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1947 - England v. South Africa - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s South Africa
Match Date: June 21, 1947
Venue: Lord's
Toss: England , elected to bat
Player of the Match: None

Result: England won by 10 wickets
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Sir Leonard Hutton18110121
Cyril Washbrook651400
Denis Compton2083540
Norman Yardley5170
Godfrey Evans16170
Charlie Barnett33310
Bill Edrich1893610
Sir Alec Bedser010
George Pope8*100
554 8 wickets declared (215.0 overs @ 2.58 rpo)
South Africa 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Tufty Mann53.016991
Vivian Smith17.02730
Athol Rowan65.0111741
Ossie Dawson33.011811
Lindsay Tuckett47.081155
South Africa 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Johnny Lindsay7*310
Vivian Smith11240
Ossie Dawson361030
Ken Viljoen180
Dudley Nourse611590
Lindsay Tuckett5220
Athol Rowan8110
Tony Harris30830
Bruce Mitchell46950
Tufty Mann4120
Alan Melville1172530
327 All Out (142.2 overs @ 2.30 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Denis Compton21.011322
Bill Edrich9.01220
Doug Wright39.010955
Eric Hollies28.010522
Sir Alec Bedser26.01760
George Pope19.25491
South Africa 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Dudley Nourse581020
Tufty Mann590
Ken Viljoen6150
Lindsay Tuckett9370
Athol Rowan38*980
Tony Harris3130
Bruce Mitchell802530
Johnny Lindsay5360
Alan Melville8360
Ossie Dawson33990
Vivian Smith010
252 All Out (128.2 overs @ 1.96 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Doug Wright32.26805
Eric Hollies20.07320
Sir Alec Bedser14.06200
George Pope17.07360
Denis Compton31.010462
Bill Edrich13.05313
England 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Cyril Washbrook13*300
Sir Leonard Hutton13*300
26 0 wickets (12.1 overs @ 2.14 rpo)
South Africa 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Ossie Dawson6.0260
Lindsay Tuckett3.0040
Tufty Mann3.11160

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