f17597 t287	England v South Africa
	South Africa in British Isles 1947 (3rd Test)
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*)

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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

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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	-	-

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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

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