- Test no. 289 | 1947 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 16,18,19,20 August 1947 (4-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Mann | 83 | 213 | 6 | 0 | ||
| C Washbrook | lbw b Mann | 32 | 85 | 0 | |||
| JDB Robertson | c Melville b Smith | 4 | 19 | 0 | |||
| DCS Compton | c Tuckett b Rowan | 53 | 104 | 0 | |||
| NWD Yardley* | b Mann | 59 | 134 | 0 | |||
| K Cranston | st †Fullerton b Rowan | 45 | 99 | 0 | |||
| R Howorth | c †Fullerton b Rowan | 23 | 71 | 0 | |||
| TG Evans† | run out | 45 | 66 | 0 | |||
| C Gladwin | not out | 51 | 90 | 0 | |||
| DVP Wright | b Mann | 14 | 49 | 0 | |||
| WH Copson | b Dawson | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, nb 1) | 12 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 190 overs) | 427 | (2.24 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-63 (Washbrook), 2-80 (Robertson), 3-178 (Compton), 4-178 (Hutton), 5-271 (Cranston), 6-290 (Yardley), 7-322 (Howorth), 8-358 (Evans), 9-408 (Wright), 10-427 (Copson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 32 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 2.56 | |||
| OC Dawson | 35 | 5 | 80 | 1 | 2.28 | |||
| NBF Mann | 64 | 28 | 93 | 4 | 1.45 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 38 | 9 | 92 | 3 | 2.42 | |||
| VI Smith | 21 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 3.23 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | c †Evans b Copson | 120 | 381 | 14 | 0 | ||
| DV Dyer | c Gladwin b Howorth | 18 | 60 | 0 | |||
| KG Viljoen | c †Evans b Wright | 10 | 33 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | c Yardley b Howorth | 10 | 13 | 0 | |||
| A Melville* | lbw b Cranston | 39 | 108 | 0 | |||
| OC Dawson | lbw b Wright | 55 | 91 | 0 | |||
| GM Fullerton† | c Howorth b Cranston | 6 | 21 | 0 | |||
| AMB Rowan | b Howorth | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NBF Mann | b Copson | 36 | 49 | 1 | |||
| L Tuckett | not out | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| VI Smith | lbw b Copson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) | 8 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 131 overs) | 302 | (2.30 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-47 (Dyer), 2-62 (Viljoen), 3-78 (Nourse), 4-164 (Melville), 5-243 (Dawson), 6-253 (Fullerton), 7-254 (Rowan), 8-293 (Mitchell), 9-302 (Mann), 10-302 (Smith) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WH Copson | 27 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 1.70 | |||
| C Gladwin | 16 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 2.43 | |||
| DVP Wright | 29 | 7 | 89 | 2 | 3.06 | |||
| R Howorth | 39 | 16 | 64 | 3 | 1.64 | |||
| DCS Compton | 11 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 2.81 | |||
| K Cranston | 9 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2.77 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | c Tuckett b Mann | 36 | 55 | 0 | |||
| C Washbrook | c †Fullerton b Rowan | 43 | 69 | 0 | |||
| JDB Robertson | b Rowan | 30 | 59 | 0 | |||
| DCS Compton | c Nourse b Dawson | 113 | 109 | 15 | 0 | ||
| NWD Yardley* | c sub b Mann | 11 | 15 | 0 | |||
| K Cranston | c Mitchell b Rowan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R Howorth | not out | 45 | 74 | 0 | |||
| TG Evans† | not out | 39 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, w 2) | 8 | |||||
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| Total | (6 wickets dec; 77 overs) | 325 | (4.22 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat C Gladwin, DVP Wright, WH Copson |
| Fall of wickets1-73 (Hutton), 2-89 (Washbrook), 3-158 (Robertson), 4-179 (Yardley), 5-180 (Cranston), 6-267 (Compton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| L Tuckett | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4.85 | |||
| OC Dawson | 15 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 3.93 | |||
| NBF Mann | 27 | 7 | 102 | 2 | 3.77 | |||
| AMB Rowan | 25 | 1 | 95 | 3 | 3.80 | |||
| VI Smith | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 451 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | not out | 189 | 420 | 0 | |||
| DV Dyer | lbw b Wright | 4 | 30 | 0 | |||
| KG Viljoen | st †Evans b Howorth | 33 | 63 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | b Howorth | 97 | 150 | 12 | 0 | ||
| A Melville* | c †Evans b Cranston | 6 | 15 | 0 | |||
| OC Dawson | c Howorth b Cranston | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GM Fullerton† | c †Evans b Howorth | 14 | 19 | 0 | |||
| NBF Mann | c Hutton b Wright | 10 | 41 | 0 | |||
| L Tuckett | not out | 40 | 90 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 12, lb 14, w 4) | 30 | |||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 141 overs) | 423 | (3.00 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat AMB Rowan, VI Smith |
| Fall of wickets1-8 (Dyer), 2-48 (Viljoen), 3-232 (Nourse), 4-247 (Melville), 5-249 (Dawson), 6-266 (Fullerton), 7-314 (Mann) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WH Copson | 30 | 11 | 66 | 0 | 2.20 | |||
| C Gladwin | 16 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 2.06 | |||
| DVP Wright | 30 | 8 | 103 | 2 | 3.43 | |||
| R Howorth | 37 | 12 | 85 | 3 | 2.29 | |||
| DCS Compton | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | |||
| K Cranston | 21 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 2.90 | |||
| L Hutton | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | |||
| NWD Yardley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 3-0 |
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Test debuts
R Howorth and
JDB Robertson
(England) |
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Umpires
HG Baldwin and JA Smart |
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Close of play 16 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 311/6 (R Howorth 17*, TG Evans 10*) 17 Aug rest day 18 Aug day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 204/4 (B Mitchell 92*, OC Dawson 28*) 19 Aug day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 8/1 (B Mitchell 1*) 20 Aug day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 423/7 (141 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 20, 1947 
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