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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 286 (286/66)
England v South Africa, 1947, 2nd Test
Lord's, London
21,23,24,25 June 1947 (4-day match)

Result: England won by 10 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: HG Baldwin and D Davies
Test Debuts: GH Pope (Eng).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 312/2 (Edrich 109*, Compton 110*)
  • Day 2: England 554/8d, South Africa 167/2 (Melville 96*, Nourse 24*)
  • Day 3: South Africa 327 and 120/2 (Mitchell 47*, Nourse 58*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    L Hutton                                 b Rowan               18 110 121  1 0
    C Washbrook           c Tuckett          b Dawson              65 140        0
    WJ Edrich                                b Mann               189 361     26 1
    DCS Compton           c Rowan            b Tuckett            208 354     20 0
    CJ Barnett                               b Tuckett             33  31        0
    *NWD Yardley          c Rowan            b Tuckett              5  17        0
    +TG Evans                                b Tuckett             16  17        0
    GH Pope               not out                                   8  10        0
    AV Bedser                                b Tuckett              0   1      0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 10)                             12
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 215 overs)         554
    
    DNB: DVP Wright, WE Hollies.
    
    FoW: 1-75 (Hutton), 2-96 (Washbrook), 3-466 (Edrich),
         4-515 (Compton), 5-526 (Barnett), 6-541 (Yardley),
         7-554 (Evans), 8-554 (Bedser).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tuckett                     47      8    115      5
    Dawson                      33     11     81      1
    Mann                        53     16     99      1
    Rowan                       65     11    174      1
    Smith                       17      2     73      0
    
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   4  6
    B Mitchell            st Evans           b Compton             46  95      0
    *A Melville           c Bedser           b Hollies            117 253  13  0
    KG Viljoen                               b Wright               1   8   0  0
    AD Nourse             lbw                b Wright              61 159      0
    OC Dawson             c Barnett          b Hollies             36 103      0
    TA Harris             st Evans           b Compton             30  83      0
    AMB Rowan                                b Wright               8  11      0
    L Tuckett                                b Wright               5  22      0
    NBF Mann                                 b Wright               4  12      0
    +JD Lindsay           not out                                   7  31      0
    VI Smith              c Edrich           b Pope                11  24      0
    Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
    Total                 (all out, 142.2 overs)                  327
    
    FoW: 1-95 (Mitchell), 2-104 (Viljoen), 3-222 (Melville),
         4-230 (Nourse), 5-290 (Harris), 6-300 (Dawson),
         7-302 (Rowan), 8-308 (Mann), 9-309 (Tuckett),
         10-327 (Smith).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Edrich                       9      1     22      0
    Bedser                      26      1     76      0
    Pope                        19.2    5     49      1
    Wright                      39     10     95      5
    Hollies                     28     10     52      2
    Compton                     21     11     32      2
    
    South Africa 2nd innings (following on)                         R   M   4  6
    B Mitchell            c Edrich           b Wright              80 253      0
    *A Melville                              b Edrich               8  36      0
    KG Viljoen                               b Edrich               6  15      0
    AD Nourse                                b Edrich              58 102      0
    OC Dawson             c Edrich           b Compton             33  99      0
    TA Harris             c Yardley          b Compton              3  13   0  0
    AMB Rowan             not out                                  38  98      0
    L Tuckett             lbw                b Wright               9  37      0
    NBF Mann                                 b Wright               5   9      0
    +JD Lindsay           c Yardley          b Wright               5  36      0
    VI Smith              c Edrich           b Wright               0   1   0  0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 4)                               7
    Total                 (all out, 127.2 overs)                  252
    
    FoW: 1-16 (Melville), 2-28 (Viljoen), 3-120 (Nourse),
         4-192 (Mitchell), 5-192 (Dawson), 6-201 (Harris),
         7-224 (Tuckett), 8-236 (Mann), 9-252 (Lindsay),
         10-252 (Smith).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Edrich                      13      5     31      3
    Bedser                      14      6     20      0
    Pope                        17      7     36      0
    Wright                      32.2    6     80      5
    Hollies                     20      7     32      0
    Compton                     31     10     46      2
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 26 runs)                           R   M   4  6
    L Hutton              not out                                  13  30      0
    C Washbrook           not out                                  13  30      0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (0 wickets, 12.1 overs)                  26
    
    DNB: WJ Edrich, DCS Compton, CJ Barnett, *NWD Yardley, +TG Evans,
         GH Pope, AV Bedser, DVP Wright, WE Hollies.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tuckett                      3      0      4      0
    Dawson                       6      2      6      0
    Mann                         3.1    1     16      0
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, South Africa.

    Ground Page: Lord's, London

    England Player Pages: L Hutton, C Washbrook, WJ Edrich, DCS Compton, CJ Barnett, NWD Yardley, TG Evans, GH Pope, AV Bedser, DVP Wright, WE Hollies.

    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.

    Match Officials' Pages: HG Baldwin, D Davies.

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