Test Match #285 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1947 England v South Africa - 1st Test
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
7th June, 1947
 
England 208 & 551
South Africa 533 & 166/1
Match drawn

 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bruce Mitchell b Bedser 14    0  0   2.63%
Alan Melville* b Martin 189    16  1   35.46%
Kenneth Viljoen lbw b Edrich 10    0  0   1.88%
Dudley Nourse b Hollies 149    15  1   27.95%
Oscar Dawson st †Evans b Hollies 48    0  0   9.01%
Trevor Harris c Hutton b Hollies 60    9  0   11.26%
Athol Rowan not out 34    0  0   6.38%
Lindsay Tuckett lbw b Hollies 0    0  0  
Norman Mann b Bedser 8    0  0   1.50%
John Lindsay b Bedser 0    0  0  
Vivian Smith c Yardley b Hollies 1    0  0   0.19%
Extras (b 7, lb 12, w 1) 20  
Total All Out   (196.3 overs @ 2.71 rpo) 533
Fall of Wickets
 
1-23 Mitchell, 2-44 Viljoen, 3-363 Nourse, 4-384 Melville, 5-450 Dawson, 6-505 Harris,
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7-505 Tuckett, 8-528 Mann, 9-530 Lindsay, 10-533 Smith
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
John Martin 36.0 4 111 1 3.08 10.00
Alec Bedser 57.1 14 106 3 1.85 30.00
William Edrich 20.0 8 56 1 2.80 10.00
Eric Hollies 55.2 16 123 5 2.22 50.00
Cecil Cook 21.0 4 87 0 4.14
Norman Yardley 5.0 0 24 0 4.80
Denis Compton 2.0 1 6 0 3.00
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Leonard Hutton lbw b Rowan 17    0  0   8.17%
Cyril Washbrook lbw b Tuckett 25    0  0   12.02%
William Edrich b Smith 57    1  0   27.40%
Denis Compton c Mitchell b Tuckett 65    1  0   31.25%
Horace Dollery b Dawson 9    0  0   4.33%
Norman Yardley* lbw b Tuckett 22    0  0   10.58%
Godfrey Evans st †Lindsay b Smith 2    0  0   0.96%
Alec Bedser c Melville b Smith 7    0  0   3.37%
Cecil Cook b Tuckett 0    0  0  
John Martin c †Lindsay b Tuckett 0    0  0  
Eric Hollies not out 0    0  0  
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1) 4  
Total All Out   (113.1 overs @ 1.84 rpo) 208
Fall of Wickets
 
1-40 Hutton, 2-48 Washbrook, 3-154 Compton, 4-165 Dollery, 5-198 Edrich, 6-198 Yardley,
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7-207 Bedser, 8-208 Cook, 9-208 Martin, 10-208 Evans
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Lindsay Tuckett 37.0 9 68 5 1.84 50.00
Oscar Dawson 13.0 2 35 1 2.69 10.00
Athol Rowan 16.0 6 45 1 2.81 10.00
Norman Mann 20.0 13 10 0 0.50
Vivian Smith 27.1 10 46 3 1.69 30.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Leonard Hutton b Tuckett 9    0  0   1.63%
Cyril Washbrook c †Lindsay b Rowan 59    2  0   10.71%
William Edrich b Smith 50    7  0   9.07%
Denis Compton c Mitchell b Mann 163    19  0   29.58%
Horace Dollery c & b Dawson 17    0  0   3.09%
Norman Yardley* c Tuckett b Dawson 99    10  0   17.97%
Godfrey Evans c & b Smith 74    14  0   13.43%
Alec Bedser c Harris b Smith 2    0  0   0.36%
Cecil Cook c Dawson b Smith 4    0  0   0.73%
Eric Hollies not out 18    0  0   3.27%
John Martin b Rowan 26    0  0   4.72%
Extras (b 15, lb 13, w 2) 30  
Total All Out   (226.2 overs @ 2.43 rpo) 551
Fall of Wickets
 
1-20 Hutton, 2-116 Edrich, 3-133 Washbrook, 4-170 Dollery, 5-407 Compton,
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6-434 Yardley, 7-472 Bedser, 8-499 Evans, 9-500 Cook, 10-551 Martin
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Lindsay Tuckett 47.0 12 127 1 2.70 10.00
Oscar Dawson 25.0 7 57 2 2.28 20.00
Athol Rowan 43.2 8 100 2 2.31 20.00
Norman Mann 60.0 22 94 1 1.57 10.00
Vivian Smith 51.0 15 143 4 2.80 40.00
 
 
South Africa   2nd Innings  (target 227)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bruce Mitchell c †Evans b Bedser 4    0  0   2.41%
Alan Melville* not out 104    15  0   62.65%
Kenneth Viljoen not out 51    5  0   30.72%
Extras (b 1, w 5, nb 1) 7  
Total 1 wickets   (51.0 overs @ 3.25 rpo) 166
 
Did not Bat
 
Dudley Nourse, Oscar Dawson, Trevor Harris, Athol Rowan, Lindsay Tuckett, Norman Mann,
 
John Lindsay†, Vivian Smith
Fall of Wickets
 
1-21 Mitchell
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
John Martin 9.0 2 18 0 2.00
Alec Bedser 14.0 3 31 1 2.21 10.00
William Edrich 4.0 0 8 0 2.00
Eric Hollies 9.0 1 33 0 3.67
Cecil Cook 9.0 0 40 0 4.44
Denis Compton 4.0 0 14 0 3.50
Leonard Hutton 2.0 0 15 0 7.50
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1947 England v South Africa - 1st Test
Match No. Test #285
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 376/3 (A Melville 183*, OC Dawson 3*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 154/2 (WJ Edrich 44*, DCS Compton 65*)
Day 3 - England 2nd innings 278/4 (DCS Compton 83*, NWD Yardley 45*)
Day 4 - South Africa 2nd Innings 166/1, 51.0 overs - end of match

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