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3rd Test-South Africa in England Test Series 1947

TESTOld Trafford, ManchesterSat, 05 Jul - Wed, 09 Jul 1947 - 14:30

ENG

England

554/10 (20.00)

South Africa

659/0 (20.00)

England won by 7 wickets

SASouth Africa innings

659/0 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Alan Melville (c) c Hutton b Gladwin	17	0	48	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Dennis Dyer b Edrich	62	0	177	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Bruce Mitchell run out	80	0	223	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Dudley Nourse c Yardley b Cranston	23	0	36	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ken Viljoen c Compton b Edrich	93	0	243	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ossie Dawson b Cranston	1	0	7	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Athol Rowan lbw b Hollies	13	0	54	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Lindsay Tuckett b Edrich	13	0	59	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Tufty Mann c Hollies b Gladwin	8	0	21	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Johnny Lindsay (WK) not out	9	0	57	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Jack Plimsoll c (wk)Evans b Edrich	8	0	16	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 3, lb 9)	12
Total 339 166.1 Ov (RR: 2.04)	339	0		0	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Bill Edrich	35.10	9	95	4	2.70	In 1947	Career
Cliff Gladwin	50.00	24	58	2	1.16	In 1947	Career
Ken Cranston	34.00	12	64	2	1.88	In 1947	Career
Charlie Barnett	8.00	3	11	0	1.37	In 1947	Career
Doug Wright	9.00	1	30	0	3.33	In 1947	Career
Eric Hollies	23.00	8	42	1	1.82	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton	7.00	1	27	0	3.85	In 1947	Career

ENGEngland innings

554/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Leonard Hutton c (wk)Lindsay b Plimsoll	12	0	32	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Cyril Washbrook c Nourse b Tuckett	29	0	46	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Bill Edrich b Tuckett	191	0	317	22	3	0.00	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton c Tuckett b Dawson	115	0	195	17	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Charlie Barnett c sub b Mann	5	0	11	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Norman Yardley (c) c Melville b Plimsoll	41	0	61	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ken Cranston c Dawson b Rowan	23	0	55	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Godfrey Evans (WK) b Tuckett	27	0	46	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Cliff Gladwin b Tuckett	16	0	36	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Doug Wright not out	4	0	24	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Eric Hollies c Nourse b Plimsoll	5	0	12	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 1)	10
Total 478 151.3 Ov (RR: 3.15)	478	0		39	3

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Lindsay Tuckett	50.00	5	148	4	2.96	In 1947	Career
Jack Plimsoll	35.30	9	128	3	3.60	In 1947	Career
Athol Rowan	17.00	1	63	1	3.70	In 1947	Career
Tufty Mann	35.00	12	85	1	2.42	In 1947	Career
Ossie Dawson	14.00	2	44	1	3.14	In 1947	Career

SASouth Africa innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Alan Melville (c) b Edrich	59	0	110	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Dennis Dyer b Gladwin	1	0	19	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Bruce Mitchell c Hutton b Compton	6	0	55	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Dudley Nourse b Edrich	115	0	144	13	2	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ken Viljoen c Hutton b Wright	32	0	99	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ossie Dawson b Edrich	9	0	19	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Athol Rowan c (wk)Evans b Wright	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Lindsay Tuckett lbw b Edrich	17	0	39	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Tufty Mann c Barnett b Wright	9	0	14	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Johnny Lindsay (WK) b Hollies	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Jack Plimsoll not out	8	0	17	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 5, lb 5, nb 1)	11
Total 267 84.4 Ov (RR: 3.15)	267	0		13	2

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Bill Edrich	22.40	4	77	4	3.39	In 1947	Career
Cliff Gladwin	16.00	6	28	1	1.75	In 1947	Career
Charlie Barnett	5.00	1	12	0	2.40	In 1947	Career
Doug Wright	10.00	2	32	3	3.20	In 1947	Career
Eric Hollies	14.00	4	49	1	3.50	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton	17.00	2	58	1	3.41	In 1947	Career

ENGEngland innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Leonard Hutton c Dawson b Mann	24	0	71	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Cyril Washbrook c (wk)Lindsay b Dawson	40	0	53	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Bill Edrich not out	22	0	50	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton hit wicket b Mann	6	0	17	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Charlie Barnett not out	19	0	14	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 9, lb 8, nb 2)	19
Total 130/3 36.5 Ov (RR: 3.52)	130	0		0	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Lindsay Tuckett	5.00	0	26	0	5.20	In 1947	Career
Jack Plimsoll	4.00	0	15	0	3.75	In 1947	Career
Athol Rowan	4.00	0	13	0	3.25	In 1947	Career
Tufty Mann	14.00	8	19	2	1.35	In 1947	Career
Ossie Dawson	9.50	2	38	1	3.86	In 1947	Career