First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

M.C.C. v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 17, 19, 20, 1947. M.C.C. won by 158 runs. M.C.C. 1 D.Brookes c Nourse b Mann 54 st Ovenstone b Smith 77 2 T.C.Dodds c Mitchell b Tuckett 80 b Rowan 25 3 H.A.Pawson b Tuckett 34 c Melville b Rowan 11 4 D.C.S.Compton c Ovenstone b Tuckett 18 c Tuckett b Dawson 97 5 M.P.Donnelly c Tuckett b Rowan 1 not out 31 6 *N.W.D.Yardley not out 20 not out 4 7 E.A.Bedser c Nourse b Rowan 0 8 †H.G.Davies b Tuckett 10 9 A.W.H.Mallett b Tuckett 0 10 C.Cook b Tuckett 3 11 J.W.Martin c Mann b Rowan 3 Extras b 7 7 b 4, lb 3, w 1 8 —— —— 230 (4 wickets, declared) 253 FoW (1): 1-121, 2-156, 3-191, 4-192, 5-198, 6-198, 7-213, 8-213, 9-227, 10-230 FoW (2): 1-55, 2-87, 3-202, 4-241 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 B.Mitchell lbw b Mallett 9 not out 103 2 D.V.Dyer c Yardley b Mallett 11 c Dodds b Bedser 30 3 G.M.Fullerton c Yardley b Mallett 3 lbw b Martin 3 4 A.D.Nourse b Martin 29 c Yardley b Bedser 1 5 *A.Melville c Davies b Martin 22 c Pawson b Cook 40 6 O.C.Dawson c Davies b Mallett 5 lbw b Cook 0 7 †D.M.Ovenstone c Mallett b Yardley 11 lbw b Bedser 1 8 A.M.B.Rowan b Mallett 14 c Pawson b Cook 0 9 L.Tuckett b Martin 8 c Yardley b Cook 7 10 N.B.F.Mann c and b Martin 10 c Martin b Cook 0 11 V.I.Smith not out 0 c Pawson b Cook 1 Extras b 2, lb 3 5 b 9, lb 2, w 1 12 —— —— 127 198 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-22, 3-37, 4-58, 5-71, 6-91, 7-99, 8-109, 9-126, 10-127 FoW (2): 1-66, 2-71, 3-72, 4-136, 5-136, 6-139, 7-150, 8-196, 9-196, 10-198 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 35 8 64 6 22 5 46 0 Dawson 11 2 28 0 18 6 39 1 Mann 26 13 37 1 (4) 27 5 60 0 Rowan 27.4 9 61 3 (3) 28 9 72 2 Smith 11 1 33 0 9 2 28 1 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 34.1 10 55 4 25 6 50 1 Mallett 34 12 55 5 18 6 36 0 Cook 3 1 3 0 (5) 23.5 15 44 6 Yardley 3 0 9 1 (3) 3 0 10 0 Bedser (4) 33 14 46 3 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and J.A.Smart. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 53-3 (Melville 20*, Nourse 8*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 253-4 (Donnelly 31*, Yardley 4*). B.Mitchell’s 103 took 255 minutes. 140