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1947 - England v. South Africa - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s South Africa
Match Date: July 26, 1947
Venue: Headingley
Toss: South Africa , elected to bat
Player of the Match: None

Result: England won by 10 wickets
South Africa 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Tufty Mann29410
Alan Melville0130
Lindsay Tuckett380
Athol Rowan030
Bruce Mitchell531830
Dennis Dyer9750
Ken Viljoen5220
Ossie Dawson5190
Vivian Smith0*10
George Fullerton13430
Dudley Nourse511560
175 All Out (97.1 overs @ 1.80 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Doug Wright20.09242
Jack Young17.05310
Harold Butler28.015344
Bill Edrich17.04463
Denis Compton4.0090
Ken Cranston11.13241
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Sir Leonard Hutton1002770
Bill Edrich431070
Denis Compton30690
Godfrey Evans6*240
Cyril Washbrook751900
Ken Cranston3190
Norman Yardley36680
Charlie Barnett6180
Jack Young0*50
317 7 wickets declared (154.0 overs @ 2.06 rpo)
South Africa 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Ossie Dawson4.00120
Vivian Smith36.09821
Tufty Mann50.020684
Lindsay Tuckett18.04480
Athol Rowan46.012891
South Africa 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Lindsay Tuckett022
Athol Rowan21*450
Bruce Mitchell5190
Dennis Dyer2100
Ken Viljoen29900
Ossie Dawson17260
Vivian Smith011
George Fullerton13550
Dudley Nourse571390
Tufty Mann022
Alan Melville30700
184 All Out (80.0 overs @ 2.30 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Harold Butler24.09323
Bill Edrich14.02351
Denis Compton2.00100
Ken Cranston7.03124
Doug Wright14.07310
Jack Young19.07542
England 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Cyril Washbrook15*380
Sir Leonard Hutton32*380
47 0 wickets (15.4 overs @ 3.00 rpo)
South Africa 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Ossie Dawson4.01130
Tufty Mann3.40170
Lindsay Tuckett6.01120
Bruce Mitchell2.0150

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