England v South Africa
Match drawn
7 to 11 June 1947Nottingham
England
208 & 551226.2 ov
South Africa
533 & 166/151 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
South Africa innings
533196.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 14 | - | 40 | - | 0 | - |
| Alan Melville | bowled | 189 | - | 364 | 16 | 1 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | lbw | 10 | - | 44 | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | bowled | 149 | - | 244 | 15 | 1 | - |
| Ossie Dawson | stumped | 48 | - | 101 | - | 0 | - |
| Tony Harris | caught | 60 | - | 133 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Athol Rowan | not out | 34* | - | 102 | - | 0 | - |
| Lindsay Tuckett | lbw | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tufty Mann | bowled | 8 | - | 18 | - | 0 | - |
| Johnny Lindsay | bowled | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ian Smith | caught | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 7, lb 12, w 1 | 20 | |||||
| Total | all out, 196.3 overs | 533 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-23 Bruce Mitchell2-44 Ken Viljoen3-363 Dudley Nourse4-384 Alan Melville5-450 Ossie Dawson6-505 Tony Harris7-505 Lindsay Tuckett8-528 Tufty Mann9-530 Johnny Lindsay10-533 Ian Smith
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 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 innings
208113.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | lbw | 17 | - | 46 | - | 0 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | lbw | 25 | - | 60 | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 57 | - | 205 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 65 | - | 135 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Tom Dollery | bowled | 9 | - | 13 | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | lbw | 22 | - | 45 | - | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | stumped | 2 | - | 21 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 7 | - | 8 | - | 1 | - |
| Sam Cook | bowled | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jack Martin | caught | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Eric Hollies | not out | 0* | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 2, w 1 | 4 | |||||
| Total | all out, 113.1 overs | 208 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-40 Leonard Hutton2-48 Cyril Washbrook3-154 Denis Compton4-165 Tom Dollery5-198 Bill Edrich6-198 Norman Yardley7-207 Alec Bedser8-208 Sam Cook9-208 Jack Martin10-208 Godfrey Evans
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Tuckett | 37 | 9 | 68 | 5 | 1.84 | 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 innings
551226.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 9 | - | 20 | - | 0 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 59 | - | 150 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 50 | - | 109 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 163 | - | 290 | 19 | 0 | - |
| Tom Dollery | caught | 17 | - | 47 | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 99 | - | 250 | 10 | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 74 | - | 76 | 14 | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 2 | - | 31 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sam Cook | caught | 4 | - | 19 | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Hollies | not out | 18* | - | 52 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Martin | bowled | 26 | - | 49 | - | 2 | - |
| Extras | b 15, lb 13, w 2 | 30 | |||||
| Total | all out, 226.2 overs | 551 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-20 Leonard Hutton2-116 Bill Edrich3-133 Cyril Washbrook4-170 Tom Dollery5-407 Denis Compton6-434 Norman Yardley7-472 Alec Bedser8-499 Godfrey Evans9-500 Sam Cook10-551 Jack Martin
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 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 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 60 | 22 | 94 | 1 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Smith | 51 | 15 | 143 | 4 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 227
166/151 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | caught | 4 | - | 22 | - | 0 | - |
| Alan Melville | not out | 104* | - | 160 | 15 | 0 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | not out | 51* | - | 137 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, w 5, nb 1 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 1 wicket, 51 overs | 166 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-21 Bruce Mitchell
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 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 | 3.67 | 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 |