- Test no. 288 | 1947 season
- Played at Headingley, Leeds
- 26,28,29 July 1947 (4-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| A Melville* | b Edrich | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DV Dyer | c †Evans b Wright | 9 | 75 | 0 | |||
| B Mitchell | b Butler | 53 | 183 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | b Butler | 51 | 156 | 0 | |||
| KG Viljoen | b Wright | 5 | 22 | 0 | |||
| OC Dawson | c Young b Butler | 5 | 19 | 0 | |||
| GM Fullerton† | c Cranston b Edrich | 13 | 43 | 0 | |||
| AMB Rowan | c Yardley b Edrich | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NBF Mann | c Edrich b Cranston | 29 | 41 | 0 | |||
| L Tuckett | c †Evans b Butler | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| VI Smith | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 2) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 97.1 overs) | 175 | (1.80 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-1 (Melville), 2-23 (Dyer), 3-113 (Mitchell), 4-121 (Viljoen), 5-125 (Nourse), 6-130 (Dawson), 7-131 (Rowan), 8-158 (Fullerton), 9-175 (Tuckett), 10-175 (Mann) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| HJ Butler | 28 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 1.21 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 17 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 2.70 | |||
| JA Young | 17 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 1.82 | |||
| DVP Wright | 20 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1.20 | |||
| K Cranston | 11.1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2.14 | |||
| DCS Compton | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | run out | 100 | 277 | 0 | |||
| C Washbrook | b Mann | 75 | 190 | 10 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | c Melville b Mann | 43 | 107 | 0 | |||
| DCS Compton | c Mitchell b Mann | 30 | 69 | 0 | |||
| CJ Barnett | c Tuckett b Rowan | 6 | 18 | 0 | |||
| NWD Yardley* | c Nourse b Smith | 36 | 68 | 0 | |||
| K Cranston | c Melville b Mann | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | not out | 6 | 24 | 0 | |||
| JA Young | not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 8, nb 2) | 18 | |||||
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| Total | (7 wickets dec; 154 overs) | 317 | (2.05 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat DVP Wright, HJ Butler |
| Fall of wickets1-141 (Washbrook), 2-218 (Hutton), 3-241 (Edrich), 4-253 (Barnett), 5-289 (Compton), 6-306 (Cranston), 7-316 (Yardley) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 18 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 2.66 | |||
| OC Dawson | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| NBF Mann | 50 | 20 | 68 | 4 | 1.36 | |||
| VI Smith | 36 | 9 | 82 | 1 | 2.27 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 46 | 12 | 89 | 1 | 1.93 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| A Melville* | c Compton b Young | 30 | 70 | 0 | ||||
| DV Dyer | c Yardley b Edrich | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| B Mitchell | b Young | 5 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| AD Nourse | lbw b Butler | 57 | 139 | 0 | ||||
| KG Viljoen | lbw b Butler | 29 | 90 | 0 | ||||
| OC Dawson | b Butler | 17 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| GM Fullerton† | lbw b Cranston | 13 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| AMB Rowan | not out | 21 | 45 | 0 | ||||
| NBF Mann | c †Evans b Cranston | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| L Tuckett | b Cranston | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| VI Smith | b Cranston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 80 overs) | 184 | (2.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Dyer), 2-16 (Mitchell), 3-59 (Melville), 4-130 (Viljoen), 5-139 (Nourse), 6-156 (Dawson), 7-184 (Fullerton), 8-184 (Mann), 9-184 (Tuckett), 10-184 (Smith) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| HJ Butler | 24 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 14 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| JA Young | 19 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 2.84 | |||
| DVP Wright | 14 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 2.21 | |||
| K Cranston | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1.71 | |||
| DCS Compton | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 43 runs) | R | M | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | not out | 32 | 38 | 1 | ||
| C Washbrook | not out | 15 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Extras | 0 | |||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 15.4 overs) | 47 | (3.00 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat WJ Edrich, DCS Compton, CJ Barnett, NWD Yardley*, K Cranston, TG Evans†, JA Young, DVP Wright, HJ Butler |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| OC Dawson | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | |||
| NBF Mann | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.63 | |||
| B Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 3-0 |
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Test debuts
HJ Butler and
JA Young
(England);
GM Fullerton
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
F Chester and JJ Hills |
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Close of play 26 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 53/0 (L Hutton 32*, C Washbrook 21*) 27 Jul rest day 28 Jul day 2 - England 1st innings 317/7 (TG Evans 6*, JA Young 0*) 29 Jul day 3 - England 2nd innings 47/0 (15.4 ov) - end of match |
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