f17562 t286	England v South Africa
	South Africa in British Isles 1947 (2nd Test)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 23rd, 24th, 25th June 1947 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 10 wickets
Umpires	HG Baldwin, D Davies
Scorers	WH Ferguson (South Africa), W Mavins (England)
Close of play day 1	England (1) 312/2 (Edrich 109*, Compton 110*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 167/2 (Melville 96*, Nourse 24*)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 120/2 (Mitchell 47*, Nourse 58*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	b Rowan	18	122	110	1	-
C Washbrook	c Tuckett b Dawson	65	183	140	5	-
WJ Edrich	b Mann	189	466	361	26	1
DCS Compton	c Rowan b Tuckett	208	430	354	20	-
CJ Barnett	b Tuckett	33	42	31	4	-
*NWD Yardley	c Rowan b Tuckett	5	12	17	-	-
+TG Evans	b Tuckett	16	20	17	3	-
GH Pope	not out	8	10	10	1	-
AV Bedser	b Tuckett	0	5	1	-	-
DVP Wright	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 215 overs)	554
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (Hutton), 2-96 (Washbrook), 3-466 (Edrich), 4-515 (Compton), 5-526 (Barnett), 6-541 (Yardley), 7-554 (Evans), 8-554 (Bedser, 215 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	47	8	115	5	-	-
Dawson	33	11	81	1	-	-
Mann	53	16	99	1	-	-
Rowan	65	11	174	1	-	-
Smith	17	2	73	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	st Evans b Compton	46	100	95	6	-
*A Melville	c Bedser b Hollies	117	260	253	13	-
KG Viljoen	b Wright	1	11	8	-	-
AD Nourse	lbw b Wright	61	172	159	6	-
OC Dawson	c Barnett b Hollies	36	124	103	6	-
TA Harris	st Evans b Compton	30	92	83	4	-
AMB Rowan	b Wright	8	12	11	1	-
LTD Tuckett	b Wright	5	23	22	-	-
NBF Mann	b Wright	4	12	12	1	-
+JD Lindsay	not out	7	16	31	1	-
VI Smith	c Edrich b Pope	11	34	24	1	-
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 142.2 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-95 (Mitchell), 2-104 (Viljoen), 3-222 (Melville), 4-230 (Nourse), 5-290 (Harris), 6-300 (Dawson), 7-302 (Rowan), 8-308 (Mann), 9-309 (Tuckett), 10-327 (Smith, 142.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	9	1	22	0	-	-
Bedser	26	1	76	0	-	-
Pope	19.2	5	49	1	-	-
Wright	39	10	95	5	-	-
Hollies	28	10	52	2	-	-
Compton	21	11	32	2	-	-

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South Africa second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	c Edrich b Wright	80	272	253	7	1
*A Melville	b Edrich	8	39	36	1	-
KG Viljoen	b Edrich	6	14	15	1	-
AD Nourse	b Edrich	58	121	102	7	-
OC Dawson	c Edrich b Compton	33	104	99	3	-
TA Harris	c Yardley b Compton	3	14	13	-	-
AMB Rowan	not out	38	108	98	4	-
LTD Tuckett	lbw b Wright	9	46	37	1	-
NBF Mann	b Wright	5	8	9	1	-
+JD Lindsay	c Yardley b Wright	5	44	36	1	-
VI Smith	c Edrich b Wright	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 127.2 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Melville), 2-28 (Viljoen), 3-120 (Nourse), 4-192 (Mitchell), 5-192 (Dawson), 6-201 (Harris), 7-224 (Tuckett), 8-236 (Mann), 9-252 (Lindsay), 10-252 (Smith, 127.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pope	17	7	36	0	-	-
Bedser	14	6	20	0	-	-
Wright	32.2	6	80	5	-	-
Edrich	13	5	31	3	-	-
Compton	31	10	46	2	-	-
Hollies	20	7	32	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	not out	13	46	30	1	-
C Washbrook	not out	13	27	30	2	-
WJ Edrich	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
CJ Barnett	did not bat
*NWD Yardley	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
GH Pope	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 30 minutes, 12.1 overs)	26

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	3	0	4	0	-	-
Dawson	6	2	6	0	-	-
Mann	3.1	1	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GH Pope made his debut in Test matches
--> GH Pope made his last appearance in Test matches
--> C Washbrook (1) 50 in 139 balls with 3 fours
--> WJ Edrich (1) 50 in 119 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> WJ Edrich (1) 100 in 244 balls, 173 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> WJ Edrich (1) 150 in 397 balls with 20 fours and 1 six
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 50
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 82
--> DCS Compton (1) 50 in 96 balls, 80 minutes with 8 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) 100 in 216 balls, 195 minutes with 12 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) 150 in 336 balls with 16 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) passed his previous highest score of 163 in Test matches
--> DCS Compton (1) 200 in 434 balls, 346 minutes with 18 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 161
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 113
--> NWD Yardley (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> A Melville (1) 50 in 95 balls with 6 fours
--> A Melville (1) 100 in 203 balls, 196 minutes with 11 fours
--> AD Nourse (1) 50 in 151 balls with 6 fours
--> B Mitchell (2) 50 in 185 balls with 5 fours
--> B Mitchell (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 37
--> AD Nourse (2) 50 in 100 balls with 6 fours
--> AMB Rowan (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Test matches
--> AMB Rowan (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed AMB Rowan, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa first innings

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