First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 7, 9, 10, 11, 1947. Match drawn. SOUTH AFRICA 1 B.Mitchell b Bedser 14 c Evans b Bedser 4 2 *A.Melville b Martin 189 not out 104 3 K.G.Viljoen lbw b Edrich 10 not out 51 4 A.D.Nourse b Hollies 149 5 O.C.Dawson st Evans b Hollies 48 6 T.A.Harris c Hutton b Hollies 60 7 A.M.B.Rowan not out 34 8 L.Tuckett lbw b Hollies 0 9 N.B.F.Mann b Bedser 8 10 †J.D.Lindsay b Bedser 0 11 V.I.Smith c Yardley b Hollies 1 Extras b 7, lb 12, w 1 20 b 1, w 5, nb 1 7 —— —— 533 (1 wicket) 166 FoW (1): 1-23 (1), 2-44 (3), 3-363 (4), 4-384 (2), 5-450 (5), 6-505 (6), 7-505 (8), 8-528 (9), 9-530 (10), 10-533 (11) FoW (2): 1-21 (1) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton lbw b Rowan 17 b Tuckett 9 2 C.Washbrook lbw b Tuckett 25 c Lindsay b Rowan 59 3 W.J.Edrich b Smith 57 b Smith 50 4 D.C.S.Compton c Mitchell b Tuckett 65 c Mitchell b Mann 163 5 H.E.Dollery b Dawson 9 c and b Dawson 17 6 *N.W.D.Yardley lbw b Tuckett 22 c Tuckett b Dawson 99 7 †T.G.Evans st Lindsay b Smith 2 c and b Smith 74 8 A.V.Bedser c Melville b Smith 7 c Harris b Smith 2 9 C.Cook b Tuckett 0 c Dawson b Smith 4 10 J.W.Martin c Lindsay b Tuckett 0 (11) b Rowan 26 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 (10) not out 18 Extras b 1, lb 2, w 1 4 b 15, lb 13, w 2 30 —— —— 208 551 FoW (1): 1-40 (1), 2-48 (2), 3-154 (4), 4-165 (5), 5-198 (3), 6-198 (6), 7-207 (8), 8-208 (9), 9-208 (10), 10-208 (7) FoW (2): 1-20 (1), 2-116 (3), 3-133 (2), 4-170 (5), 5-407 (4), 6-434 (6), 7-472 (8), 8-499 (7), 9-500 (9), 10-551 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 36 4 111 1 1w 9 2 18 0 1w Bedser 57.1 14 106 3 14 3 31 1 1nb Edrich 20 8 56 1 4 0 8 0 Hollies 55.2 16 123 5 9 1 33 0 Cook 21 4 87 0 9 0 40 0 Yardley 5 0 24 0 Compton 2 1 6 0 (6) 4 0 14 0 4w Hutton (7) 2 0 15 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 37 9 68 5 47 12 127 11 1w Dawson 13 2 35 1 1w 25 7 57 2 Rowan 16 6 45 1 (4) 43.2 8 100 2 Mann 20 13 10 0 (5) 60 22 94 1 Smith 27.1 10 46 3 (3) 51 15 143 4 1w Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and J.A.Smart. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 376-3 (Melville 183*, Dawson 3*); 2nd day: England (1) 154-2 (Edrich 44*, Compton 65*); 3rd day: England (2) 278-4 (Compton 83*, Yardley 45*). A.Melville’s 189 took 364 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. A.D.Nourse’s 149 took 244 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. D.C.S.Compton’s 163 took 290 minutes and included 19 fours. A.Melville’s 104 took 160 minutes and included 15 fours. 184