First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 21, 23, 24, 25, 1947. England won by ten wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Rowan 18 not out 13 2 C.Washbrook c Tuckett b Dawson 65 not out 13 3 W.J.Edrich b Mann 189 4 D.C.S.Compton c Rowan b Tuckett 208 5 C.J.Barnett b Tuckett 33 6 *N.W.D.Yardley c Rowan b Tuckett 5 7 †T.G.Evans b Tuckett 16 8 G.H.Pope not out 8 9 A.V.Bedser b Tuckett 0 10 D.V.P.Wright 11 W.E.Hollies Extras b 2, lb 10 12 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 554 (no wicket) 26 FoW (1): 1-75 (1), 2-96 (2), 3-466 (3), 4-515 (4), 5-526 (5), 6-541 (6), 7-554 (7), 8-554 (9) SOUTH AFRICA 1 B.Mitchell st Evans b Compton 46 c Edrich b Wright 80 2 *A.Melville c Bedser b Hollies 117 b Edrich 8 3 K.G.Viljoen b Wright 1 b Edrich 6 4 A.D.Nourse lbw b Wright 61 b Edrich 58 5 O.C.Dawson c Barnett b Hollies 36 c Edrich b Compton 33 6 T.A.Harris st Evans b Compton 30 c Yardley b Compton 3 7 A.M.B.Rowan b Wright 8 not out 38 8 L.Tuckett b Wright 5 lbw b Wright 9 9 N.B.F.Mann b Wright 4 b Wright 5 10 †J.D.Lindsay not out 7 c Yardley b Wright 5 11 V.I.Smith c Edrich b Pope 11 c Edrich b Wright 0 Extras lb 1 1 b 3, lb 4 7 —— —— 327 252 FoW (1): 1-95 (1), 2-104 (3), 3-222 (2), 4-230 (4), 5-290 (6), 6-300 (5), 7-302 (7), 8-308 (9), 9-309 (8), 10-327 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (2), 2-28 (3), 3-120 (4), 4-192 (1), 5-192 (5), 6-201 (6), 7-224 (8), 8-236 (9), 9-252 (10), 10-252 (11) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 47 8 115 5 3 0 4 0 Dawson 33 11 81 1 6 2 6 0 Mann 53 16 99 1 3.1 1 16 0 Rowan 65 11 174 1 Smith 17 2 73 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 9 1 22 0 (4) 13 5 31 3 Bedser 26 1 76 0 14 6 20 0 Pope 19.2 5 49 1 (1) 17 7 36 0 Wright 39 10 95 5 (3) 32.2 6 80 5 Hollies 28 10 52 2 (6) 20 7 32 0 Compton 21 11 32 2 (5) 31 10 46 2 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and D.Davies. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 312-2 (Edrich 109*, Compton 110*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 167-2 (Melville 96*, Nourse 24*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 120-2 (Mitchell 47*, Nourse 58*). W.J.Edrich’s 189 took 353 minutes and included 26 fours and 1 six. D.C.S.Compton’s 208 took 352 minutes and included 20 fours. A.Melville’s 117 took 220 minutes and included 13 fours. 221