| 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) | |||||||||||||
| New ball available after 55 overs | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Session-by-session | |||||||||||||||
| Back to Series Index | Details of scores of 50+ | ||||||||||||||
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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 | - | ||