Boyce)                 
9-252 (Sobers)                10-255 (Gibbs)                

Bowling
Snow                18      4    62     3
Arnold              18.1    7    49     3
Greig                8      1    22     0
Underwood           19      5    51     1
Illingworth         24      8    50     3

England
G Boycott                            c & b Gibbs                 30
DL Amiss              c Kanhai           b Boyce                 15
GRJ Roope                            c & b Gibbs                 31
FC Hayes              not out                                   106
KWR Fletcher          c Kallicharran     b Gibbs                  5
AW Greig              c Gibbs            b Inshan Ali             0
DL Underwood          lbw                b Boyce                  7
*R Illingworth                           b Boyce                 40
+APE Knott            lbw                b Boyce                  5
GG Arnold             c Headley          b Boyce                  4
JA Snow                                  b Boyce                  1
Extras                b 0, lb 5, w 1, nb 5                       11
Total                 all out                                   255

Fall Of Wickets
1-36 (Amiss)                  2-66 (Boycott)                
3-91 (Roope)                  4-97 (Fletcher)               
5-107 (Greig)                 6-136 (Underwood)             
7-229 (Illingworth)           8-239 (Knott)                 
9-253 (Arnold)                10-255 (Snow)                 

Bowling
Sobers              11      3    22     0
Boyce               21.1    4    77     6
Julien              17      4    35     0
Gibbs               33      9    61     3
Inshan Ali          23      6    49     1