First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, July 5, 7, 8, 9, 1947. England won by seven wickets. SOUTH AFRICA 1 *A.Melville c Hutton b Gladwin 17 b Edrich 59 2 D.V.Dyer b Edrich 62 b Gladwin 1 3 B.Mitchell run out 80 c Hutton b Compton 6 4 A.D.Nourse c Yardley b Cranston 23 b Edrich 115 5 K.G.Viljoen c Compton b Edrich 93 c Hutton b Wright 32 6 O.C.Dawson b Cranston 1 b Edrich 9 7 A.M.B.Rowan lbw b Hollies 13 c Evans b Wright 0 8 L.Tuckett b Edrich 13 lbw b Edrich 17 9 N.B.F.Mann c Hollies b Gladwin 8 c Barnett b Wright 9 10 †J.D.Lindsay not out 9 b Hollies 0 11 J.B.Plimsoll c Evans b Edrich 8 not out 8 Extras b 3, lb 9 12 b 5, lb 5, nb 1 11 —— —— 339 267 FoW (1): 1-32 (1), 2-125 (2), 3-163 (4), 4-214 (3), 5-215 (6), 6-260 (7), 7-287 (8), 8-298 (9), 9-327 (5), 10-339 (11) FoW (2): 1-12 (2), 2-42 (3), 3-96 (1), 4-217 (5), 5-225 (4), 6-228 (7), 7-232 (6), 8-244 (9), 9-244 (10), 10-267 (8) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Lindsay b Plimsoll 12 c Dawson b Mann 24 2 C.Washbrook c Nourse b Tuckett 29 c Lindsay b Dawson 40 3 W.J.Edrich b Tuckett 191 not out 22 4 D.C.S.Compton c Tuckett b Dawson 115 hit wkt b Mann 6 5 C.J.Barnett c sub (T.A.Harris) b Mann 5 not out 19 6 *N.W.D.Yardley c Melville b Plimsoll 41 7 K.Cranston c Dawson b Rowan 23 8 †T.G.Evans b Tuckett 27 9 C.Gladwin b Tuckett 16 10 D.V.P.Wright not out 4 11 W.E.Hollies c Nourse b Plimsoll 5 Extras b 2, lb 7, nb 1 10 b 9, lb 8, nb 2 19 —— —— 478 (3 wickets) 130 FoW (1): 1-40 (1), 2-48 (2), 3-276 (4), 4-289 (5), 5-363 (6), 6-415 (3), 7-439 (7), 8-466 (8), 9-471 (9), 10-478 (11) FoW (2): 1-63 (2), 2-80 (1), 3-103 (4) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 35.1 9 95 4 22.4 4 77 4 Gladwin 50 24 58 2 16 6 28 1 Cranston 34 12 64 2 Barnett 8 3 11 0 (5) 5 1 12 0 Wright 9 1 30 0 (6) 10 2 32 3 1nb Hollies 23 8 42 1 (3) 14 4 49 1 Compton 7 1 27 0 (4) 17 2 58 1 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 50 5 148 4 1nb 5 0 26 0 Plimsoll 35.3 9 128 3 4 0 15 0 Rowan 17 1 63 1 (5) 4 0 13 0 Mann 35 12 85 1 (3) 14 8 19 2 2nb Dawson 14 2 44 1 (4) 9.5 2 38 1 Umpires: F.Chester and C.A.R.Coleman. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 278-6 (Viljoen 66*, Tuckett 6*); 2nd day: England (1) 311-4 (Edrich 141*, Yardley 1*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 14-1 (Melville 12*, Mitchell 0*). W.J.Edrich’s 191 took 314 minutes and included 22 fours and 3 sixes. D.C.S.Compton’s 115 took 191 minutes and included 17 fours. A.D.Nourse’s 115 took 151 minutes and included 13 fours and 2 sixes. 256