1947 - England v. South Africa - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s South Africa
Match Date: June 7, 1947
Venue: Trent Bridge
Toss: South Africa , elected to bat
Player of the Match: None

Result: Match Drawn

South Africa 1st Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Dismissal	Min	BF
Tony Harris	60		133	0
Bruce Mitchell	14		40	0
Johnny Lindsay	0		7	0
Alan Melville	189		364	0
Dudley Nourse	149		244	0
Ossie Dawson	48		101	0
Athol Rowan	34*		102	0
Vivian Smith	1		7	0
Lindsay Tuckett	0		1	0
Tufty Mann	8		18	0
Ken Viljoen	10		44	0
533 All Out (196.3 overs @ 2.71 rpo)

England 1st Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Sam Cook	21.0	4	87	0
Bill Edrich	20.0	8	56	1
Denis Compton	2.0	1	6	0
Jack Martin	36.0	4	111	1
Norman Yardley	5.0	0	24	0
Sir Alec Bedser	57.1	14	106	3
Eric Hollies	55.2	16	123	5

England 1st Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Dismissal	Min	BF
Jack Martin	0		1	0
Sir Alec Bedser	7		8	0
Denis Compton	65		135	0
Eric Hollies	0*		3	0
Bill Edrich	57		205	0
Cyril Washbrook	25		60	0
Norman Yardley	22		45	0
Sam Cook	0		2	0
Godfrey Evans	2		21	0
Sir Leonard Hutton	17		46	0
Tom Dollery	9		13	0
208 All Out (113.1 overs @ 1.84 rpo)

South Africa 1st Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Lindsay Tuckett	37.0	9	68	5
Ossie Dawson	13.0	2	35	1
Athol Rowan	16.0	6	45	1
Vivian Smith	27.1	10	46	3
Tufty Mann	20.0	13	10	0

England 2nd Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Dismissal	Min	BF
Godfrey Evans	74		76	0
Eric Hollies	18*		52	0
Sam Cook	4		19	0
Tom Dollery	17		47	0
Sir Leonard Hutton	9		20	0
Denis Compton	163		290	0
Sir Alec Bedser	2		31	0
Cyril Washbrook	59		150	0
Jack Martin	26		49	0
Norman Yardley	99		250	0
Bill Edrich	50		109	0
551 All Out (226.2 overs @ 2.43 rpo)

South Africa 2nd Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Tufty Mann	60.0	22	94	1
Lindsay Tuckett	47.0	12	127	1
Ossie Dawson	25.0	7	57	2
Athol Rowan	43.2	8	100	2
Vivian Smith	51.0	15	143	4

South Africa 2nd Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Dismissal	Min	BF
Ken Viljoen	51*		137	0
Bruce Mitchell	4		22	0
Alan Melville	104*		160	0
166 1 wickets (51.0 overs @ 3.25 rpo)

England 2nd Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Sir Leonard Hutton	2.0	0	15	0
Sir Alec Bedser	14.0	3	31	1
Jack Martin	9.0	2	18	0
Bill Edrich	4.0	0	8	0
Eric Hollies	9.0	1	33	0
Denis Compton	4.0	0	14	0
Sam Cook	9.0	0	40	0

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