- Test no. 285 | 1947 season
- Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- 7,9,10,11 June 1947 (4-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | b Bedser | 14 | 40 | 0 | |||
| A Melville* | b Martin | 189 | 364 | 16 | 1 | ||
| KG Viljoen | lbw b Edrich | 10 | 44 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | b Hollies | 149 | 244 | 15 | 1 | ||
| OC Dawson | st †Evans b Hollies | 48 | 101 | 0 | |||
| TA Harris | c Hutton b Hollies | 60 | 133 | 9 | 0 | ||
| AMB Rowan | not out | 34 | 102 | 0 | |||
| L Tuckett | lbw b Hollies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NBF Mann | b Bedser | 8 | 18 | 0 | |||
| JD Lindsay† | b Bedser | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| VI Smith | c Yardley b Hollies | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 12, w 1) | 20 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 196.3 overs) | 533 | (2.71 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-23 (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 | Econ | |||
| JW Martin | 36 | 4 | 111 | 1 | 3.08 | |||
| AV Bedser | 57.1 | 14 | 106 | 3 | 1.85 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 20 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 2.80 | |||
| WE Hollies | 55.2 | 16 | 123 | 5 | 2.22 | |||
| C Cook | 21 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 4.14 | |||
| NWD Yardley | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | |||
| DCS Compton | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | lbw b Rowan | 17 | 46 | 0 | |||
| C Washbrook | lbw b Tuckett | 25 | 60 | 0 | |||
| WJ Edrich | b Smith | 57 | 205 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | c Mitchell b Tuckett | 65 | 135 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HE Dollery | b Dawson | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||
| NWD Yardley* | lbw b Tuckett | 22 | 45 | 0 | |||
| TG Evans† | st †Lindsay b Smith | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AV Bedser | c Melville b Smith | 7 | 8 | 1 | |||
| C Cook | b Tuckett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JW Martin | c †Lindsay b Tuckett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WE Hollies | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, w 1) | 4 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 113.1 overs) | 208 | (1.83 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-40 (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 | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 37 | 9 | 68 | 5 | 1.83 | |||
| OC Dawson | 13 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2.69 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 16 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 2.81 | |||
| NBF Mann | 20 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0.50 | |||
| VI Smith | 27.1 | 10 | 46 | 3 | 1.69 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Tuckett | 9 | 20 | 0 | |||
| C Washbrook | c †Lindsay b Rowan | 59 | 150 | 2 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | b Smith | 50 | 109 | 7 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | c Mitchell b Mann | 163 | 290 | 19 | 0 | ||
| HE Dollery | c & b Dawson | 17 | 47 | 0 | |||
| NWD Yardley* | c Tuckett b Dawson | 99 | 250 | 10 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | c & b Smith | 74 | 76 | 14 | 0 | ||
| AV Bedser | c Harris b Smith | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C Cook | c Dawson b Smith | 4 | 19 | 0 | |||
| WE Hollies | not out | 18 | 52 | 0 | |||
| JW Martin | b Rowan | 26 | 49 | 2 | |||
| Extras | (b 15, lb 13, w 2) | 30 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 226.2 overs) | 551 | (2.43 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-20 (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 | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 47 | 12 | 127 | 1 | 2.70 | |||
| OC Dawson | 25 | 7 | 57 | 2 | 2.28 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 43.2 | 8 | 100 | 2 | 2.30 | |||
| NBF Mann | 60 | 22 | 94 | 1 | 1.56 | |||
| VI Smith | 51 | 15 | 143 | 4 | 2.80 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 227 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | c †Evans b Bedser | 4 | 22 | 0 | |||
| A Melville* | not out | 104 | 160 | 15 | 0 | ||
| KG Viljoen | not out | 51 | 137 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, w 5, nb 1) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 51 overs) | 166 | (3.25 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat AD Nourse, OC Dawson, TA Harris, AMB Rowan, L Tuckett, NBF Mann, JD Lindsay†, VI Smith |
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Mitchell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JW Martin | 9 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| AV Bedser | 14 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 2.21 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| WE Hollies | 9 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| C Cook | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4.44 | |||
| DCS Compton | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| L Hutton | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series 5-match series level 0-0 |
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Test debuts
C Cook,
HE Dollery and
JW Martin
(England);
OC Dawson,
TA Harris,
JD Lindsay,
NBF Mann,
AMB Rowan,
VI Smith and
L Tuckett
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
CAR Coleman and JA Smart |
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Close of play 7 Jun day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 376/3 (A Melville 183*, OC Dawson 3*) 8 Jun rest day 9 Jun day 2 - England 1st innings 154/2 (WJ Edrich 44*, DCS Compton 65*) 10 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 278/4 (DCS Compton 83*, NWD Yardley 45*) 11 Jun day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 166/1 (51 ov) - end of match |
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