England v South Africa
England won by 7 wickets
5 to 9 July 1947Manchester
Englandwon by 7 wickets
478 & 130/336.5 ov
South Africa
339 & 26784.4 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
339166.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Melville | caught | 17 | - | 48 | - | 0 | - |
| Dennis Dyer | bowled | 62 | - | 177 | - | 0 | - |
| Bruce Mitchell | run out | 80 | - | 223 | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | caught | 23 | - | 36 | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | caught | 93 | - | 243 | - | 0 | - |
| Ossie Dawson | bowled | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Athol Rowan | lbw | 13 | - | 54 | - | 0 | - |
| Lindsay Tuckett | bowled | 13 | - | 59 | - | 0 | - |
| Tufty Mann | caught | 8 | - | 21 | - | 0 | - |
| Johnny Lindsay | not out | 9* | - | 57 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Plimsoll | caught | 8 | - | 16 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 3, lb 9 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 166.1 overs | 339 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480
1-32 Alan Melville2-125 Dennis Dyer3-163 Dudley Nourse4-214 Bruce Mitchell5-215 Ossie Dawson6-260 Athol Rowan7-287 Lindsay Tuckett8-298 Tufty Mann9-327 Ken Viljoen10-339 Jack Plimsoll
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | 35.1 | 9 | 95 | 4 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Gladwin | 50 | 24 | 58 | 2 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Cranston | 34 | 12 | 64 | 2 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Barnett | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hollies | 23 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
478151.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | caught | 12 | - | 32 | - | 0 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 29 | - | 46 | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 191 | - | 317 | 22 | 3 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 115 | - | 195 | 17 | 0 | - |
| Charlie Barnett | caught | 5 | - | 11 | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 41 | - | 61 | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Cranston | caught | 23 | - | 55 | - | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | bowled | 27 | - | 46 | - | 0 | - |
| Cliff Gladwin | bowled | 16 | - | 36 | - | 0 | - |
| Doug Wright | not out | 4* | - | 24 | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Hollies | caught | 5 | - | 12 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 2, lb 7, nb 1 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 151.3 overs | 478 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480
1-40 Leonard Hutton2-48 Cyril Washbrook3-276 Denis Compton4-289 Charlie Barnett5-363 Norman Yardley6-415 Bill Edrich7-439 Ken Cranston8-466 Godfrey Evans9-471 Cliff Gladwin10-478 Eric Hollies
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Tuckett | 50 | 5 | 148 | 4 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Plimsoll | 35.3 | 9 | 128 | 3 | 3.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 17 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 3.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 35 | 12 | 85 | 1 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | 14 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 3.14 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
26784.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Melville | bowled | 59 | - | 110 | - | 0 | - |
| Dennis Dyer | bowled | 1 | - | 19 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bruce Mitchell | caught | 6 | - | 55 | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | bowled | 115 | - | 144 | 13 | 2 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | caught | 32 | - | 99 | - | 0 | - |
| Ossie Dawson | bowled | 9 | - | 19 | - | 0 | - |
| Athol Rowan | caught | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Lindsay Tuckett | lbw | 17 | - | 39 | - | 0 | - |
| Tufty Mann | caught | 9 | - | 14 | - | 0 | - |
| Johnny Lindsay | bowled | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jack Plimsoll | not out | 8* | - | 17 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, lb 5, nb 1 | 11 | |||||
| Total | all out, 84.4 overs | 267 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480
1-12 Dennis Dyer2-42 Bruce Mitchell3-96 Alan Melville4-217 Ken Viljoen5-225 Dudley Nourse6-228 Athol Rowan7-232 Ossie Dawson8-244 Tufty Mann9-244 Johnny Lindsay10-267 Lindsay Tuckett
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | 22.4 | 4 | 77 | 4 | 3.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Gladwin | 16 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Barnett | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 10 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hollies | 14 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 17 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 129
130/336.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | caught | 24 | - | 71 | - | 0 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 40 | - | 53 | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | not out | 22* | - | 50 | - | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | hit wicket | 6 | - | 17 | - | 0 | - |
| Charlie Barnett | not out | 19* | - | 14 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 9, lb 8, nb 2 | 19 | |||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 36.5 overs | 130 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480
1-63 Cyril Washbrook2-80 Leonard Hutton3-103 Denis Compton
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Tuckett | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Plimsoll | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 14 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | 9.5 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 |