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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 23rd, 24th, 25th June 1947 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, D Davies |
| Scorers | WH Ferguson (South Africa), W Mavins (England) |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 312/2 (Edrich 109*, Compton 110*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 167/2 (Melville 96*, Nourse 24*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 120/2 (Mitchell 47*, Nourse 58*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | b Rowan | 18 | 122 | 110 | 1 | - | |
| C Washbrook | c Tuckett b Dawson | 65 | 183 | 140 | 5 | - | |
| WJ Edrich | b Mann | 189 | 466 | 361 | 26 | 1 | |
| DCS Compton | c Rowan b Tuckett | 208 | 430 | 354 | 20 | - | |
| CJ Barnett | b Tuckett | 33 | 42 | 31 | 4 | - | |
| *NWD Yardley | c Rowan b Tuckett | 5 | 12 | 17 | - | - | |
| +TG Evans | b Tuckett | 16 | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | |
| GH Pope | not out | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| AV Bedser | b Tuckett | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| DVP Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 215 overs) | 554 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75 (Hutton), 2-96 (Washbrook), 3-466 (Edrich), 4-515 (Compton), 5-526 (Barnett), 6-541 (Yardley), 7-554 (Evans), 8-554 (Bedser, 215 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| 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 first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Mitchell | st Evans b Compton | 46 | 100 | 95 | 6 | - | |
| *A Melville | c Bedser b Hollies | 117 | 260 | 253 | 13 | - | |
| KG Viljoen | b Wright | 1 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| AD Nourse | lbw b Wright | 61 | 172 | 159 | 6 | - | |
| OC Dawson | c Barnett b Hollies | 36 | 124 | 103 | 6 | - | |
| TA Harris | st Evans b Compton | 30 | 92 | 83 | 4 | - | |
| AMB Rowan | b Wright | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| LTD Tuckett | b Wright | 5 | 23 | 22 | - | - | |
| NBF Mann | b Wright | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| +JD Lindsay | not out | 7 | 16 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| VI Smith | c Edrich b Pope | 11 | 34 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 142.2 overs) | 327 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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, 142.2 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| 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 second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Mitchell | c Edrich b Wright | 80 | 272 | 253 | 7 | 1 | |
| *A Melville | b Edrich | 8 | 39 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| KG Viljoen | b Edrich | 6 | 14 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| AD Nourse | b Edrich | 58 | 121 | 102 | 7 | - | |
| OC Dawson | c Edrich b Compton | 33 | 104 | 99 | 3 | - | |
| TA Harris | c Yardley b Compton | 3 | 14 | 13 | - | - | |
| AMB Rowan | not out | 38 | 108 | 98 | 4 | - | |
| LTD Tuckett | lbw b Wright | 9 | 46 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| NBF Mann | b Wright | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| +JD Lindsay | c Yardley b Wright | 5 | 44 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| VI Smith | c Edrich b Wright | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 127.2 overs) | 252 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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, 127.2 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pope | 17 | 7 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 14 | 6 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 32.2 | 6 | 80 | 5 | - | - | |
| Edrich | 13 | 5 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Compton | 31 | 10 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 20 | 7 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | not out | 13 | 46 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| C Washbrook | not out | 13 | 27 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| WJ Edrich | did not bat | ||||||
| DCS Compton | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Barnett | did not bat | ||||||
| *NWD Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| +TG Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| GH Pope | did not bat | ||||||
| AV Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| DVP Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 30 minutes, 12.1 overs) | 26 | |||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tuckett | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mann | 3.1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GH Pope made his debut in Test matches
--> GH Pope made his last appearance in Test matches
--> C Washbrook (1) 50 in 139 balls with 3 fours
--> WJ Edrich (1) 50 in 119 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> WJ Edrich (1) 100 in 244 balls, 173 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> WJ Edrich (1) 150 in 397 balls with 20 fours and 1 six
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 50
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 82
--> DCS Compton (1) 50 in 96 balls, 80 minutes with 8 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) 100 in 216 balls, 195 minutes with 12 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) 150 in 336 balls with 16 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 163 in Test matches
--> DCS Compton (1) 200 in 434 balls, 346 minutes with 18 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 161
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 113
--> NWD Yardley (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> A Melville (1) 50 in 95 balls with 6 fours
--> A Melville (1) 100 in 203 balls, 196 minutes with 11 fours
--> AD Nourse (1) 50 in 151 balls with 6 fours
--> B Mitchell (2) 50 in 185 balls with 5 fours
--> B Mitchell (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 37
--> AD Nourse (2) 50 in 100 balls with 6 fours
--> AMB Rowan (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Test matches
--> AMB Rowan (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed AMB Rowan, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa first innings
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