RESULT

England vs South Africa Scorecard, England vs South Africa, 21 June, 1947, Lord's & Match Stats

ENG

554/8 (215.0 ov) & 26/0 (12.1 ov)

327/10 (142.2 ov) & 252/10 (128.2 ov)

England won by 10 wickets

England 1st Innings

554/8 (215.0 ov)

RR 2.58

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton b Rowan	18	121	1	0	14.88
Cyril Washbrook c Tuckett b Dawson	65	0	0	0	0.00
William Edrich b Mann	189	0	26	1	0.00
Denis Compton c Rowan b Tuckett	208	0	20	0	0.00
Charles Barnett b Tuckett	33	0	0	0	0.00
Norman Yardley c Rowan b Tuckett	5	0	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans b Tuckett	16	0	0	0	0.00
George Pope not out	8	0	0	0	0.00
Alec Bedser b Tuckett	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 10, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	12
TOTAL (2.58 RUNS PER OVER)	554/8 (215.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 75-1 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 96-2 (Cyril Washbrook, 0 ov), 466-3 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 515-4 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 526-5 (Charles Barnett, 0 ov), 541-6 (Norman Yardley, 0 ov), 554-7 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 554-8 (Alec Bedser, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Douglas Wright, Eric Hollies

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Lindsay Tuckett	47	8	115	5	2.45
Oscar Dawson	33	11	81	1	2.45
Norman Mann	53	16	99	1	1.87
Athol Rowan	65	11	174	1	2.68
Vivian Smith	17	2	73	0	4.29

South Africa 1st Innings

327/10 (142.2 ov)

RR 2.30

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell st †Evans b Compton	46	0	0	0	0.00
Alan Melville c Bedser b Hollies	117	0	13	0	0.00
Kenneth Viljoen b Wright	1	0	0	0	0.00
Dudley Nourse lbw b Wright	61	0	0	0	0.00
Oscar Dawson c Barnett b Hollies	36	0	0	0	0.00
Trevor Harris st †Evans b Compton	30	0	0	0	0.00
Athol Rowan b Wright	8	0	0	0	0.00
Lindsay Tuckett b Wright	5	0	0	0	0.00
Norman Mann b Wright	4	0	0	0	0.00
John Lindsay not out	7	0	0	0	0.00
Vivian Smith c Edrich b Pope	11	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	1
TOTAL (2.30 RUNS PER OVER)	327/10 (142.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 95-1 (Bruce Mitchell, 0 ov), 222-3 (Alan Melville, 0 ov), 104-2 (Kenneth Viljoen, 0 ov), 230-4 (Dudley Nourse, 0 ov), 300-6 (Oscar Dawson, 0 ov), 290-5 (Trevor Harris, 0 ov), 302-7 (Athol Rowan, 0 ov), 309-9 (Lindsay Tuckett, 0 ov), 308-8 (Norman Mann, 0 ov), 327-10 (Vivian Smith, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
William Edrich	9	1	22	0	2.44
Alec Bedser	26	1	76	0	2.92
George Pope	19.2	5	49	1	2.53
Douglas Wright	39	10	95	5	2.44
Eric Hollies	28	10	52	2	1.86
Denis Compton	21	11	32	2	1.52

South Africa 2nd Innings

252/10 (128.2 ov)

RR 1.97

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell c Edrich b Wright	80	0	0	0	0.00
Alan Melville b Edrich	8	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Viljoen b Edrich	6	0	0	0	0.00
Dudley Nourse b Edrich	58	0	0	0	0.00
Oscar Dawson c Edrich b Compton	33	0	0	0	0.00
Trevor Harris c Yardley b Compton	3	0	0	0	0.00
Athol Rowan not out	38	0	0	0	0.00
Lindsay Tuckett lbw b Wright	9	0	0	0	0.00
Norman Mann b Wright	5	0	0	0	0.00
John Lindsay c Yardley b Wright	5	0	0	0	0.00
Vivian Smith c Edrich b Wright	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 3, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	7
TOTAL (1.97 RUNS PER OVER)	252/10 (128.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 192-4 (Bruce Mitchell, 0 ov), 16-1 (Alan Melville, 0 ov), 28-2 (Kenneth Viljoen, 0 ov), 120-3 (Dudley Nourse, 0 ov), 192-5 (Oscar Dawson, 0 ov), 201-6 (Trevor Harris, 0 ov), 224-7 (Lindsay Tuckett, 0 ov), 236-8 (Norman Mann, 0 ov), 252-9 (John Lindsay, 0 ov), 252-10 (Vivian Smith, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
William Edrich	13	5	31	3	2.38
Alec Bedser	14	6	20	0	1.43
George Pope	17	7	36	0	2.12
Douglas Wright	32.2	6	80	5	2.47
Eric Hollies	20	7	32	0	1.60
Denis Compton	32	10	46	2	1.44

England 2nd Innings (target 26)

26/0 (12.1 ov)

RR 2.15

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton not out	13	0	0	0	0.00
Cyril Washbrook not out	13	0	0	0	0.00
TOTAL (2.15 RUNS PER OVER)	26/0 (12.1 ov)

DID NOT BAT: William Edrich, Denis Compton, Charles Barnett, Norman Yardley, Godfrey Evans, George Pope, Alec Bedser, Douglas Wright, Eric Hollies

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	ECO
Lindsay Tuckett	3	0	4	1.33
Oscar Dawson	6	2	6	1.00
Norman Mann	3.1	1	16	5.05

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: England vs South Africa
DATE & TIME: Saturday, June 21, 1947 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Lord's, London