The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to April 1948 and played four Test matches against the West Indies cricket team. The first two Tests were drawn and West Indies won the last two to take the series 2–0. England were captained by Gubby Allen, though Ken Cranston was stand-in skipper in the first Test. West Indies began with George Headley as captain but he was badly injured in the first Test and replaced for the rest of the series by John Goddard.
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
England squad Batsmen – Len Hutton, Jack Robertson, Joe Hardstaff junior, Dennis Brookes, Winston Place, Gerald Smithson Pace/seam bowlers – Gubby Allen (captain), Harold Butler, Maurice Tremlett Spinners – Jim Laker, Johnny Wardle All-rounders – Ken Cranston (vice-captain), Dick Howorth, Jack Ikin Wicketkeepers – Godfrey Evans, Billy Griffith
References
Sources CricketArchive — tour summary Playfair Cricket Annual, 1st edition, 1948 Wisden Online — 1948 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 85th edition, 1948