First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at County Ground, Northampton, June 4, 5, 1947. South Africans won by an innings and 32 runs. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes c Dyer b Plimsoll 27 c Viljoen b Plimsoll 17 2 C.P.Davis c Fullerton b Dawson 5 c Fullerton b Dawson 10 3 A.L.Cox c Smith b Plimsoll 16 c Dyer b Plimsoll 8 4 J.E.Timms b Plimsoll 0 c Begbie b Dawson 17 5 W.Barron st Lindsay b Dawson 0 (7) b Plimsoll 18 6 A.C.L.Bennett b Dawson 0 (5) c Payn b Plimsoll 0 7 V.Broderick lbw b Dawson 0 (6) b Dawson 5 8 C.B.Clarke c Dyer b Plimsoll 0 c and b Dawson 9 9 *A.W.Childs-Clarke c and b Plimsoll 22 not out 32 10 D.J.W.Bridge not out 25 b Plimsoll 5 11 L.A.Smith c Harris b Plimsoll 2 c Lindsay b Smith 55 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 lb 8 8 —— —— 103 184 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-31, 3-31, 4-36, 5-38, 6-38, 7-43, 8-56, 9-85, 10-103 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-29, 3-54, 4-54, 5-61, 6-91, 7-93, 8-108, 9-184, 10-184 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 D.V.Dyer c Davis b Broderick 22 2 *A.Melville b Smith 6 3 G.M.Fullerton b Smith 11 4 O.C.Dawson c Brookes b Broderick 62 5 K.G.Viljoen b Bridge 47 6 T.A.Harris b Clarke 67 7 D.W.Begbie b Smith 29 8 L.W.Payn b Clarke 3 9 †J.D.Lindsay c Davis b Smith 5 10 J.B.Plimsoll c and b Clarke 16 11 V.I.Smith not out 18 Extras b 21, lb 11, nb 1 33 —— 319 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-35, 3-70, 4-143, 5-221, 6-274, 7-278, 8-285, 9-285, 10-319 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 27.3 8 40 6 23 4 90 5 Dawson 23 11 37 4 26 7 71 4 Smith 4 0 20 0 4.2 0 10 1 Payn (4) 1 0 5 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Smith 22 4 55 4 Bridge 21 6 66 1 Clarke 22.2 4 73 3 Broderick 18 2 56 2 Cox 8 0 36 0 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and P.Holmes. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 244-5 (Harris 62*, Begbie 5*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. O.C.Dawson took a hat-trick in the Northamptonshire first innings (Barron, Bennett, Broderick). 179