England v South Africa 1st Test
South Africa tour of England - 1947 (1947) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 7 June 1947 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
Match drawn
Match drawn. Alan Melville top-scored with 189 for South Africa.
South Africa, 513 (10 wkts)
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 14 | 0 |
| Alan Melville | bowled | 189 | 0 |
| Ken Viljoen | lbw | 10 | 0 |
| Dudley Nourse | bowled | 149 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | stumping (Godfrey Evans) | 48 | 0 |
| Tony Harris | caught (Leonard Hutton) | 60 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | not out | 34 | 0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | lbw | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | bowled | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Lindsay | bowled | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Smith | caught (Norman Yardley) | 1 | 0 |
Jack Martin 36.00-4-111-1Alec Bedser 57.10-14-106-3Bill Edrich 20.00-8-56-1Eric Hollies 55.20-16-123-5Sam Cook 21.00-4-87-0Norman Yardley 5.00-0-24-0Denis Compton 2.00-1-6-0
England, 204 (10 wkts)
| Leonard Hutton | lbw | 17 | 0 |
| Cyril Washbrook | lbw | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 57 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | caught (Bruce Mitchell) | 65 | 0 |
| Tom Dollery | bowled | 9 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | lbw | 22 | 0 |
| Godfrey Evans | stumping (Johnny Lindsay) | 2 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | caught (Alan Melville) | 7 | 0 |
| Sam Cook | bowled | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Martin | caught (Johnny Lindsay) | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hollies | not out | 0 | 0 |
Lindsay Tuckett 37.00-9-68-5Ossie Dawson 13.00-2-35-1Athol Rowan 16.00-6-45-1Tufty Mann 20.00-13-10-0Ian Smith 27.10-10-46-3
England, 521 (10 wkts)
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 9 | 0 |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught (Johnny Lindsay) | 59 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 50 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | caught (Bruce Mitchell) | 163 | 0 |
| Tom Dollery | caught (Ossie Dawson) | 17 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | caught (Lindsay Tuckett) | 99 | 0 |
| Godfrey Evans | caught (Ian Smith) | 74 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | caught (Tony Harris) | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Cook | caught (Ossie Dawson) | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Hollies | not out | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Martin | bowled | 26 | 0 |
Lindsay Tuckett 47.00-12-127-1Ossie Dawson 25.00-7-57-2Athol Rowan 43.20-8-100-2Tufty Mann 60.00-22-94-1Ian Smith 51.00-15-143-4
South Africa, 159 (1 wkts)
| Bruce Mitchell | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 4 | 0 |
| Alan Melville | not out | 104 | 0 |
| Ken Viljoen | not out | 51 | 0 |
| Dudley Nourse | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Dawson | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Harris | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Athol Rowan | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay Tuckett | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Tufty Mann | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Lindsay | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Smith | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Jack Martin 9.00-2-18-0Alec Bedser 14.00-3-31-1Bill Edrich 4.00-0-8-0Eric Hollies 9.00-1-33-0Sam Cook 9.00-0-40-0Denis Compton 4.00-0-14-0Leonard Hutton 2.00-0-15-0
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