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USA

(19.4/20 ov, T:239) 200

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(20 ov, T:157) 146/6

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England vs South Africa, 1st Test at Nottingham, Jun 07 1947 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Nottingham, June 07 - 11, 1947, South Africa tour of England

(T:227) 533 & 166/1

(fo) 208 & 551

Match drawn

South Africa 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

South Africa 2nd Innings

Info

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	b Bedser	14	-	40	-	0	-
Alan Melville (c)	b Martin	189	-	364	16	1	-
Ken Viljoen	lbw b Edrich	10	-	44	-	0	-
Dudley Nourse	b Hollies	149	-	244	15	1	-
Ossie Dawson	st †Evans b Hollies	48	-	101	-	0	-
Tony Harris	c Hutton b Hollies	60	-	133	9	0	-
Athol Rowan	not out	34	-	102	-	0	-
Lindsay Tuckett	lbw b Hollies	0	-	1	0	0	-
Tufty Mann	b Bedser	8	-	18	-	0	-
Johnny Lindsay †	b Bedser	0	-	7	0	0	-
Ian Smith	c Yardley b Hollies	1	-	7	0	0	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 12, w 1)	20
Total	196.3 Ov (RR: 2.71)	533
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Bruce Mitchell), 2-44 (Ken Viljoen), 3-363 (Dudley Nourse), 4-384 (Alan Melville), 5-450 (Ossie Dawson), 6-505 (Tony Harris), 7-505 (Lindsay Tuckett), 8-528 (Tufty Mann), 9-530 (Johnny Lindsay), 10-533 (Ian Smith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Jack Martin	36	4	111	1	3.08	-	0	0
Alec Bedser	57.1	14	106	3	1.85	-	0	0
Bill Edrich	20	8	56	1	2.80	-	0	0
Eric Hollies	55.2	16	123	5	2.22	-	0	0
Sam Cook	21	4	87	0	4.14	-	0	0
Norman Yardley	5	0	24	0	4.80	-	0	0
Denis Compton	2	1	6	0	3.00	-	0	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	lbw b Rowan	17	-	46	-	0	-
Cyril Washbrook	lbw b Tuckett	25	-	60	-	0	-
Bill Edrich	b Smith	57	-	205	1	0	-
Denis Compton	c Mitchell b Tuckett	65	-	135	1	0	-
Tom Dollery	b Dawson	9	-	13	-	0	-
Norman Yardley (c)	lbw b Tuckett	22	-	45	-	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	st †Lindsay b Smith	2	-	21	0	0	-
Alec Bedser	c Melville b Smith	7	-	8	-	1	-
Sam Cook	b Tuckett	0	-	2	0	0	-
Jack Martin	c †Lindsay b Tuckett	0	-	1	0	0	-
Eric Hollies	not out	0	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1)	4
Total	113.1 Ov (RR: 1.83)	208
Fall of wickets 1-40 (Leonard Hutton), 2-48 (Cyril Washbrook), 3-154 (Denis Compton), 4-165 (Tom Dollery), 5-198 (Bill Edrich), 6-198 (Norman Yardley), 7-207 (Alec Bedser), 8-208 (Sam Cook), 9-208 (Jack Martin), 10-208 (Godfrey Evans)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Lindsay Tuckett	37	9	68	5	1.83	-	0	0
Ossie Dawson	13	2	35	1	2.69	-	0	0
Athol Rowan	16	6	45	1	2.81	-	0	0
Tufty Mann	20	13	10	0	0.50	-	0	0
Ian Smith	27.1	10	46	3	1.69	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	b Tuckett	9	-	20	-	0	-
Cyril Washbrook	c †Lindsay b Rowan	59	-	150	2	0	-
Bill Edrich	b Smith	50	-	109	7	0	-
Denis Compton	c Mitchell b Mann	163	-	290	19	0	-
Tom Dollery	c & b Dawson	17	-	47	-	0	-
Norman Yardley (c)	c Tuckett b Dawson	99	-	250	10	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	c & b Smith	74	-	76	14	0	-
Alec Bedser	c Harris b Smith	2	-	31	0	0	-
Sam Cook	c Dawson b Smith	4	-	19	-	0	-
Eric Hollies	not out	18	-	52	-	0	-
Jack Martin	b Rowan	26	-	49	-	2	-
Extras	(b 15, lb 13, w 2)	30
Total	226.2 Ov (RR: 2.43)	551
Fall of wickets 1-20 (Leonard Hutton), 2-116 (Bill Edrich), 3-133 (Cyril Washbrook), 4-170 (Tom Dollery), 5-407 (Denis Compton), 6-434 (Norman Yardley), 7-472 (Alec Bedser), 8-499 (Godfrey Evans), 9-500 (Sam Cook), 10-551 (Jack Martin)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Lindsay Tuckett	47	12	127	1	2.70	-	0	0
Ossie Dawson	25	7	57	2	2.28	-	0	0
Athol Rowan	43.2	8	100	2	2.30	-	0	0
Tufty Mann	60	22	94	1	1.56	-	0	0
Ian Smith	51	15	143	4	2.80	-	0	0

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 227 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	c †Evans b Bedser	4	-	22	-	0	-
Alan Melville (c)	not out	104	-	160	15	0	-
Ken Viljoen	not out	51	-	137	5	0	-
Extras	(b 1, nb 1, w 5)	7
Total	51 Ov (RR: 3.25)	166/1
Did not bat Dudley Nourse, Ossie Dawson, Tony Harris, Athol Rowan, Lindsay Tuckett, Tufty Mann, Johnny Lindsay †, Ian Smith
Fall of wickets 1-21 (Bruce Mitchell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Jack Martin	9	2	18	0	2.00	-	0	0
Alec Bedser	14	3	31	1	2.21	-	0	0
Bill Edrich	4	0	8	0	2.00	-	0	0
Eric Hollies	9	1	33	0	3.66	-	0	0
Sam Cook	9	0	40	0	4.44	-	0	0
Denis Compton	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	0	0
Leonard Hutton	2	0	15	0	7.50	-	0	0

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Sat, 07 Jun

day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 376/3 (Alan Melville 183*, Ossie Dawson 3*)

Sun, 08 Jun

rest day

Mon, 09 Jun

day 2 - England 1st innings 154/2 (Bill Edrich 44*, Denis Compton 65*)

Tue, 10 Jun

day 3 - England 2nd innings 278/4 (Denis Compton 83*, Norman Yardley 45*)

Wed, 11 Jun

day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 166/1 (51 ov) - end of match

Match Details

GroundTrent Bridge, Nottingham

TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first

Series

South Africa tour of England

Season1947

Series result5-match series level 0-0

Match numberTest no. 285

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