f17716	Essex v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1947
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africans won by 8 wickets
Umpires	F Chester, GP Heaton
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 0/0 (Payn 0*, Dyer 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 20/0 (Dodds 11*, Cray 9*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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			13	-
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	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 131 overs)	380
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-86, 3-146, 4-159, 5-159, 6-340, 7-356, 8-374, 9-379, 10-380 (131 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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			16	-
+DM Ovenstone	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	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 122.4 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-82, 3-115, 4-124, 5-158, 6-160, 7-278, 8-351, 9-379, 10-400 (122.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-37, 3-40, 4-40, 5-50, 6-56, 7-63, 8-69, 9-93, 10-102 (56.2 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dawson	4	0	9	0	-	-
Plimsoll	28	9	47	7	-	-
Payn	24.2	6	44	2	-	-

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Melville	lbw b Bailey	2
DV Dyer	not out	42
DW Begbie	b Bailey	17
AD Nourse	not out	17
LW Payn	did not bat
OC Dawson	did not bat
TA Harris	did not bat
+DM Ovenstone	did not bat
AMB Rowan	did not bat
JB Plimsoll	did not bat
JD Lindsay	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 25.4 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-38

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	8	4	21	2	-	-
TPB Smith	8	0	22	0	-	-
Insole	1	0	8	0	-	-
R Smith	4.4	0	17	0	-	-
Avery	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DR Wilcox (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> TPB Smith reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the South Africans first innings

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