First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, May 7, 8, 9, 1947. South Africans won by an innings and 153 runs. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *G.L.Willatt b Plimsoll 8 b Smith 27 2 J.Pepper c Dawson b Plimsoll 37 lbw b Mann 22 3 G.S.Seaton c Lindsay b Plimsoll 2 (8) st Lindsay b Smith 1 4 H.E.Watts b Smith 5 b Smith 19 5 T.E.Bailey c Lindsay b Smith 2 (6) b Plimsoll 2 6 B.G.M.Cangley b Plimsoll 0 (7) b Smith 5 7 †N.M.Mischler c Nourse b Dawson 27 (3) c Melville b Smith 5 8 D.A.A.Gray c Dawson b Smith 0 (10) b Mann 8 9 P.B.Datta b Dawson 20 b Smith 4 10 J.M.Mills not out 7 (5) lbw b Smith 7 11 W.H.Griffiths lbw b Begbie 2 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 nb 1 1 —— —— 116 101 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-20, 3-35, 4-39, 5-42, 6-63, 7-66, 8-106, 9-107, 10-116 FoW (2): 1-44, 2-54, 3-58, 4-79, 5-82, 6-84, 7-86, 8-90, 9-101, 10-101 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 D.V.Dyer lbw b Mills 20 2 G.M.Fullerton b Bailey 5 3 *A.Melville b Datta 35 4 A.D.Nourse c Seaton b Bailey 32 5 K.G.Viljoen c Mischler b Bailey 128 6 D.W.Begbie c Pepper b Datta 80 7 O.C.Dawson b Griffiths 21 8 †J.D.Lindsay b Bailey 4 9 N.B.F.Mann b Datta 23 10 V.I.Smith b Bailey 12 11 J.B.Plimsoll not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 10 —— 370 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-57, 3-71, 4-112, 5-302, 6-325, 7-329, 8-335, 9-370, 10-370 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 36 14 35 4 21 8 24 1 Dawson 8 0 22 2 8 2 14 0 Mann 17 8 17 0 (5) 14 7 10 2 Smith 27 9 36 3 (3) 30.3 11 40 7 Begbie 0.3 0 0 1 (4) 7 2 12 0 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W Bailey 26.2 6 70 5 Griffiths 18 3 78 1 Datta 28 12 82 3 Mills 29 7 79 1 Gray 19 6 35 0 Watts 2 0 16 0 Umpires: J.Clover and H.L.Palmer. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 122-4 (Viljoen 24*, Begbie 1*); 2nd day: Cambridge University (2) 83-5 (Mills 6*, Cangley 1*). 117