First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 31, June 2, 3, 1947. Match drawn. SOUTH AFRICANS 1 A.Melville b Sims 25 (2) b Edrich 42 2 B.Mitchell c Mann b Young 109 (1) b Sims 21 3 †D.M.Ovenstone c Gray b Sims 9 (7) b Sims 1 4 *A.D.Nourse b Edrich 92 c Edrich b Sims 20 5 K.G.Viljoen b Edrich 104 (3) lbw b Gray 7 6 O.C.Dawson lbw b Young 0 (5) c D.C.S.Compton b Young 11 7 T.A.Harris c Shaddick b Sims 5 (6) c Edrich b Young 76 8 A.M.B.Rowan lbw b Sims 36 b Sims 0 9 L.Tuckett not out 25 lbw b Sims 0 10 N.B.F.Mann c Mann b Young 1 c D.C.S.Compton b Sims 30 11 V.I.Smith b Young 5 not out 6 Extras b 4, lb 7, nb 2 13 b 1, lb 2 3 —— —— 424 217 FoW (1): 1-43, 2-57, 3-204, 4-302, 5-302, 6-319, 7-382, 8-402, 9-406, 10-424 FoW (2): 1-58, 2-69, 3-77, 4-104, 5-104, 6-106, 7-106, 8-112, 9-178, 10-217 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Nourse b Rowan 22 c and b Rowan 13 2 S.M.Brown run out 17 c Smith b Tuckett 4 3 W.J.Edrich c and b Rowan 67 not out 133 4 D.C.S.Compton st Ovenstone b Rowan 154 b Rowan 34 5 *F.G.Mann c and b Mann 1 (7) lbw b Mann 0 6 A.W.Thompson c Mitchell b Rowan 1 (5) st Ovenstone b Smith 9 7 †L.H.Compton lbw b Mann 32 (6) c Melville b Mann 15 8 J.M.Sims b Tuckett 11 not out 14 9 J.A.Young not out 4 10 R.A.Shaddick 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 4, lb 3 7 lb 4 4 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 316 (6 wickets) 226 FoW (1): 1-40, 2-40, 3-159, 4-160, 5-171, 6-274, 7-302, 8-316 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-36, 3-98, 4-133, 5-162, 6-166 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 21 2 91 2 9 0 37 1 Gray 20 2 54 0 9 2 31 1 Shaddick 11 1 31 0 Sims 35 3 148 4 (3) 18 3 89 6 Young 36 17 52 4 (4) 13.3 3 57 2 Robertson 8 3 27 0 D.C.S.Compton 3 1 8 0 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 17.1 3 31 1 9 0 52 1 Dawson 7 0 35 0 4 0 11 0 Rowan 47 9 130 4 21 1 63 2 Mann 39 15 70 2 24 5 38 2 Smith 14 4 43 0 22 4 58 1 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and P.T.Mills. Toss: South Africans Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 424 all out; 2nd day: South Africans (2) 62-1 (Melville 36*, Viljoen 4*). B.Mitchell’s 109 took 250 minutes and included 10 fours. K.G.Viljoen’s 104 took 155 minutes and included 14 fours. D.C.S.Compton’s 154 took 240 minutes and included 19 fours. W.J.Edrich’s 133 took 195 minutes and included 13 fours. J.M.Sims took a hat-trick in the South Africans second innings (Ovenstone, Rowan, Tuckett). 173