First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

HAMPSHIRE v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at County Ground, Southampton, May 14, 15, 16, 1947. Match drawn. HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Arnold c Nourse b Payn 138 2 N.H.Rogers b Rowan 45 b Plimsoll 1 3 A.G.Holt run out 0 b Rowan 14 4 J.Bailey c Mitchell b Begbie 16 not out 29 5 G.Hill not out 58 c Harris b Plimsoll 0 6 †N.T.McCorkell b Rowan 11 c Lindsay b Rowan 9 7 O.W.Herman c and b Begbie 12 (8) c Viljoen b Rowan 5 8 V.J.Ransom not out 2 (7) c Rowan b Payn 2 9 C.J.Knott not out 0 10 *E.D.R.Eagar (1) c Viljoen b Rowan 9 11 G.E.M.Heath Extras b 13, lb 4, nb 1 18 b 6, lb 4 10 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 300 (7 wickets) 79 FoW (1): 1-95, 2-98, 3-136, 4-258, 5-276, 6-293 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-24, 3-33, 4-40, 5-57, 6-62, 7-77 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 B.Mitchell lbw b Knott 11 2 G.M.Fullerton c and b Herman 82 3 K.G.Viljoen c McCorkell b Bailey 1 4 *A.D.Nourse c Eagar b Bailey 54 5 D.W.Begbie c Bailey b Herman 28 6 T.A.Harris c Hill b Knott 71 7 A.M.B.Rowan b Herman 0 8 L.Tuckett c Holt b Herman 2 9 †J.D.Lindsay b Heath 7 10 L.W.Payn c Rogers b Knott 32 11 J.B.Plimsoll not out 8 Extras b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 3 19 —— 315 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-35, 3-149, 4-159, 5-210, 6-210, 7-212, 8-223, 9-295, 10-315 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 18 3 49 0 7 6 4 0 Plimsoll 20 7 47 0 17 8 23 2 Rowan 41 13 89 2 16 5 31 4 Payn 22 5 45 1 5 2 11 1 Begbie 14 4 33 2 Mitchell 2 0 19 0 Hampshire Bowling O M R W Ransom 16 3 45 0 Heath 21 2 68 1 Knott 22.4 10 52 3 Bailey 24 6 67 2 Hill 6 1 18 0 Herman 15 2 46 4 Umpires: D.Davies and J.J.Hills. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Hampshire (1) 76-0 (Arnold 37*, Rogers 39*); 2nd day: South Africans (1) 159-4 (Begbie 1*, Harris 0*). J.Arnold’s 138 included 9 fours and 2 sixes. 129