South Africa in England, 1947
Essex v South Africa
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
23,25,26 August 1947 (3-day match)
Result: South Africa won by 8 wickets
Toss: Essex
Umpires: F Chester and GP Heaton
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Dyer b Payn 37
SJ Cray c Melville b Plimsoll 98
AV Avery b Rowan 3
HP Crabtree c Melville b Dawson 117
FH Vigar c Nourse b Plimsoll 3
TE Bailey c Lindsay b Payn 8
DR Wilcox c Lindsay b Plimsoll 73
DJ Insole c Lindsay b Dawson 10
R Smith b Rowan 16
TPB Smith c Nourse b Rowan 1
+TH Wade not out 1
Extras (b 5, lb 8) 13
Total (all out, 131 overs) 380
FoW: 1-67, 2-86, 3-146, 4-159, 5-159,
6-340, 7-356, 8-374, 9-379, 10-380.
Bowling O M R W
Dawson 22 4 68 2
Plimsoll 33 7 86 3
Rowan 43 10 108 3
Payn 29 4 69 2
Begbie 4 0 36 0
South Africa 1st innings
LW Payn b R Smith 0
DV Dyer lbw b TPB Smith 20
*A Melville c Bailey b TPB Smith 84
AD Nourse b TPB Smith 36
OC Dawson b R Smith 5
TA Harris b Avery 10
DW Begbie b TPB Smith 132
+DM Overstone b TPB Smith 36
AMB Rowan not out 58
JB Plimsoll st Wade b TPB Smith 5
JD Lindsay c Wade b R Smith 6
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 4) 8
Total (all out, 122.4 overs) 400
FoW: 1-1, 2-82, 3-115, 4-124, 5-158,
6-160, 7-278, 8-351, 9-379, 10-400.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 20 3 63 0
R Smith 33.4 7 121 3
TPB Smith 50 9 158 6
Vigar 3 0 22 0
Avery 16 3 28 1
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds b Plimsoll 21
SJ Cray c Melville b Payn 14
HP Crabtree run out 4
TPB Smith b Plimsoll 3
R Smith b Plimsoll 0
DJ Insole c Melville b Plimsoll 13
TE Bailey b Plimsoll 6
DR Wilcox not out 24
FH Vigar b Plimsoll 2
AV Avery b Plimsoll 8
+TH Wade c Dawson b Payn 5
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (all out, 56.2 overs) 102
FoW: 1-31, 2-37, 3-40, 4-40, 5-50,
6-56, 7-63, 8-69, 9-93, 10-102.
Bowling O M R W
Dawson 4 0 9 0
Plimsoll 28 9 47 7
Payn 24.2 6 44 2
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 83 runs)
*A Melville lbw b Bailey 2
DV Dyer not out 42
DW Begbie b Bailey 17
AD Nourse not out 17
Extras (b 6, nb 1) 7
Total (2 wickets, 25.4 overs) 85
DNB: LW Payn, OC Dawson, TA Harris, +DM Overstone, AMB Rowan,
JB Plimsoll, JD Lindsay.
FoW: 1-2, 2-38.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 8 4 21 2
R Smith 4.4 0 17 0
TPB Smith 8 0 22 0
Avery 4 1 10 0
Insole 1 0 8 0
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