South Africa in England Test Series

07 Jun - 16 Aug 1947

3-0 (5)
England
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Runs 753 Denis Compton 621 Dudley Nourse 597 Bruce Mitchell 569 Alan Melville 552 Bill Edrich
Highest Score 208 Denis Compton 191 Bill Edrich 189 Bruce Mitchell 189 Alan Melville 149 Dudley Nourse
Best Strike Rate 54.5 Tufty Mann 43.5 Lindsay Tuckett 12 Ian Smith 2.84 Sir Leonard Hutton
Most sixes 4 Bill Edrich 3 Dudley Nourse 2 Jack Martin 1 Sir Leonard Hutton 1 Alan Melville
Most Fours 72 Denis Compton 56 Bill Edrich 44 Alan Melville 40 Dudley Nourse 14 Bruce Mitchell
Best Averages 110.4 Bill Edrich 94.12 Denis Compton 69 Dudley Nourse 68 Dick Howorth 67 Cliff Gladwin
Most 50s 10 Sir Leonard Hutton 10 Cyril Washbrook 10 Bruce Mitchell 10 Ken Viljoen 10 Alan Melville
Most 100s 10 Sir Leonard Hutton 10 Bruce Mitchell 10 Alan Melville 9 Dudley Nourse 8 Denis Compton