First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Headingley, Leeds, July 26, 28, 29, 1947. England won by ten wickets. SOUTH AFRICA 1 *A.Melville b Edrich 0 c Compton b Young 30 2 D.V.Dyer c Evans b Wright 9 c Yardley b Edrich 2 3 B.Mitchell b Butler 53 b Young 5 4 A.D.Nourse b Butler 51 lbw b Butler 57 5 K.G.Viljoen b Wright 5 lbw b Butler 29 6 O.C.Dawson c Young b Butler 5 b Butler 17 7 †G.M.Fullerton c Cranston b Edrich 13 lbw b Cranston 13 8 A.M.B.Rowan c Yardley b Edrich 0 not out 21 9 N.B.F.Mann c Edrich b Cranston 29 c Evans b Cranston 0 10 L.Tuckett c Evans b Butler 3 b Cranston 0 11 V.I.Smith not out 0 b Cranston 0 Extras lb 5, nb 2 7 b 4, lb 6 10 —— —— 175 184 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-23 (2), 3-113 (3), 4-121 (5), 5-125 (4), 6-130 (6), 7-131 (8), 8-158 (7), 9-175 (10), 10-175 (9) FoW (2): 1-6 (2), 2-16 (3), 3-59 (1), 4-130 (5), 5-139 (4), 6-156 (6), 7-184 (7), 8-184 (9), 9-184 (10), 10-184 (11) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton run out 100 not out 32 2 C.Washbrook b Mann 75 not out 15 3 W.J.Edrich c Melville b Mann 43 4 D.C.S.Compton c Mitchell b Mann 30 5 C.J.Barnett c Tuckett b Rowan 6 6 *N.W.D.Yardley c Nourse b Smith 36 7 K.Cranston c Melville b Mann 3 8 †T.G.Evans not out 6 9 J.A.Young not out 0 10 D.V.P.Wright 11 H.J.Butler Extras b 8, lb 8, nb 2 18 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 317 (no wicket) 47 FoW (1): 1-141 (2), 2-218 (1), 3-241 (3), 4-253 (5), 5-289 (4), 6-306 (7), 7-316 (6) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 28 15 34 4 24 9 32 3 Edrich 17 4 46 3 14 2 35 1 Young 17 5 31 0 19 7 54 2 Wright 20 9 24 2 2nb 14 7 31 0 Cranston 11.1 3 24 1 (6) 7 3 12 4 Compton 4 0 9 0 (5) 2 0 10 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 18 4 48 0 6 1 12 0 Dawson 4 0 12 0 4 1 13 0 Mann 50 20 68 4 1nb 3.4 0 17 0 Smith 36 9 82 1 Rowan 46 12 89 1 1nb Mitchell (4) 2 1 5 0 Umpires: F.Chester and J.J.Hills. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 53-0 (Hutton 32*, Washbrook 21*); 2nd day: England (1) 317-7 (Evans 6*, Young 0*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. L.Hutton’s 100 took 277 minutes. 303