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f17407 t288	England v South Africa
	South Africa in British Isles 1947 (4th Test)
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1947 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 10 wickets
Umpires	F Chester, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	England (1) 53/0 (Hutton 32, Washbrook 21)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 317/7 (Evans 6, Young 0)

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Melville	b Edrich	0		13	-	-
DV Dyer	c Evans b Wright	9		75		-
B Mitchell	b Butler	53		183		-
AD Nourse	b Butler	51		156		-
KG Viljoen	b Wright	5		22		-
OC Dawson	c Young b Butler	5		19		-
+GM Fullerton	c Cranston b Edrich	13		43		-
AMB Rowan	c Yardley b Edrich	0		3	-	-
NBF Mann	c Edrich b Cranston	29		41		-
L Tuckett	c Evans b Butler	3		8	-	-
VI Smith	not out	0		1	-	-
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Melville), 2-23 (Dyer), 3-113 (Mitchell), 4-121 (Viljoen), 5-125 (Nourse), 6-130 (Dawson), 7-131 (Rowan), 8-158 (Fullerton), 9-175 (Tuckett), 10-175 (Mann, 97.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butler	28	15	34	4	-	-
Edrich	17	4	46	3	-	-
Young	17	5	31	0	-	-
Wright	20	9	24	2	-	-
Cranston	11.1	3	24	1	-	-
Compton	4	0	9	0	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	run out	100		277		-
C Washbrook	b Mann	75		190	10	-
WJ Edrich	c Melville b Mann	43		107		-
DCS Compton	c Mitchell b Mann	30		69		-
CJ Barnett	c Tuckett b Rowan	6		18		-
*NWD Yardley	c Nourse b Smith	36		68		-
K Cranston	c Melville b Mann	3		19	-	-
+TG Evans	not out	6		24		-
JA Young	not out	0		5	-	-
DVP Wright	did not bat
HJ Butler	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 154 overs)	317
Fall of wickets: 1-141 (Washbrook), 2-218 (Hutton), 3-241 (Edrich), 4-253 (Barnett), 5-289 (Compton), 6-306 (Cranston), 7-316 (Yardley)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	18	4	48	0	-	-
Dawson	4	0	12	0	-	-
Mann	50	20	68	4	-	-
Smith	36	9	82	1	-	-
Rowan	46	12	89	1	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Melville	c Compton b Young	30		70		-
DV Dyer	c Yardley b Edrich	2		10	-	-
B Mitchell	b Young	5		19		-
AD Nourse	lbw b Butler	57		139		-
KG Viljoen	lbw b Butler	29		90		-
OC Dawson	b Butler	17		26		-
+GM Fullerton	lbw b Cranston	13		55		-
AMB Rowan	not out	21		45		-
NBF Mann	c Evans b Cranston	0	2	2	-	-
L Tuckett	b Cranston	0	2	2	-	-
VI Smith	b Cranston	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	184
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Dyer), 2-16 (Mitchell), 3-59 (Melville), 4-130 (Viljoen), 5-139 (Nourse), 6-156 (Dawson), 7-184 (Fullerton), 8-184 (Mann), 9-184 (Tuckett), 10-184 (Smith, 80 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Butler	24	9	32	3	-	-
Edrich	14	2	35	1	-	-
Young	19	7	54	2	-	-
Wright	14	7	31	0	-	-
Compton	2	0	10	0	-	-
Cranston	7	3	12	4	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	not out	32		38		1
C Washbrook	not out	15		38		-
WJ Edrich	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
CJ Barnett	did not bat
*NWD Yardley	did not bat
K Cranston	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
HJ Butler	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 15.4 overs)	47

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	6	1	12	0	-	-
Dawson	4	1	13	0	-	-
Mann	3.4	0	17	0	-	-
Mitchell	2	1	5	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> AD Nourse (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 40
--> GM Fullerton made his debut in Test Matches
--> L Hutton (1) passed 2000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 22
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 38
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 24
--> JA Young made his debut in Test Matches
--> HJ Butler made his debut in Test Matches
--> DVP Wright reached 100 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when he dismissed KG Viljoen, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> WJ Edrich reached 250 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed AMB Rowan, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> NBF Mann achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed DCS Compton in the England first innings (previous best was 2-19)
--> K Cranston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed L Tuckett in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 2-64)