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1st Test-South Africa in England Test Series 1947

RESULTTESTTrent Bridge, NottinghamSat, 07 Jun - Wed, 11 Jun 1947 - 14:30

ENG

England

645/10 (20.00)

South Africa

317/0 (20.00)

Match drawn

SASouth Africa innings

317/0 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Bruce Mitchell b Bedser	14	0	40	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Alan Melville (c) b Martin	189	0	364	16	1	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ken Viljoen lbw b Edrich	10	0	44	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Dudley Nourse b Hollies	149	0	244	15	1	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ossie Dawson st (wk)Evans b Hollies	48	0	101	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Tony Harris c Hutton b Hollies	60	0	133	9	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Athol Rowan not out	34	0	102	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Lindsay Tuckett lbw b Hollies	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Tufty Mann b Bedser	8	0	18	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Johnny Lindsay (WK) b Bedser	0	0	7	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ian Smith c Yardley b Hollies	1	0	7	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 7, lb 12, w 1)	20
Total 533 196.3 Ov (RR: 2.71)	533	0		40	2

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Jack Martin	36.00	4	111	1	3.08	In 1947	Career
Alec Bedser	57.10	14	106	3	1.85	In 1947	Career
Bill Edrich	20.00	8	56	1	2.80	In 1947	Career
Eric Hollies	55.20	16	123	5	2.22	In 1947	Career
Sam Cook	21.00	4	87	0	4.14	In 1947	Career
Norman Yardley	5.00	0	24	0	4.80	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton	2.00	1	6	0	3.00	In 1947	Career

ENGEngland innings

645/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Leonard Hutton lbw b Rowan	17	0	46	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Cyril Washbrook lbw b Tuckett	25	0	60	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Bill Edrich b Smith	57	0	205	1	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton c Mitchell b Tuckett	65	0	135	1	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Tom Dollery b Dawson	9	0	13	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Norman Yardley (c) lbw b Tuckett	22	0	45	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Godfrey Evans (WK) st (wk)Lindsay b Smith	2	0	21	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Alec Bedser c Melville b Smith	7	0	8	0	1	0.00	In 1947	Career
Sam Cook b Tuckett	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Jack Martin c (wk)Lindsay b Tuckett	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Eric Hollies not out	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1)	4
Total 208 113.1 Ov (RR: 1.83)	208	0		2	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Lindsay Tuckett	37.00	9	68	5	1.83	In 1947	Career
Ossie Dawson	13.00	2	35	1	2.69	In 1947	Career
Athol Rowan	16.00	6	45	1	2.81	In 1947	Career
Tufty Mann	20.00	13	10	0	0.50	In 1947	Career
Ian Smith	27.10	10	46	3	1.69	In 1947	Career

SASouth Africa innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Leonard Hutton b Tuckett	9	0	20	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Cyril Washbrook c (wk)Lindsay b Rowan	59	0	150	2	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Bill Edrich b Smith	50	0	109	7	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton c Mitchell b Mann	163	0	290	19	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Tom Dollery c & b Dawson	17	0	47	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Norman Yardley (c) c Tuckett b Dawson	99	0	250	10	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Godfrey Evans (WK) c & b Smith	74	0	76	14	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Alec Bedser c Harris b Smith	2	0	31	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Sam Cook c Dawson b Smith	4	0	19	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Eric Hollies not out	18	0	52	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Jack Martin b Rowan	26	0	49	0	2	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 15, lb 13, w 2)	30
Total 551 226.2 Ov (RR: 2.43)	551	0		52	2

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Lindsay Tuckett	47.00	12	127	1	2.70	In 1947	Career
Ossie Dawson	25.00	7	57	2	2.28	In 1947	Career
Athol Rowan	43.20	8	100	2	2.30	In 1947	Career
Tufty Mann	60.00	22	94	1	1.56	In 1947	Career
Ian Smith	51.00	15	143	4	2.80	In 1947	Career

ENGEngland innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Bruce Mitchell c (wk)Evans b Bedser	4	0	22	0	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Alan Melville (c) not out	104	0	160	15	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Ken Viljoen not out	51	0	137	5	0	0.00	In 1947	Career
Extras (b 1, nb 1, w 5)	7
Total 166/1 51 Ov (RR: 3.25)	166	0		20	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Jack Martin	9.00	2	18	0	2.00	In 1947	Career
Alec Bedser	14.00	3	31	1	2.21	In 1947	Career
Bill Edrich	4.00	0	8	0	2.00	In 1947	Career
Eric Hollies	9.00	1	33	0	3.66	In 1947	Career
Sam Cook	9.00	0	40	0	4.44	In 1947	Career
Denis Compton	4.00	0	14	0	3.50	In 1947	Career
Leonard Hutton	2.00	0	15	0	7.50	In 1947	Career