South Africa in England  1947    Five Tests. England Won 3 - 0.
Balls per over: 6 Playing Hours: 4 days x 6-6.5 hr Captains: NWD Yardley (Eng), A Melville (SA)
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1.  Nottingham (Trent Bridge)   Match Drawn.  
2.  Lord's   England won by 10 wickets. Ball-by-ball  
3.  Manchester (Old Trafford)   England won by 7 wickets. Ball-by-ball  
4.  Leeds (Headingley)   England won by 10 wickets. Ball-by-ball  
5.  The Oval   Match Drawn. Ball-by-ball  
                       
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Major Statistical Sources: The Tests of 1947 by R Webber. Original scorebooks for Tests 2 (MCC), 3 (LaCCC), 4 (YCCC), 5 (SurCCC). Test 1: English and other newspapers.
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Match Performance Summary
1st Test 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
    Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl Bat Bowl     Bat Bowl
Barnett, CJ Eng - - 33 - 24 0 /23 6 - - - 63 0 /23
Bedser, AV Eng 9 4 /137 0 0 /96 - - - - - -     9 4 /233
Butler, HJ Eng - - - - - - 0 7 /66 - - 0 7 /66
Compton, DCS Eng 228 0 /20 208 4 /78 121 1 /85 30 0 /19 166 0 /61 753 5 /263
Cook, C Eng 4 0 /127 - - - - - - - -     4 0 /127
Copson, WH Eng - - - - - - - - 6 3 /112 6 3 /112
Cranston, K Eng - - - - 23 2 /64 3 5 /36 45 4 /86 71 11 /186
Dollery, HE Eng 26 - - - - - - - - -     26 -
Edrich, WJ Eng 107 1 /64 189 3 /53 213 8 /172 43 4 /81 - - 552 16 /370
Evans, TG Eng 76 - 16 - 27 - 6 - 84 - 209 -
Gladwin, C Eng - - - - 16 3 /86 - - 51 0 /72     67 3 /158
Hollies, WE Eng 18 5 /156 0 2 /84 5 2 /91 - - - - 23 9 /331
Howorth, R Eng - - - - - - - - 68 6 /149 68 6 /149
Hutton, L Eng 26 0 /15 31 - 36 - 132 - 119 0 /14     344 0 /29
Martin, John William Eng 26 1 /129 - - - - - - - - 26 1 /129
Pope, GH Eng - - 8 1 /85 - - - - - - 8 1 /85
Robertson, JDB Eng - - - - - - - - 34 -     34 -
Washbrook, C Eng 84 - 78 - 69 - 90 - 75 - 396 -
Wright, DVP Eng - - 0 10 /175 4 3 /62 0 2 /55 14 4 /192 18 19 /484
Yardley, NWD Eng 121 0 /24 5 - 41 - 36 - 70 0 /1     273 0 /25
Young, JA Eng - - - - - - 0 2 /85 - - 0 2 /85
Dawson, OC SAf 48 3 /92 69 1 /87 10 2 /82 22 0 /25 55 2 /139 204 8 /425
Dyer, DV SAf - - - - 63 - 11 - 22 -     96 -
Fullerton, GM SAf - - - - - - 26 - 20 - 46 -
Harris, TA SAf 60 - 33 - - - - - - - 93 -
Lindsay, JD SAf 0 - 12 - 9 - - - - -     21 -
Mann, NBF SAf 8 1 /104 9 1 /115 17 3 /104 29 4 /85 46 6 /195 109 15 /603
Melville, A SAf 293 - 125 - 76 - 30 - 45 - 569 -
Mitchell, B SAf 18 - 126 - 86 - 58 0 /5 309 -     597 0 /5
Nourse, AD SAf 149 - 119 - 138 - 108 - 107 - 621 -
Plimsoll, JB SAf - - - - 16 3 /143 - - - - 16 3 /143
Rowan, AMB SAf 34 3 /145 46 1 /174 13 1 /76 21 1 /89 0 6 /187     114 12 /671
Smith, VI SAf 1 7 /189 11 0 /73 - - 0 1 /82 0 1 /95 12 9 /439
Tuckett, L SAf 0 6 /195 14 5 /119 30 4 /174 3 0 /60 40 0 /116 87 15 /664
Viljoen, KG SAf 61 - 7 - 125 - 34 - 43 -     270 -