South Africa in England, 1947
Somerset v South Africa
County Ground, Taunton
14,16,17 June 1947 (3-day match)
Result: South Africa won by an innings and 43 runs
Toss: Somerset
Umpires: CF Root and CV Tarbox
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Somerset 1st innings
FS Lee c Mitchell b Plimsoll 0
H Gimblett c Overstone b Dawson 0
M Coope c Overstone b Begbie 64
HFT Buse c Overstone b Dawson 8
*RJO Meyer c Dyer b Plimsoll 11
A Vickery c Overstone b Payn 2
+WT Luckes not out 47
J Lawrence lbw b Plimsoll 17
MF Tremlett c Overstone b Dawson 0
AW Wellard lbw b Plimsoll 11
HL Hazell b Dawson 5
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 1) 5
Total (all out, 81.2 overs) 170
FoW: 1-0, 2-6, 3-24, 4-45, 5-60,
6-110, 7-145, 8-146, 9-163, 10-170.
Bowling O M R W
Plimsoll 33 8 70 4
Dawson 16.2 4 41 4
Payn 24 11 34 1
Begbie 8 2 20 1
South Africa 1st innings
B Mitchell b Buse 72
DV Dyer c Luckes b Wellard 39
GM Fullerton c Hazell b Wellard 8
DW Begbie c & b Lawrence 62
OC Dawson c Luckes b Tremlett 33
+DM Overstone c Lawrence b Tremlett 6
*AD Nourse c Tremlett b Meyer 65
KG Viljoen not out 54
LW Payn st Luckes b Hazell 4
VI Smith not out 11
Extras (b 6, lb 4, w 2, nb 2) 14
Total (8 wickets declared, 124 overs) 368
DNB: JB Plimsoll.
FoW: 1-115, 2-117, 3-127, 4-216, 5-224, 6-235, 7-326, 8-336.
Bowling O M R W
Wellard 32 8 74 2
Buse 28 8 68 1
Tremlett 30 3 92 2
Hazell 16 4 34 1
Lawrence 7 1 32 1
Coope 1 0 11 0
Gimblett 3 0 17 0
Meyer 7 0 26 1
Somerset 2nd innings
FS Lee c Mitchell b Begbie 23
H Gimblett c Overstone b Plimsoll 17
M Coope lbw b Dawson 1
HFT Buse c sub b Begbie 12
J Lawrence c Overstone b Plimsoll 49
A Vickery c Nourse b Begbie 7
+WT Luckes b Dawson 23
*RJO Meyer c Mitchell b Plimsoll 0
MF Tremlett c Smith b Dawson 7
AW Wellard not out 7
HL Hazell b Plimsoll 0
Extras (b 5, lb 4) 9
Total (all out, 69 overs) 155
FoW: 1-23, 2-26, 3-51, 4-58, 5-78,
6-131, 7-133, 8-141, 9-154, 10-155.
Bowling O M R W
Plimsoll 24 7 41 4
Dawson 16 6 28 3
Payn 11 4 30 0
Begbie 11 1 41 3
Smith 7 5 6 0
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