First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

DERBYSHIRE v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at County Ground, Derby, July 16, 17, 18, 1947. South Africans won by three wickets. DERBYSHIRE 1 C.S.Elliott c Fullerton b Smith 56 (2) st Fullerton b Smith 18 2 A.F.Townsend c Mitchell b Dawson 3 (1) b Dawson 0 3 J.D.Eggar c Mitchell b Smith 19 c Melville b Plimsoll 0 4 G.H.Pope b Dawson 5 c Melville b Plimsoll 4 5 †A.E.Alderman st Fullerton b Smith 13 lbw b Plimsoll 6 6 A.C.Revill c Melville b Smith 60 c Fullerton b Smith 1 7 R.M.Watson not out 25 lbw b Smith 1 8 A.E.G.Rhodes c Mitchell b Smith 0 st Fullerton b Smith 0 9 *L.B.Blaxland c Plimsoll b Smith 18 not out 0 10 F.E.Marsh b Rowan 10 b Smith 0 11 W.H.Copson c and b Smith 0 c Melville b Smith 0 Extras b 10, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 15 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— 224 32 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-45, 3-56, 4-78, 5-158, 6-167, 7-169, 8-203, 9-219, 10-224 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-4, 3-12, 4-30, 5-30, 6-31, 7-31, 8-32, 9-32, 10-32 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 B.Mitchell c Blaxland b Pope 23 (2) b Copson 16 2 *A.Melville c Alderman b Pope 7 (1) c Marsh b Pope 2 3 A.M.B.Rowan c Marsh b Pope 5 c Copson b Pope 3 4 A.D.Nourse b Copson 2 (5) b Pope 13 5 O.C.Dawson c Pope b Rhodes 30 (6) b Rhodes 14 6 D.W.Begbie c Watson b Marsh 22 (7) c Rhodes b Pope 11 7 †G.M.Fullerton b Copson 28 (8) not out 23 8 N.B.F.Mann c and b Pope 45 (4) b Pope 0 9 J.B.Plimsoll c Revill b Copson 6 not out 1 10 L.Tuckett c Elliott b Pope 3 11 V.I.Smith not out 0 Extras nb 1 1 nb 2 2 —— —— 172 (7 wickets) 85 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-26, 3-33, 4-53, 5-89, 6-89, 7-152, 8-166, 9-172, 10-172 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-8, 3-8, 4-29, 5-39, 6-51, 7-70 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 16 1 33 0 (2) 13 3 13 3 Dawson 22 8 33 2 (1) 9 3 16 1 Rowan 25 11 48 1 Tuckett 9 1 19 0 Smith 27.2 8 65 7 (3) 4.5 3 1 6 Mann 9 5 11 0 Derbyshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Copson 17.1 6 38 3 14 6 38 1 Pope 24 6 60 5 16.2 5 36 5 Rhodes 14 1 41 1 3 0 9 1 Marsh 7 1 32 1 Umpires: F.Chester and B.Flint. Toss: Derbyshire Close of Play: 1st day: Derbyshire (1) 186-7 (Watson 6*, Blaxland 10*); 2nd day: South Africans (1) 172-9 (Plimsoll 6*, Smith 0*). V.I.Smith took a hat-trick in the Derbyshire second innings (Revill, Marsh, Copson). 279