I think that nosewheels were a bit Avant garde for British designers. Their main concern was the weight of the assembly plus all the hydraulics required. Considering that at that time the USAF large aircraft were almost entirely nosewheel equipped apart from the B17, a mid thirties design.
They got it right with the Gloster e28/39 and then the Meteor but Supermarine fouled it up with the Attacker. The RAF threw it away and the Navy persevered with it for a short time. According to Wiki when it took off on grass it left a furrow that three men could lie down in.
This allergy to nosewheels continued with the Hastings, Valletta and Shackleton; it wasn't until the fifties that all new aircraft had a nosewheel undercarriage.