London, June 24. BAD collapse which set in. after the tea interval and which &ccounted for the loss of six wickets within 65 minutes, weakened a promising start by the West Indies in the first innings on the first day of their opening Test Match against England, at Lord's today. The Tourists, who had 226 runs for four wickets On the boatd dt the tea interval, were all out for an additional 5! runs, at 277.
At the close of play, Engla ud had scored 11 runs without loss, with Lebnard Hutton and H. Gimblett having made four and five runs respectively.
The feature of the first day's play was the stylish batting of Headley, who scored a century, in Test cricket against England.
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