- Test no. 287 | 1947 season
- Played at Old Trafford, Manchester
- 5,7,8,9 July 1947 (4-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| A Melville* | c Hutton b Gladwin | 17 | 48 | 0 | |||
| DV Dyer | b Edrich | 62 | 177 | 0 | |||
| B Mitchell | run out | 80 | 223 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | c Yardley b Cranston | 23 | 36 | 0 | |||
| KG Viljoen | c Compton b Edrich | 93 | 243 | 0 | |||
| OC Dawson | b Cranston | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AMB Rowan | lbw b Hollies | 13 | 54 | 0 | |||
| L Tuckett | b Edrich | 13 | 59 | 0 | |||
| NBF Mann | c Hollies b Gladwin | 8 | 21 | 0 | |||
| JD Lindsay† | not out | 9 | 57 | 0 | |||
| JB Plimsoll | c †Evans b Edrich | 8 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 9) | 12 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 166.1 overs) | 339 | (2.04 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-32 (Melville), 2-125 (Dyer), 3-163 (Nourse), 4-214 (Mitchell), 5-215 (Dawson), 6-260 (Rowan), 7-287 (Tuckett), 8-298 (Mann), 9-327 (Viljoen), 10-339 (Plimsoll) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WJ Edrich | 35.1 | 9 | 95 | 4 | 2.70 | |||
| C Gladwin | 50 | 24 | 58 | 2 | 1.16 | |||
| K Cranston | 34 | 12 | 64 | 2 | 1.88 | |||
| CJ Barnett | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1.37 | |||
| DVP Wright | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3.33 | |||
| WE Hollies | 23 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 1.82 | |||
| DCS Compton | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3.85 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | c †Lindsay b Plimsoll | 12 | 32 | 0 | |||
| C Washbrook | c Nourse b Tuckett | 29 | 46 | 0 | |||
| WJ Edrich | b Tuckett | 191 | 317 | 22 | 3 | ||
| DCS Compton | c Tuckett b Dawson | 115 | 195 | 17 | 0 | ||
| CJ Barnett | c sub b Mann | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||
| NWD Yardley* | c Melville b Plimsoll | 41 | 61 | 0 | |||
| K Cranston | c Dawson b Rowan | 23 | 55 | 0 | |||
| TG Evans† | b Tuckett | 27 | 46 | 0 | |||
| C Gladwin | b Tuckett | 16 | 36 | 0 | |||
| DVP Wright | not out | 4 | 24 | 0 | |||
| WE Hollies | c Nourse b Plimsoll | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 1) | 10 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 151.3 overs) | 478 | (3.15 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-40 (Hutton), 2-48 (Washbrook), 3-276 (Compton), 4-289 (Barnett), 5-363 (Yardley), 6-415 (Edrich), 7-439 (Cranston), 8-466 (Evans), 9-471 (Gladwin), 10-478 (Hollies) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 50 | 5 | 148 | 4 | 2.96 | |||
| JB Plimsoll | 35.3 | 9 | 128 | 3 | 3.60 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 17 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 3.70 | |||
| NBF Mann | 35 | 12 | 85 | 1 | 2.42 | |||
| OC Dawson | 14 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 3.14 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| A Melville* | b Edrich | 59 | 110 | 0 | |||
| DV Dyer | b Gladwin | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| B Mitchell | c Hutton b Compton | 6 | 55 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | b Edrich | 115 | 144 | 13 | 2 | ||
| KG Viljoen | c Hutton b Wright | 32 | 99 | 0 | |||
| OC Dawson | b Edrich | 9 | 19 | 0 | |||
| AMB Rowan | c †Evans b Wright | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L Tuckett | lbw b Edrich | 17 | 39 | 0 | |||
| NBF Mann | c Barnett b Wright | 9 | 14 | 0 | |||
| JD Lindsay† | b Hollies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JB Plimsoll | not out | 8 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 5, nb 1) | 11 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 84.4 overs) | 267 | (3.15 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-12 (Dyer), 2-42 (Mitchell), 3-96 (Melville), 4-217 (Viljoen), 5-225 (Nourse), 6-228 (Rowan), 7-232 (Dawson), 8-244 (Mann), 9-244 (Lindsay), 10-267 (Tuckett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WJ Edrich | 22.4 | 4 | 77 | 4 | 3.39 | |||
| C Gladwin | 16 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1.75 | |||
| CJ Barnett | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 | |||
| DVP Wright | 10 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 3.20 | |||
| WE Hollies | 14 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 3.50 | |||
| DCS Compton | 17 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 3.41 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 129 runs) | R | M | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | c Dawson b Mann | 24 | 71 | 0 | ||
| C Washbrook | c †Lindsay b Dawson | 40 | 53 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | not out | 22 | 50 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | hit wicket b Mann | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| CJ Barnett | not out | 19 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 8, nb 2) | 19 | ||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 36.5 overs) | 130 | (3.52 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat NWD Yardley*, K Cranston, TG Evans†, C Gladwin, DVP Wright, WE Hollies |
| Fall of wickets1-63 (Washbrook), 2-80 (Hutton), 3-103 (Compton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | |||
| JB Plimsoll | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | |||
| NBF Mann | 14 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1.35 | |||
| OC Dawson | 9.5 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Test debuts
K Cranston and
C Gladwin
(England);
DV Dyer and
JB Plimsoll
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
F Chester and CAR Coleman |
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Close of play 5 Jul day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 278/6 (KG Viljoen 66*, L Tuckett 6*) 6 Jul rest day 7 Jul day 2 - England 1st innings 311/4 (WJ Edrich 141*, NWD Yardley 1*) 8 Jul day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 14/1 (A Melville 12*, B Mitchell 0*) 9 Jul day 4 - England 2nd innings 130/3 (36.5 ov) - end of match |
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