Score 226 for Four Wickets By Tea Interval Headley Outstanding With 97 Not Out London, June 24. NDER heavy skies, suggesting plenty of rain, the first Test match between England and the West Indies began at Lord's today. After a very slow start, the West Indies, who won the toss, reached 226 for the loss of four wickets at the tea interval. The score at, lunch was 95 for one.
Headley, the stylish West Indian bat, gave a grand display to score 97 not out. His second Wicket partnership with Stollmeyer realised°118 runs in 140 minutes Owing to the threatening weather, the gates were not Opened until 10.45, when there was a queue stretching half a mile, A crowd of 20,000 watched the afternoon's play. The Wicket appeared to be perfect, having recovered from the recent rain, During the lunch interval Hammond, England's captain, and-Mr. Stanley Christopherson, the President 6f the M.C.C. broadcast an appeal for national service. 1 The teams were; West Indies:—Grant, Jeff Stollmeyer, Headley, Sealey, Cameron, Constantine; Barrow, Hylton, Martindale, Clarke and Weeks. Twelth man is Gomez.
England.—Hamumond (captain), Hut-
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