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f17288 t285	England v South Africa
	South Africa in British Isles 1947 (1st Test)
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th June 1947 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CAR Coleman, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 376/3 (Melville 183, Dawson 3)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 154/2 (Edrich 44, Compton 65)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 278/4 (Compton 83, Yardley 45)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	b Bedser	14		40		-
*A Melville	b Martin	189		364	16	1
KG Viljoen	lbw b Edrich	10		44		-
AD Nourse	b Hollies	149		244	15	1
OC Dawson	st Evans b Hollies	48		101		-
TA Harris	c Hutton b Hollies	60		133	9	-
AMB Rowan	not out	34		102		-
L Tuckett	lbw b Hollies	0		1	-	-
NBF Mann	b Bedser	8		18		-
+JD Lindsay	b Bedser	0		7	-	-
VI Smith	c Yardley b Hollies	1		7	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 196.3 overs)	533
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Mitchell), 2-44 (Viljoen), 3-363 (Nourse), 4-384 (Melville), 5-450 (Dawson), 6-505 (Harris), 7-505 (Tuckett), 8-528 (Mann), 9-530 (Lindsay), 10-533 (Smith, 196.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	36	4	111	1	-	-
Bedser	57.1	14	106	3	-	-
Edrich	20	8	56	1	-	-
Hollies	55.2	16	123	5	-	-
Cook	21	4	87	0	-	-
Yardley	5	0	24	0	-	-
Compton	2	1	6	0	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	lbw b Rowan	17		46		-
C Washbrook	lbw b Tuckett	25		60		-
WJ Edrich	b Smith	57		205	1	-
DCS Compton	c Mitchell b Tuckett	65		135	1	-
HE Dollery	b Dawson	9		13		-
*NWD Yardley	lbw b Tuckett	22		45		-
+TG Evans	st Lindsay b Smith	2		21	-	-
AV Bedser	c Melville b Smith	7		8		1
C Cook	b Tuckett	0		2	-	-
JW Martin	c Lindsay b Tuckett	0		1	-	-
WE Hollies	not out	0		3	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	208
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Hutton), 2-48 (Washbrook), 3-154 (Compton), 4-165 (Dollery), 5-198 (Edrich), 6-198 (Yardley), 7-207 (Bedser), 8-208 (Cook), 9-208 (Martin), 10-208 (Evans, 113.1 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	37	9	68	5	-	-
Dawson	13	2	35	1	-	-
Rowan	16	6	45	1	-	-
Mann	20	13	10	0	-	-
Smith	27.1	10	46	3	-	-

England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	b Tuckett	9		20		-
C Washbrook	c Lindsay b Rowan	59		150	2	-
WJ Edrich	b Smith	50		109	7	-
DCS Compton	c Mitchell b Mann	163		290	19	-
HE Dollery	c and b Dawson	17		47		-
*NWD Yardley	c Tuckett b Dawson	99		250	10	-
+TG Evans	c and b Smith	74		76	14	-
AV Bedser	c Harris b Smith	2		31	-	-
C Cook	c Dawson b Smith	4		19		-
WE Hollies	not out	18		52		-
JW Martin	b Rowan	26		49		2
Extras	(15 b, 13 lb, 2 w)	30
Total	(all out, 226.2 overs)	551
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Hutton), 2-116 (Edrich), 3-133 (Washbrook), 4-170 (Dollery), 5-407 (Compton), 6-434 (Yardley), 7-472 (Bedser), 8-499 (Evans), 9-500 (Cook), 10-551 (Martin, 226.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	47	12	127	1	-	-
Dawson	25	7	57	2	-	-
Smith	51	15	143	4	-	-
Rowan	43.2	8	100	2	-	-
Mann	60	22	94	1	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	c Evans b Bedser	4		22		-
*A Melville	not out	104		160	15	-
KG Viljoen	not out	51		137	5	-
AD Nourse	did not bat
OC Dawson	did not bat
TA Harris	did not bat
AMB Rowan	did not bat
L Tuckett	did not bat
NBF Mann	did not bat
+JD Lindsay	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb, 5 w)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 51 overs)	166
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Mitchell)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	9	2	18	0	-	-
Bedser	14	3	31	1	-	-
Edrich	4	0	8	0	-	-
Hollies	9	1	33	0	-	-
Cook	9	0	40	0	-	-
Compton	4	0	14	0	-	-
Hutton	2	0	15	0	-	-

Notes
--> A Melville (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 103
--> A Melville (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 153
--> A Melville (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 149
--> AD Nourse (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 27
--> OC Dawson made his debut in Test Matches
--> TA Harris made his debut in Test Matches
--> TA Harris (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 41
--> AMB Rowan made his debut in Test Matches
--> L Tuckett made his debut in Test Matches
--> NBF Mann made his debut in Test Matches
--> JD Lindsay made his debut in Test Matches
--> VI Smith made his debut in Test Matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 50
--> HE Dollery made his debut in Test Matches
--> C Cook made his debut in Test Matches
--> JW Martin made his debut in Test Matches
--> DCS Compton (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 147
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 15
--> NWD Yardley (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 61
--> TG Evans (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 29
--> A Melville (2) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 25
--> AMB Rowan reached 100 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed C Washbrook, his 1st wicket in the England second innings