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Test Match - England v South Africa - Nottingham
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Match Date
7th June, 1947
Series Batting & Bowling Analysis
Series
1947 England v South Africa
- 1st Test
Test #
285
Venue
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Match Conditions
Day Match
Partnerships
Toss
South Africa
Result
Match drawn
Player of Match
No Award
South Africa 1st Innings
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of 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
7-505 Tuckett
8-528 Mann
9-530 Lindsay
10-533 Smith
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of 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%
William 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
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of 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
William 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
7-207 Bedser
8-208 Cook
9-208 Martin
10-208 Evans
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of 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
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of 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%
William 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
6-434 Yardley
7-472 Bedser
8-499 Evans
9-500 Cook
10-551 Martin
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of 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)
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of 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%
Dudley Nourse
Oscar Dawson
Trevor Harris
Athol Rowan
Lindsay Tuckett
Norman Mann
John Lindsay
†
Vivian Smith
Extras
(b 1, w 5, nb 1)
7
Total
1 wickets
 (51.0 overs @ 3.25 rpo)
166
Fall of Wickets
1-21 Mitchell
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of 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
William 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
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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