England v South Africa
England won by 10 wickets
26 to 29 July 1947Leeds
Englandwon by 10 wickets
317/7d & 47/015.4 ov
South Africa
175 & 18480 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
17597.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Melville | bowled | 0 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Dennis Dyer | caught | 9 | - | 75 | - | 0 | - |
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 53 | - | 183 | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | bowled | 51 | - | 156 | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | bowled | 5 | - | 22 | - | 0 | - |
| Ossie Dawson | caught | 5 | - | 19 | - | 0 | - |
| George Fullerton | caught | 13 | - | 43 | - | 0 | - |
| Athol Rowan | caught | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tufty Mann | caught | 29 | - | 41 | - | 0 | - |
| Lindsay Tuckett | caught | 3 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ian Smith | not out | 0* | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 5, nb 2 | 7 | |||||
| Total | all out, 97.1 overs | 175 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320
1-1 Alan Melville2-23 Dennis Dyer3-113 Bruce Mitchell4-121 Ken Viljoen5-125 Dudley Nourse6-130 Ossie Dawson7-131 Athol Rowan8-158 George Fullerton9-175 Lindsay Tuckett10-175 Tufty Mann
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Butler | 28 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 1.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 17 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 2.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 17 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 20 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Cranston | 11.1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
317/7d154 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | run out | 100 | - | 277 | - | 0 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | bowled | 75 | - | 190 | 10 | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | caught | 43 | - | 107 | - | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 30 | - | 69 | - | 0 | - |
| Charlie Barnett | caught | 6 | - | 18 | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 36 | - | 68 | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Cranston | caught | 3 | - | 19 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | not out | 6* | - | 24 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Young | not out | 0* | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 8, lb 8, nb 2 | 18 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets declared, 154 overs | 317 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320
1-141 Cyril Washbrook2-218 Leonard Hutton3-241 Bill Edrich4-253 Charlie Barnett5-289 Denis Compton6-306 Ken Cranston7-316 Norman Yardley
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Tuckett | 18 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 50 | 20 | 68 | 4 | 1.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Smith | 36 | 9 | 82 | 1 | 2.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | 46 | 12 | 89 | 1 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
18480 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Melville | caught | 30 | - | 70 | - | 0 | - |
| Dennis Dyer | caught | 2 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 5 | - | 19 | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | lbw | 57 | - | 139 | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | lbw | 29 | - | 90 | - | 0 | - |
| Ossie Dawson | bowled | 17 | - | 26 | - | 0 | - |
| George Fullerton | lbw | 13 | - | 55 | - | 0 | - |
| Athol Rowan | not out | 21* | - | 45 | - | 0 | - |
| Tufty Mann | caught | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | bowled | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ian Smith | bowled | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 6 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 80 overs | 184 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320
1-6 Dennis Dyer2-16 Bruce Mitchell3-59 Alan Melville4-130 Ken Viljoen5-139 Dudley Nourse6-156 Ossie Dawson7-184 George Fullerton8-184 Tufty Mann9-184 Lindsay Tuckett10-184 Ian Smith
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Butler | 24 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 14 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 19 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 14 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Cranston | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 43
47/015.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | not out | 32* | - | 38 | - | 1 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | not out | 15* | - | 38 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 0 wickets, 15.4 overs | 47 | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Tuckett | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |