- Test no. 286 | 1947 season
- Played at Lord's, London
- 21,23,24,25 June 1947 (4-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| L Hutton | b Rowan | 18 | 110 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 14.87 | |
| C Washbrook | c Tuckett b Dawson | 65 | 140 | 0 | ||||
| WJ Edrich | b Mann | 189 | 361 | 26 | 1 | |||
| DCS Compton | c Rowan b Tuckett | 208 | 354 | 20 | 0 | |||
| CJ Barnett | b Tuckett | 33 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| NWD Yardley* | c Rowan b Tuckett | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| TG Evans† | b Tuckett | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| GH Pope | not out | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| AV Bedser | b Tuckett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 10) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 215 overs) | 554 | (2.57 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DVP Wright, WE Hollies |
| Fall of wickets1-75 (Hutton), 2-96 (Washbrook), 3-466 (Edrich), 4-515 (Compton), 5-526 (Barnett), 6-541 (Yardley), 7-554 (Evans), 8-554 (Bedser) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 47 | 8 | 115 | 5 | 2.44 | |||
| OC Dawson | 33 | 11 | 81 | 1 | 2.45 | |||
| NBF Mann | 53 | 16 | 99 | 1 | 1.86 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 65 | 11 | 174 | 1 | 2.67 | |||
| VI Smith | 17 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 4.29 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | st †Evans b Compton | 46 | 95 | 0 | |||
| A Melville* | c Bedser b Hollies | 117 | 253 | 13 | 0 | ||
| KG Viljoen | b Wright | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AD Nourse | lbw b Wright | 61 | 159 | 0 | |||
| OC Dawson | c Barnett b Hollies | 36 | 103 | 0 | |||
| TA Harris | st †Evans b Compton | 30 | 83 | 0 | |||
| AMB Rowan | b Wright | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||
| L Tuckett | b Wright | 5 | 22 | 0 | |||
| NBF Mann | b Wright | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||
| JD Lindsay† | not out | 7 | 31 | 0 | |||
| VI Smith | c Edrich b Pope | 11 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1) | 1 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 142.2 overs) | 327 | (2.29 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-95 (Mitchell), 2-104 (Viljoen), 3-222 (Melville), 4-230 (Nourse), 5-290 (Harris), 6-300 (Dawson), 7-302 (Rowan), 8-308 (Mann), 9-309 (Tuckett), 10-327 (Smith) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WJ Edrich | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2.44 | |||
| AV Bedser | 26 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 2.92 | |||
| GH Pope | 19.2 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 2.53 | |||
| DVP Wright | 39 | 10 | 95 | 5 | 2.43 | |||
| WE Hollies | 28 | 10 | 52 | 2 | 1.85 | |||
| DCS Compton | 21 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 1.52 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | c Edrich b Wright | 80 | 253 | 0 | |||
| A Melville* | b Edrich | 8 | 36 | 0 | |||
| KG Viljoen | b Edrich | 6 | 15 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | b Edrich | 58 | 102 | 0 | |||
| OC Dawson | c Edrich b Compton | 33 | 99 | 0 | |||
| TA Harris | c Yardley b Compton | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AMB Rowan | not out | 38 | 98 | 0 | |||
| L Tuckett | lbw b Wright | 9 | 37 | 0 | |||
| NBF Mann | b Wright | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||
| JD Lindsay† | c Yardley b Wright | 5 | 36 | 0 | |||
| VI Smith | c Edrich b Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 4) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 127.2 overs) | 252 | (1.97 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-16 (Melville), 2-28 (Viljoen), 3-120 (Nourse), 4-192 (Mitchell), 5-192 (Dawson), 6-201 (Harris), 7-224 (Tuckett), 8-236 (Mann), 9-252 (Lindsay), 10-252 (Smith) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WJ Edrich | 13 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2.38 | |||
| AV Bedser | 14 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1.42 | |||
| GH Pope | 17 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 2.11 | |||
| DVP Wright | 32.2 | 6 | 80 | 5 | 2.47 | |||
| WE Hollies | 20 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1.60 | |||
| DCS Compton | 31 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 1.48 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 26 runs) | R | M | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | not out | 13 | 30 | 0 | ||
| C Washbrook | not out | 13 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Extras | 0 | |||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 12.1 overs) | 26 | (2.13 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat WJ Edrich, DCS Compton, CJ Barnett, NWD Yardley*, TG Evans†, GH Pope, AV Bedser, DVP Wright, WE Hollies |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | |||
| OC Dawson | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | |||
| NBF Mann | 3.1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5.05 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
GH Pope
(England) |
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Umpires
HG Baldwin and D Davies |
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Close of play 21 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 312/2 (WJ Edrich 109*, DCS Compton 110*) 22 Jun rest day 23 Jun day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 167/2 (A Melville 96*, AD Nourse 24*) 24 Jun day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 120/2 (B Mitchell 47*, AD Nourse 58*) 25 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 26/0 (12.1 ov) - end of match |
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