First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SUSSEX v SOUTH AFRICANS Played at County Ground, Hove, August 30, September 1, 2, 1947. Match drawn. SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge lbw b Tuckett 57 b Mann 40 2 H.W.Parks c Ovenstone b Rowan 140 b Mann 60 3 C.Oakes b Tuckett 3 b Plimsoll 17 4 J.Langridge c Viljoen b Rowan 7 c Mitchell b Rowan 55 5 G.Cox c and b Tuckett 132 c Ovenstone b Tuckett 0 6 *H.T.Bartlett not out 66 (7) b Tuckett 28 7 J.Y.Oakes not out 2 (6) c Mitchell b Tuckett 0 8 †S.C.Griffith c Payn b Plimsoll 25 9 P.A.H.Carey c Mitchell b Viljoen 37 10 J.K.Nye b Plimsoll 0 11 J.H.Cornford not out 1 Extras b 1, lb 7 8 b 12, lb 4, nb 2 18 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 415 281 FoW (1): 1-111, 2-123, 3-140, 4-285, 5-408 FoW (2): 1-97, 2-114, 3-149, 4-150, 5-154, 6-213, 7-220, 8-263, 9-263, 10-281 SOUTH AFRICANS 1 B.Mitchell c Griffith b Cornford 41 2 D.V.Dyer b C.Oakes 54 3 A.M.B.Rowan b C.Oakes 30 (1) not out 26 4 K.G.Viljoen c and b J.Y.Oakes 201 5 T.A.Harris run out 71 6 *A.Melville not out 114 7 †D.M.Ovenstone b Carey 0 8 N.B.F.Mann not out 33 9 L.W.Payn (2) not out 14 10 L.Tuckett 11 J.B.Plimsoll Extras lb 8, w 3 11 lb 5 5 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 555 (no wicket) 45 FoW (1): 1-81, 2-123, 3-140, 4-288, 5-502, 6-503 South Africans Bowling O M R W O M R W Tuckett 31 1 112 3 24 10 34 3 Plimsoll 32 6 90 0 28 4 86 3 Rowan 44 13 114 2 (4) 18 4 59 1 Mann 24 8 60 0 (3) 25 8 57 2 Payn 9 2 31 0 4 1 16 0 Viljoen (6) 1.4 0 11 1 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Nye 15 1 76 0 Cornford 32 2 136 1 Carey 25 1 147 1 Cox 29 7 92 0 C.Oakes 11 0 51 2 J.Y.Oakes 8 1 38 1 J.G.Langridge 1 0 4 0 (2) 2 0 11 0 Griffith (1) 3 0 23 0 Bartlett (3) 1 0 6 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and J.A.Smart. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 415-5 (Bartlett 66*, J.Y.Oakes 2*); 2nd day: South Africans (1) 555-6 (Melville 114*, Mann 33*). G.Cox’s 132 included 20 fours. K.G.Viljoen’s 201 took 230 minutes and included 28 fours. 393