First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LANCASHIRE v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, August 9, 11, 12, 1947. Match drawn. LANCASHIRE 1 C.Washbrook c Nourse b Dawson 128 c Fullerton b Plimsoll 57 2 W.Place b Dawson 1 c Fullerton b Dawson 22 3 J.T.Ikin b Dawson 14 b Dawson 31 4 G.A.Edrich run out 3 c Begbie b Dawson 43 5 A.Wharton c Nourse b Dawson 0 run out 32 6 *K.Cranston b Tuckett 27 (9) not out 20 7 B.J.Howard c Fullerton b Tuckett 1 (6) b Plimsoll 2 8 R.Pollard run out 16 (7) b Tuckett 12 9 J.B.Bowes not out 17 (8) b Tuckett 5 10 †A.Barlow b Tuckett 5 not out 4 11 W.B.Roberts b Tuckett 0 Extras b 5, w 1 6 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 218 (8 wickets, declared) 233 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-58, 3-68, 4-69, 5-150, 6-152, 7-190, 8-201, 9-212, 10-218 FoW (2): 1-54, 2-86, 3-140, 4-179, 5-192, 6-192, 7-207, 8-214 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 B.Mitchell b Bowes 131 2 *A.Melville c and b Bowes 52 3 D.W.Begbie c Place b Bowes 0 (1) not out 10 4 A.D.Nourse b Cranston 20 5 O.C.Dawson c Barlow b Bowes 13 6 T.A.Harris b Pollard 10 7 †G.M.Fullerton lbw b Cranston 43 (2) not out 20 8 N.B.F.Mann c and b Cranston 0 9 L.Tuckett not out 37 10 J.B.Plimsoll c Howard b Cranston 9 11 V.I.Smith c Place b Cranston 1 Extras b 16, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 22 —— —— 338 (no wicket) 30 FoW (1): 1-104, 2-104, 3-144, 4-165, 5-188, 6-277, 7-277, 8-302, 9-327, 10-338 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 21.1 5 66 4 34 8 91 2 Dawson 36 7 88 4 38 16 70 3 Plimsoll 28 9 49 0 (4) 27 8 53 2 Mann 4 1 9 0 (5) 2 0 8 0 Smith (3) 3 1 6 0 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pollard 33 8 65 1 2 1 2 0 Bowes 41 5 103 4 1 0 3 0 Ikin 21 1 64 0 Cranston 35.5 13 69 5 Roberts 14 6 15 0 Washbrook (3) 2 0 12 0 Place (4) 2 0 13 0 Umpires: D.Davies and A.Mitchison. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: South Africans (1) 84-0 (Mitchell 33*, Melville 45*); 2nd day: Lancashire (2) 46-0 (Washbrook 26*, Place 20*). C.Washbrook’s 128 took 210 minutes and included 16 fours. B.Mitchell’s 131 took 380 minutes. 338