First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

YORKSHIRE v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, July 19, 21, 22, 1947. Match drawn. SOUTH AFRICANS 1 *A.Melville c Coxon b Robinson 28 2 D.V.Dyer lbw b Bowes 10 lbw b Wardle 36 3 B.Mitchell c Brennan b Bowes 47 not out 41 4 A.D.Nourse lbw b Bowes 1 c Hutton b Wardle 0 5 K.G.Viljoen lbw b Robinson 39 not out 27 6 O.C.Dawson st Brennan b Wardle 38 7 †G.M.Fullerton c Smailes b Coxon 50 (1) b Wardle 42 8 A.M.B.Rowan c Smailes b Wardle 38 9 N.B.F.Mann c Hutton b Bowes 7 10 J.B.Plimsoll b Robinson 17 11 V.I.Smith not out 2 Extras lb 1, nb 1 2 lb 1 1 —— —— 279 (3 wickets) 147 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-67, 3-68, 4-97, 5-133, 6-181, 7-223, 8-236, 9-236, 10-279 FoW (2): 1-76, 2-85, 3-85 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Mann b Smith 137 2 W.G.Keighley c Fullerton b Dawson 51 3 G.A.Smithson c and b Rowan 35 4 N.W.D.Yardley c Dyer b Smith 11 5 A.Coxon c Mitchell b Rowan 12 6 T.F.Smailes b Smith 19 7 J.H.Wardle c Mitchell b Smith 18 8 †D.V.Brennan c Nourse b Smith 7 9 E.P.Robinson c Plimsoll b Rowan 3 10 W.E.Bowes not out 5 11 *A.B.Sellers b Rowan 0 Extras b 1, lb 9 10 —— 308 FoW (1): 1-169, 2-204, 3-224, 4-251, 5-256, 6-279, 7-292, 8-297, 9-306, 10-308 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Bowes 32 13 36 4 5 1 14 0 Coxon 27 8 56 1 5 0 14 0 Smailes 17 4 36 0 Yardley 4 1 8 0 Wardle 22.3 9 55 2 21 3 59 3 Robinson 32 8 86 3 1nb (4) 16 4 31 0 Keighley (3) 3 0 8 0 Hutton (6) 4 1 20 0 South Africans Bowling O M R W Plimsoll 31 5 86 0 Dawson 11 4 21 1 Mann 33 11 47 0 Smith 48 14 105 5 Rowan 22.3 4 39 4 Umpires: J.J.Hills and A.Mitchison. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 279 all out; 2nd day: Yorkshire (1) 171-1 (Hutton 117*, Smithson 1*). L.Hutton’s 137 took 210 minutes and included 13 fours. 296