First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Kennington Oval, August 16, 18, 19, 20, 1947. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Mann 83 c Tuckett b Mann 36 2 C.Washbrook lbw b Mann 32 c Fullerton b Rowan 43 3 J.D.B.Robertson c Melville b Smith 4 b Rowan 30 4 D.C.S.Compton c Tuckett b Rowan 53 c Nourse b Dawson 113 5 *N.W.D.Yardley b Mann 59 c sub (D.W.Begbie) b Mann 11 6 K.Cranston st Fullerton b Rowan 45 c Mitchell b Rowan 0 7 R.Howorth c Fullerton b Rowan 23 not out 45 8 †T.G.Evans run out 45 not out 39 9 C.Gladwin not out 51 10 D.V.P.Wright b Mann 14 11 W.H.Copson b Dawson 6 Extras b 4, lb 7, nb 1 12 b 6, w 2 8 —— ——> 427 (6 wickets, declared) 325 FoW (1): 1-63 (2), 2-80 (3), 3-178 (4), 4-178 (1), 5-271 (6), 6-290 (5), 7-322 (7), 8-358 (8), 9-408 (10), 10-427 (11) FoW (2): 1-73 (1), 2-89 (2), 3-158 (3), 4-179 (5), 5-180 (6), 6-267 (4) SOUTH AFRICA 1 B.Mitchell c Evans b Copson 120 not out 189 2 D.V.Dyer c Gladwin b Howorth 18 lbw b Wright 4 3 K.G.Viljoen c Evans b Wright 10 st Evans b Howorth 33 4 A.D.Nourse c Yardley b Howorth 10 b Howorth 97 5 *A.Melville lbw b Cranston 39 c Evans b Cranston 6 6 O.C.Dawson lbw b Wright 55 c Howorth b Cranston 0 7 †G.M.Fullerton c Howorth b Cranston 6 c Evans b Howorth 14 8 A.M.B.Rowan b Howorth 0 9 N.B.F.Mann b Copson 36 (8) c Hutton b Wright 10 10 L.Tuckett not out 0 (9) not out 40 11 V.I.Smith lbw b Copson 0 Extras b 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 8 b 12, lb 14, w 4 30 —— —— 302 (7 wickets) 423 FoW (1): 1-47 (2), 2-62 (3), 3-78 (4), 4-164 (5), 5-243 (6), 6-253 (7), 7-254 (8), 8-293 (1), 9-302 (9), 10-302 (11) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-48 (3), 3-232 (4), 4-247 (5), 5-249 (6), 6-266 (7), 7-314 (8) South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 32 6 82 0 7 0 34 0 2w Dawson 35 5 80 1 15 1 59 1 Mann 64 28 93 4 27 7 102 2 Rowan 38 9 92 3 1nb 25 1 95 3 Smith 21 0 68 1 3 0 27 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Copson 27 13 46 3 30 11 66 0 Gladwin 16 2 39 0 1nb 16 5 33 0 4w Wright 29 7 89 2 1nb 30 8 103 2 Howorth 39 16 64 3 1w 37 12 85 3 Compton 11 4 31 0 (6) 4 0 30 0 Cranston 9 2 25 2 (5) 21 3 61 2 Hutton (7) 2 0 14 0 Yardley (8) 1 0 1 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and J.A.Smart. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 311-6 (Howorth 17*, Evans 10*); 2nd day: South Africa (1) 204-4 (Mitchell 92*, Dawson 28*); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 8-1 (Mitchell 1*). B.Mitchell’s 120 took 381 minutes and included 14 fours. D.C.S.Compton’s 113 took 109 minutes and included 15 fours. B.Mitchell’s 189 took 420 minutes and included 26 fours. 355