f17723	Kent v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1947
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africans won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africans won by 88 runs
Umpires	E Cooke, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 410 all out
Close of play day 2	South Africans (2) 45/0 (Melville 22*, Mitchell 22*)

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Melville	lbw b Davies	38
B Mitchell	c Davies b Wright	46
KG Viljoen	c Fagg b Davies	104
AD Nourse	c Evans b Harding	12
DW Begbie	c Fagg b Wright	4
OC Dawson	c Valentine b Hearn	87
+GM Fullerton	c Harding b Hearn	46
AMB Rowan	st Evans b Wright	35
NBF Mann	not out	26
JB Plimsoll	c Fagg b Wright	0
VI Smith	c Evans b Wright	1
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 113 overs)	410
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-91, 3-125, 4-145, 5-295, 6-311, 7-375, 8-380, 9-380, 10-410 (113 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	18	1	86	1	-	-
Ridgway	20	5	63	0	-	-
Wright	29	3	124	5	-	-
Davies	28	6	78	2	-	-
Dovey	11	3	24	0	-	-
Hearn	7	0	24	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Rowan	16
AE Fagg	c Mitchell b Mann	44
LEG Ames	b Mann	3
*BH Valentine	c Begbie b Plimsoll	55
JGW Davies	b Mann	80
P Hearn	b Rowan	18
+TG Evans	c Dawson b Mann	61
RR Dovey	b Mann	26
DVP Wright	run out	0
F Ridgway	c Smith b Mann	0
NW Harding	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 110.3 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-42, 3-88, 4-164, 5-214, 6-257, 7-302, 8-306, 9-308, 10-318 (110.3 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	28	8	47	1	-	-
Dawson	12	2	26	0	-	-
Rowan	32	6	78	2	-	-
Mann	35.3	6	132	6	-	-
Smith	3	0	23	0	-	-

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Melville	c Ridgway b Wright	22
B Mitchell	c and b Davies	57
KG Viljoen	b Harding	35
AD Nourse	b Dovey	31
DW Begbie	b Ridgway	24
OC Dawson	not out	32
+GM Fullerton	c Evans b Harding	4
NBF Mann	b Harding	0
AMB Rowan	not out	12
JB Plimsoll	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-114, 3-122, 4-159, 5-184, 6-203, 7-203

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	16	4	58	3	-	-
Ridgway	14	0	56	1	-	-
Wright	14	1	48	1	-	-
Davies	13	1	30	1	-	-
Dovey	11	3	25	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Nourse b Mann	41
AE Fagg	c Rowan b Mann	34
LEG Ames	c Begbie b Mann	16
*BH Valentine	c Melville b Mann	23
JGW Davies	c Nourse b Mann	26
+TG Evans	run out	17
P Hearn	c and b Mann	15
RR Dovey	not out	31
DVP Wright	b Rowan	8
F Ridgway	b Mann	7
NW Harding	c Dawson b Rowan	2
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-79, 3-97, 4-133, 5-163, 6-166, 7-194, 8-213, 9-226, 10-231 (69.4 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	8	2	29	0	-	-
Dawson	7	1	17	0	-	-
Rowan	27.4	5	79	2	-	-
Mann	27	4	95	7	-	-

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Notes
--> NW Harding made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 31000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JGW Davies (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> AD Nourse (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> NBF Mann achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 6-69)

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