| f17597 t287 |
|
| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester on 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th July 1947 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | F Chester, CAR Coleman |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 278/6 (Viljoen 66*, Tuckett 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 311/4 (Edrich 141*, Yardley 1*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 14/1 (Melville 12*, Mitchell 0*) |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *A Melville | c Hutton b Gladwin | 17 | 56 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| DV Dyer | b Edrich | 62 | 182 | 177 | 7 | - | |
| B Mitchell | run out (Hutton) | 80 | 219 | 223 | 10 | - | |
| AD Nourse | c Yardley b Cranston | 23 | 31 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| KG Viljoen | c Compton b Edrich | 93 | 284 | 243 | 12 | - | |
| OC Dawson | b Cranston | 1 | 9 | 7 | - | - | |
| AMB Rowan | lbw b Hollies | 13 | 48 | 54 | 1 | - | |
| L Tuckett | b Edrich | 13 | 71 | 59 | 2 | - | |
| NBF Mann | c Hollies b Gladwin | 8 | 23 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| +JD Lindsay | not out | 9 | 60 | 57 | - | - | |
| JB Plimsoll | c Evans b Edrich | 8 | 16 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 9 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 166.1 overs) | 339 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Melville), 2-125 (Dyer), 3-163 (Nourse), 4-214 (Mitchell), 5-215 (Dawson), 6-260 (Rowan), 7-287 (Tuckett), 8-298 (Mann), 9-327 (Viljoen), 10-339 (Plimsoll, 166.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Edrich | 35.1 | 9 | 95 | 4 | - | - |
| Gladwin | 50 | 24 | 58 | 2 | - | - |
| Cranston | 34 | 12 | 64 | 2 | - | - |
| Barnett | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| Wright | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - |
| Hollies | 23 | 8 | 42 | 1 | - | - |
| Compton | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | c Lindsay b Plimsoll | 12 | 36 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| C Washbrook | c Nourse b Tuckett | 29 | 49 | 46 | 4 | - | |
| WJ Edrich | b Tuckett | 191 | 370 | 317 | 22 | 3 | |
| DCS Compton | c Tuckett b Dawson | 115 | 207 | 195 | 17 | - | |
| CJ Barnett | c sub (TA Harris) b Mann | 5 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| *NWD Yardley | c Melville b Plimsoll | 41 | 60 | 61 | 7 | - | |
| K Cranston | c Dawson b Rowan | 23 | 46 | 55 | 4 | - | |
| +TG Evans | b Tuckett | 27 | 50 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| C Gladwin | b Tuckett | 16 | 34 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| DVP Wright | not out | 4 | 29 | 24 | - | - | |
| WE Hollies | c Nourse b Plimsoll | 5 | 18 | 12 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 151.3 overs) | 478 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40 (Hutton), 2-48 (Washbrook), 3-276 (Compton), 4-289 (Barnett), 5-363 (Yardley), 6-415 (Edrich), 7-439 (Cranston), 8-466 (Evans), 9-471 (Gladwin), 10-478 (Hollies, 151.3 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tuckett | 50 | 5 | 148 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Plimsoll | 35.3 | 9 | 128 | 3 | - | - |
| Rowan | 17 | 1 | 63 | 1 | - | - |
| Mann | 35 | 12 | 85 | 1 | - | - |
| Dawson | 14 | 2 | 44 | 1 | - | - |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *A Melville | b Edrich | 59 | 110 | 110 | 6 | - | |
| DV Dyer | b Gladwin | 1 | 15 | 19 | - | - | |
| B Mitchell | c Hutton b Compton | 6 | 58 | 55 | - | - | |
| AD Nourse | b Edrich | 115 | 152 | 144 | 13 | 2 | |
| KG Viljoen | c Hutton b Wright | 32 | 91 | 99 | 4 | - | |
| OC Dawson | b Edrich | 9 | 16 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| AMB Rowan | c Evans b Wright | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| L Tuckett | lbw b Edrich | 17 | 31 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| NBF Mann | c Barnett b Wright | 9 | 9 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| +JD Lindsay | b Hollies | 0 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
| JB Plimsoll | not out | 8 | 16 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.4 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Dyer), 2-42 (Mitchell), 3-96 (Melville), 4-217 (Viljoen), 5-225 (Nourse), 6-228 (Rowan), 7-232 (Dawson), 8-244 (Mann), 9-244 (Lindsay), 10-267 (Tuckett, 84.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Edrich | 22.4 | 4 | 77 | 4 | - | - |
| Gladwin | 16 | 6 | 28 | 1 | - | - |
| Hollies | 14 | 4 | 49 | 1 | - | - |
| Compton | 17 | 2 | 58 | 1 | - | - |
| Barnett | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Wright | 10 | 2 | 32 | 3 | - | 1 |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | c Dawson b Mann | 24 | 85 | 71 | 2 | - | |
| C Washbrook | c Lindsay b Dawson | 40 | 56 | 53 | 7 | - | |
| WJ Edrich | not out | 22 | 40 | 50 | 2 | - | |
| DCS Compton | hit wkt b Mann | 6 | 27 | 17 | - | - | |
| CJ Barnett | not out | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | - | |
| *NWD Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| K Cranston | did not bat | ||||||
| +TG Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| C Gladwin | did not bat | ||||||
| DVP Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 8 lb, 2 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 36.5 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63 (Washbrook), 2-80 (Hutton), 3-103 (Compton) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tuckett | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - |
| Plimsoll | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Mann | 14 | 8 | 19 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Dawson | 9.5 | 2 | 38 | 1 | - | - |
| Rowan | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
Notes
--> DV Dyer made his debut in Test matches
--> B Mitchell (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> JB Plimsoll made his debut in Test matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 28
--> K Cranston made his debut in Test matches
--> K Cranston (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> C Gladwin made his debut in Test matches
--> A Melville (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> AD Nourse (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 112
--> L Tuckett (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Test matches
--> L Tuckett reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed C Gladwin, his 4th wicket in the England first innings
--> WJ Edrich reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed OC Dawson, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa second innings
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
