f17454	Leicestershire v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 3rd, 5th May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africans won by 10 wickets
Umpires	F Chester, CF Root
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 123/3 (Melville 71*, Begbie 18*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	run out	16
FT Prentice	c Mitchell b Rowan	28
G Lester	c Dawson b Payn	1
M Tompkin	c Melville b Payn	3
VE Jackson	c Ovenstone b Tuckett	15
GS Watson	b Tuckett	27
A Riddington	b Tuckett	0
TA Chapman	b Tuckett	11
JE Walsh	c Nourse b Tuckett	7
+P Corrall	b Rowan	0
J Sperry	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-35, 3-53, 4-53, 5-85, 6-85, 7-98, 8-106, 9-108, 10-128 (61.5 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	16.5	4	27	5	-	-
Dawson	5	2	8	0	-	-
Rowan	23	3	58	2	-	-
Payn	17	12	23	2	-	-

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	st Corrall b Lester	25
DV Dyer	lbw b Walsh	8
*A Melville	c Jackson b Lester	104		205
AD Nourse	b Lester	0
DW Begbie	c Corrall b Sperry	33
TA Harris	lbw b Lester	21
OC Dawson	lbw b Walsh	4
+DM Ovenstone	b Walsh	3
AMB Rowan	not out	7
LTD Tuckett	b Lester	6
LW Payn	c Sperry b Lester	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 118 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-85, 3-85, 4-150, 5-191, 6-192, 7-198, 8-199, 9-216, 10-216 (118 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	21	8	32	1	-	-
Jackson	27	10	35	0	-	-
Walsh	31	6	71	3	-	-
Riddington	5	2	14	0	-	-
Lester	27	15	42	6	-	-
Prentice	7	1	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	not out	45
FT Prentice	b Tuckett	5
G Lester	b Tuckett	0
M Tompkin	lbw b Tuckett	0
VE Jackson	b Rowan	12
GS Watson	run out	10
TA Chapman	c Rowan b Payn	8
JE Walsh	c Mitchell b Begbie	22
+P Corrall	b Begbie	0
J Sperry	b Tuckett	9
A Riddington	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-10, 4-31, 5-47, 6-71, 7-100, 8-100, 9-121 (55 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	18	5	32	4	-	-
Dawson	7	1	17	0	-	-
Rowan	15	5	30	1	-	-
Payn	10	4	26	1	-	-
Begbie	5	0	6	2	-	-

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	not out	29
DV Dyer	not out	4
*A Melville	did not bat
AD Nourse	did not bat
DW Begbie	did not bat
TA Harris	did not bat
OC Dawson	did not bat
+DM Ovenstone	did not bat
AMB Rowan	did not bat
LTD Tuckett	did not bat
LW Payn	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 12.5 overs)	35

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	6.5	2	10	0	-	-
Jackson	6	1	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GS Watson (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> DM Ovenstone made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> LW Payn made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> OC Dawson made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> TA Harris made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> G Lester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africans first innings (previous best was 6-108)
--> J Sperry reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the South Africans first innings

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