First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LEICESTERSHIRE v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at Grace Road, Leicester, May 3, 5, 1947. South Africans won by ten wickets. LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry run out 16 not out 45 2 F.T.Prentice c Mitchell b Rowan 28 b Tuckett 5 3 G.Lester c Dawson b Payn 1 b Tuckett 0 4 M.Tompkin c Melville b Payn 3 lbw b Tuckett 0 5 V.E.Jackson c Ovenstone b Tuckett 15 b Rowan 12 6 G.S.Watson b Tuckett 27 run out 10 7 A.Riddington b Tuckett 0 absent hurt 0 8 T.A.Chapman b Tuckett 11 (7) c Rowan b Payn 8 9 J.E.Walsh c Nourse b Tuckett 7 (8) c Mitchell b Begbie 22 10 †P.Corrall b Rowan 0 (9) b Begbie 0 11 J.Sperry not out 8 (10) b Tuckett 9 Extras b 6, lb 6 12 b 3, lb 6, w 1 10 —— —— 128 121 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-35, 3-53, 4-53, 5-85, 6-85, 7-98, 8-106, 9-108, 10-128 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-10, 3-10, 4-31, 5-47, 6-71, 7-100, 8-100, 9-121 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 B.Mitchell st Corrall b Lester 25 not out 29 2 D.V.Dyer lbw b Walsh 8 not out 4 3 *A.Melville c Jackson b Lester 104 4 A.D.Nourse b Lester 0 5 D.W.Begbie c Corrall b Sperry 33 6 T.A.Harris lbw b Lester 21 7 O.C.Dawson lbw b Walsh 4 8 †D.M.Ovenstone b Walsh 3 9 A.M.B.Rowan not out 7 10 L.Tuckett b Lester 6 11 L.W.Payn c Sperry b Lester 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 lb 1, nb 1 2 —— —— 216 (no wicket) 35 FoW (1): 1-23, 2-85, 3-150, 4-150, 5-191, 6-192, 7-198, 8-199, 9-216, 10-216 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 16.5 4 27 5 18 5 32 4 Dawson 5 2 8 0 7 1 17 0 Rowan 23 3 58 2 15 5 30 1 Payn 17 12 23 2 10 4 26 1 Begbie (5) 5 0 6 2 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 21 8 32 1 6.5 2 10 0 Jackson 27 10 35 0 6 1 23 0 Walsh 31 6 71 3 Riddington 5 2 14 0 Lester 27 15 42 6 Prentice 7 1 17 0 Umpires: F.Chester and C.F.Root. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 123-3 (Melville 71*, Begbie 18*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.Melville’s 104 took 205 minutes. 113