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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 285 (285/65)
England v South Africa, 1947, 1st Test
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
7,9,10,11 June 1947 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: CAR Coleman and JA Smart
Test Debuts: C Cook, HE Dollery, JW Martin (Eng); OC Dawson, TA Harris, JD Lindsay, NBF Mann, AMB Rowan, VI Smith, L Tuckett (SA).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: South Africa 376/3 (Melville 183*, Dawson 3*)
  • Day 2: South Africa 533, England 154/2 (Edrich 44*, Compton 65*)
  • Day 3: England 208 and 278/4 (Compton 83*, Yardley 45*)
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   4  6
    B Mitchell                               b Bedser              14  40      0
    *A Melville                              b Martin             189 364  16  1
    KG Viljoen            lbw                b Edrich              10  44      0
    AD Nourse                                b Hollies            149 244  15  1
    OC Dawson             st Evans           b Hollies             48 101      0
    TA Harris             c Hutton           b Hollies             60 133   9  0
    AMB Rowan             not out                                  34 102      0
    L Tuckett             lbw                b Hollies              0   1   0  0
    NBF Mann                                 b Bedser               8  18      0
    +JD Lindsay                              b Bedser               0   7   0  0
    VI Smith              c Yardley          b Hollies              1   7   0  0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 12, w 1)                        20
    Total                 (all out, 196.3 overs)                  533
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Mitchell), 2-44 (Viljoen), 3-363 (Nourse),
         4-384 (Melville), 5-450 (Dawson), 6-505 (Harris),
         7-505 (Tuckett), 8-528 (Mann), 9-530 (Lindsay),
         10-533 (Smith).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Martin                      36      4    111      1
    Bedser                      57.1   14    106      3
    Edrich                      20      8     56      1
    Hollies                     55.2   16    123      5
    Cook                        21      4     87      0
    Yardley                      5      0     24      0
    Compton                      2      1      6      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    L Hutton              lbw                b Rowan               17  46      0
    C Washbrook           lbw                b Tuckett             25  60      0
    WJ Edrich                                b Smith               57 205   1  0
    DCS Compton           c Mitchell         b Tuckett             65 135   1  0
    HE Dollery                               b Dawson               9  13      0
    *NWD Yardley          lbw                b Tuckett             22  45      0
    +TG Evans             st Lindsay         b Smith                2  21   0  0
    AV Bedser             c Melville         b Smith                7   8      1
    C Cook                                   b Tuckett              0   2   0  0
    JW Martin             c Lindsay          b Tuckett              0   1   0  0
    WE Hollies            not out                                   0   3   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 2, w 1)                          4
    Total                 (all out, 113.1 overs)                  208
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Hutton), 2-48 (Washbrook), 3-154 (Compton),
         4-165 (Dollery), 5-198 (Edrich), 6-198 (Yardley),
         7-207 (Bedser), 8-208 (Cook), 9-208 (Martin),
         10-208 (Evans).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tuckett                     37      9     68      5
    Dawson                      13      2     35      1
    Rowan                       16      6     45      1
    Mann                        20     13     10      0
    Smith                       27.1   10     46      3
    
    England 2nd innings (following on)                              R   M   4  6
    L Hutton                                 b Tuckett              9  20      0
    C Washbrook           c Lindsay          b Rowan               59 150   2  0
    WJ Edrich                                b Smith               50 109   7  0
    DCS Compton           c Mitchell         b Mann               163 290  19  0
    HE Dollery                           c & b Dawson              17  47      0
    *NWD Yardley          c Tuckett          b Dawson              99 250  10  0
    +TG Evans                            c & b Smith               74  76  14  0
    AV Bedser             c Harris           b Smith                2  31   0  0
    C Cook                c Dawson           b Smith                4  19      0
    WE Hollies            not out                                  18  52      0
    JW Martin                                b Rowan               26  49      2
    Extras                (b 15, lb 13, w 2)                       30
    Total                 (all out, 226.2 overs)                  551
    
    FoW: 1-20 (Hutton), 2-116 (Edrich), 3-133 (Washbrook),
         4-170 (Dollery), 5-407 (Compton), 6-434 (Yardley),
         7-472 (Bedser), 8-499 (Evans), 9-500 (Cook),
         10-551 (Martin).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tuckett                     47     12    127      1
    Dawson                      25      7     57      2
    Rowan                       43.2    8    100      2
    Mann                        60     22     94      1
    Smith                       51     15    143      4
    
    South Africa 2nd innings (target: 227 runs)                     R   M   4  6
    B Mitchell            c Evans            b Bedser               4  22      0
    *A Melville           not out                                 104 160  15  0
    KG Viljoen            not out                                  51 137   5  0
    Extras                (b 1, w 5, nb 1)                          7
    Total                 (1 wicket, 51 overs)                    166
    
    DNB: AD Nourse, OC Dawson, TA Harris, AMB Rowan, L Tuckett,
         NBF Mann, +JD Lindsay, VI Smith.
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Mitchell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Martin                       9      2     18      0
    Bedser                      14      3     31      1
    Edrich                       4      0      8      0
    Hollies                      9      1     33      0
    Cook                         9      0     40      0
    Compton                      4      0     14      0
    Hutton                       2      0     15      0
    


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    Team Pages: England, South Africa.

    Ground Page: Trent Bridge, Nottingham

    South Africa Player Pages: B Mitchell, A Melville, KG Viljoen, AD Nourse, OC Dawson, TA Harris, AMB Rowan, L Tuckett, NBF Mann, JD Lindsay, VI Smith.

    England Player Pages: L Hutton, C Washbrook, WJ Edrich, DCS Compton, HE Dollery, NWD Yardley, TG Evans, AV Bedser, C Cook, JW Martin, WE Hollies.

    Match Officials' Pages: CAR Coleman, JA Smart.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Graham.Rose (grahamr@hadrian.bt.co.uk)  
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