First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 21, 22, 23, 1947. Match drawn. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 W.G.Keighley b Rowan 105 not out 5 2 †A.B.Harcourt b Plimsoll 9 c Nourse b Plimsoll 1 3 H.A.Pawson c Ovenstone b Plimsoll 23 c Ovenstone b Rowan 0 4 *M.P.Donnelly c Smith b Begbie 45 not out 5 5 N.C.F.Bloy not out 45 6 A.H.Kardar c and b Rowan 4 7 H.B.O.Robinson st Ovenstone b Smith 1 8 D.F.Henley c Ovenstone b Rowan 6 9 B.H.Travers b Plimsoll 30 10 A.W.H.Mallett c Melville b Payn 14 11 M.A.Sutton not out 8 Extras b 10, lb 2, w 1 13 b 7, lb 1 8 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 303 (2 wickets) 19 FoW (1): 1-35, 2-73, 3-157, 4-193, 5-201, 6-202, 7-213, 8-255, 9-282 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-4 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 B.Mitchell c Travers b Robinson 72 2 †D.M.Ovenstone c Bloy b Robinson 32 3 *A.Melville b Robinson 84 4 A.D.Nourse lbw b Bloy 101 5 K.G.Viljoen not out 110 6 D.W.Begbie c Harcourt b Kardar 25 7 T.A.Harris st Harcourt b Kardar 68 8 L.W.Payn 9 A.M.B.Rowan 10 J.B.Plimsoll 11 V.I.Smith Extras b 14, lb 2, nb 2 18 —— (6 wickets, declared) 510 FoW (1): 1-68, 2-193, 3-194, 4-345, 5-402, 6-510 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 39 15 73 3 (2) 4 3 6 1 Payn 10.2 1 35 1 Rowan 38 11 74 3 1w (1) 4 2 5 1 Smith 21 7 54 1 Begbie 15 1 54 1 Oxford University Bowling O M R W Mallett 26 9 73 0 Travers 18 1 94 0 Henley 6 1 26 0 Kardar 35.5 8 115 2 Robinson 44 13 151 3 2nb Keighley 1 0 7 0 Bloy 6 2 26 1 Umpires: F.Chester and D.Hendren. Toss: South Africans Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 9-0 (Mitchell 2*, Ovenstone 3*); 2nd day: Oxford University (2) 19-2 (Keighley 5*, Donnelly 5*). W.G.Keighley’s 105 took 255 minutes and included 15 fours. A.D.Nourse’s 101 took 115 minutes. 147