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Sat, 05 Jul - Wed, 09 Jul 1947 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Old Trafford, Manchester
England won by 7 wickets
England
554/10 (20.00)
South Africa
659/0 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Best Average
Doug Wright
20.666666
Bill Edrich
21.500000
Cliff Gladwin
28.666666
Ken Cranston
32.000000
Tufty Mann
34.666666
Most Wickets
Bill Edrich
8
Lindsay Tuckett
4
Jack Plimsoll
3
Doug Wright
3
Cliff Gladwin
3
Tufty Mann
3
Ossie Dawson
2
Best Bowling Fig
Bill Edrich
4
Lindsay Tuckett
4
Jack Plimsoll
3
Doug Wright
3
Ken Cranston
2
Most Runs Conceed
Lindsay Tuckett
174
Bill Edrich
172
Jack Plimsoll
143
Tufty Mann
104
Eric Hollies
91
Best Bowling Fig
Cliff Gladwin
2
Tufty Mann
2
Athol Rowan
1
Eric Hollies
1
Denis Compton
1
Best Economy
Cliff Gladwin
1.303030
Charlie Barnett
1.769230
Ken Cranston
1.882352
Tufty Mann
2.122448
Eric Hollies
2.459459
Highest Score
Bill Edrich
191
Dudley Nourse
115
Denis Compton
115
Ken Viljoen
93
Bruce Mitchell
80
Most Runs
Bill Edrich
213
Dudley Nourse
138
Ken Viljoen
125
Denis Compton
121
Bruce Mitchell
86
Best Averages
Bill Edrich
213.000000
Dudley Nourse
69.000000
Ken Viljoen
62.500000
Denis Compton
60.500000
Bruce Mitchell
43.000000
Most 50s
Bruce Mitchell
2
Ken Viljoen
2
Alan Melville
2
Dennis Dyer
2
Most Wickets
Athol Rowan
1
Best Bowling Fig
Ossie Dawson
1
Most Not Outs
Charlie Barnett
2
Bill Edrich
2
Johnny Lindsay
2
Jack Plimsoll
2
Most Runs Conceed
Cliff Gladwin
86
Denis Compton
85
Most Not Outs
Doug Wright
1
Best Averages
Norman Yardley
41.000000
Alan Melville
38.000000
Most 100s
Denis Compton
2
Bill Edrich
2
Dudley Nourse
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Lindsay Tuckett
148
Jack Plimsoll
128
Bill Edrich
95
Tufty Mann
85
Ken Cranston
64
Best Economy
Bill Edrich
2.991304
Lindsay Tuckett
3.163636
Best Strike Rate
Lindsay Tuckett
82.5
Tufty Mann
98
Ken Cranston
102
Highest Score
Dennis Dyer
62
Alan Melville
59
Norman Yardley
41
Most sixes
Bill Edrich
3
Dudley Nourse
2
Most Runs
Alan Melville
76
Cyril Washbrook
69
Most Ducks
Johnny Lindsay
2
Athol Rowan
2
Best Average
Ossie Dawson
41.000000
Lindsay Tuckett
43.500000
Best Strike Rate
Doug Wright
38
Bill Edrich
43.125
Ossie Dawson
70.5
Jack Plimsoll
78.6
Worst Bowling Fig
Athol Rowan
63
Cliff Gladwin
58
Denis Compton
58
Most Fours
Bill Edrich
22
Denis Compton
17
Dudley Nourse
13