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Test Match #287 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1947 England v South Africa - 3rd Test
Old Trafford, Manchester
5th July, 1947
 
 England 478 & 130/3
South Africa 339 & 267
England won by 7 wickets

 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Alan Melville* c Hutton b Gladwin 17    0  0   5.01%
Dennis Dyer b Edrich 62    0  0   18.29%
Bruce Mitchell run out 80    0  0   23.60%
Dudley Nourse c Yardley b Cranston 23    0  0   6.78%
Kenneth Viljoen c Compton b Edrich 93    0  0   27.43%
Oscar Dawson b Cranston 1    0  0   0.29%
Athol Rowan lbw b Hollies 13    0  0   3.83%
Lindsay Tuckett b Edrich 13    0  0   3.83%
Norman Mann c Hollies b Gladwin 8    0  0   2.36%
John Lindsay† not out 9    0  0   2.65%
John Plimsoll c †Evans b Edrich 8    0  0   2.36%
Extras (b 3, lb 9) 12  
Total All Out   (166.5 overs @ 2.03 rpo) 339
Fall of Wickets
 
1-32 Melville, 2-125 Dyer, 3-163 Nourse, 4-214 Mitchell, 5-215 Dawson, 6-260 Rowan,
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7-287 Tuckett, 8-298 Mann, 9-327 Viljoen, 10-339 Plimsoll
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
William Edrich 35.1 9 95 4 2.70 40.00
Clifford Gladwin 50.0 24 58 2 1.16 20.00
Kenneth Cranston 34.0 12 64 2 1.88 20.00
Charles Barnett 8.0 3 11 0 1.38
Douglas Wright 9.0 1 30 0 3.33
Eric Hollies 23.0 8 42 1 1.83 10.00
Denis Compton 7.0 1 27 0 3.86
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Leonard Hutton c †Lindsay b Plimsoll 12    0  0   2.51%
Cyril Washbrook c Nourse b Tuckett 29    0  0   6.07%
William Edrich b Tuckett 191    22  3   39.96%
Denis Compton c Tuckett b Dawson 115    17  0   24.06%
Charles Barnett c sub b Mann 5    0  0   1.05%
Norman Yardley* c Melville b Plimsoll 41    0  0   8.58%
Kenneth Cranston c Dawson b Rowan 23    0  0   4.81%
Godfrey Evans† b Tuckett 27    0  0   5.65%
Clifford Gladwin b Tuckett 16    0  0   3.35%
Douglas Wright not out 4    0  0   0.84%
Eric Hollies c Nourse b Plimsoll 5    0  0   1.05%
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 1) 10  
Total All Out   (151.3 overs @ 3.16 rpo) 478
Fall of Wickets
 
1-40 Hutton, 2-48 Washbrook, 3-276 Compton, 4-289 Barnett, 5-363 Yardley,
nbsp;
6-415 Edrich, 7-439 Cranston, 8-466 Evans, 9-471 Gladwin, 10-478 Hollies
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Lindsay Tuckett 50.0 5 148 4 2.96 40.00
John Plimsoll 35.3 9 128 3 3.61 30.00
Athol Rowan 17.0 1 63 1 3.71 10.00
Norman Mann 35.0 12 85 1 2.43 10.00
Oscar Dawson 14.0 2 44 1 3.14 10.00
 
 
South Africa   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Alan Melville* b Edrich 59    0  0   22.10%
Dennis Dyer b Gladwin 1    0  0   0.37%
Bruce Mitchell c Hutton b Compton 6    0  0   2.25%
Dudley Nourse b Edrich 115    13  2   43.07%
Kenneth Viljoen c Hutton b Wright 32    0  0   11.99%
Oscar Dawson b Edrich 9    0  0   3.37%
Athol Rowan c †Evans b Wright 0    0  0  
Lindsay Tuckett lbw b Edrich 17    0  0   6.37%
Norman Mann c Barnett b Wright 9    0  0   3.37%
John Lindsay† b Hollies 0    0  0  
John Plimsoll not out 8    0  0   3.00%
Extras (b 5, lb 5, nb 1) 11  
Total All Out   (84.4 overs @ 3.15 rpo) 267
Fall of Wickets
 
1-12 Dyer, 2-42 Mitchell, 3-96 Melville, 4-217 Viljoen, 5-225 Nourse, 6-228 Rowan,
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7-232 Dawson, 8-244 Mann, 9-244 Lindsay, 10-267 Tuckett
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
William Edrich 22.4 4 77 4 3.40 40.00
Clifford Gladwin 16.0 6 28 1 1.75 10.00
Charles Barnett 5.0 1 12 0 2.40
Douglas Wright 10.0 2 32 3 3.20 30.00
Eric Hollies 14.0 4 49 1 3.50 10.00
Denis Compton 17.0 2 58 1 3.41 10.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 129)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Leonard Hutton c Dawson b Mann 24    0  0   18.46%
Cyril Washbrook c †Lindsay b Dawson 40    0  0   30.77%
William Edrich not out 22    0  0   16.92%
Denis Compton hit wicket b Mann 6    0  0   4.62%
Charles Barnett not out 19    0  0   14.62%
Extras (b 9, lb 8, nb 2) 19  
Total 3 wickets   (36.5 overs @ 3.53 rpo) 130
 
Did not Bat
 
Norman Yardley*, Kenneth Cranston, Godfrey Evans†, Clifford Gladwin,
 
Douglas Wright, Eric Hollies
Fall of Wickets
 
1-63 Washbrook, 2-80 Hutton, 3-103 Compton
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Lindsay Tuckett 5.0 0 26 0 5.20
John Plimsoll 4.0 0 15 0 3.75
Athol Rowan 4.0 0 13 0 3.25
Norman Mann 14.0 8 19 2 1.36 20.00
Oscar Dawson 9.5 2 38 1 3.86 10.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1947 England v South Africa - 3rd Test
Match No. Test #287
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 278/6 (KG Viljoen 66*, L Tuckett 6*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 311/4 (WJ Edrich 141*, NWD Yardley 1*)
Day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 14/1 (A Melville 12*, B Mitchell 0*)
Day 4 - England 2nd Innings 130/3, 36.5 overs - end of match

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