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Test no. 289

South Africa in England Test Series - 5th Test
England v South Africa

1947 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 16,18,19,20 August 1947 (4-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	b Mann	83	213	6	0
	C Washbrook	lbw b Mann	32	85		0
	JDB Robertson	c Melville b Smith	4	19		0
	DCS Compton	c Tuckett b Rowan	53	104		0
	NWD Yardley	b Mann	59	134		0
	K Cranston	st Fullerton b Rowan	45	99		0
	R Howorth	c Fullerton b Rowan	23	71		0
	TG Evans	run out	45	66		0
	C Gladwin	not out	51	90		0
	DVP Wright	b Mann	14	49		0
	WH Copson	b Dawson	6	13		0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 1)	12

	Total	(all out; 190 overs)	427	(2.24 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-63 (Washbrook), 2-80 (Robertson), 3-178 (Compton), 4-178 (Hutton), 5-271 (Cranston), 6-290 (Yardley), 7-322 (Howorth), 8-358 (Evans), 9-408 (Wright), 10-427 (Copson)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Tuckett	32	6	82	0	2.56
OC Dawson	35	5	80	1	2.28
NBF Mann	64	28	93	4	1.45
AMB Rowan	38	9	92	3	2.42
VI Smith	21	0	68	1	3.23


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	B Mitchell	c Evans b Copson	120	381	14	0
	DV Dyer	c Gladwin b Howorth	18	60		0
	KG Viljoen	c Evans b Wright	10	33		0
	AD Nourse	c Yardley b Howorth	10	13		0
	A Melville	lbw b Cranston	39	108		0
	OC Dawson	lbw b Wright	55	91		0
	GM Fullerton	c Howorth b Cranston	6	21		0
	AMB Rowan	b Howorth	0	4	0	0
	NBF Mann	b Copson	36	49		1
	L Tuckett	not out	0	7	0	0
	VI Smith	lbw b Copson	0	2	0	0
	Extras	(b 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)	8

	Total	(all out; 131 overs)	302	(2.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-47 (Dyer), 2-62 (Viljoen), 3-78 (Nourse), 4-164 (Melville), 5-243 (Dawson), 6-253 (Fullerton), 7-254 (Rowan), 8-293 (Mitchell), 9-302 (Mann), 10-302 (Smith)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WH Copson	27	13	46	3	1.70
C Gladwin	16	2	39	0	2.43
DVP Wright	29	7	89	2	3.06
R Howorth	39	16	64	3	1.64
DCS Compton	11	4	31	0	2.81
K Cranston	9	2	25	2	2.77


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	c Tuckett b Mann	36	55		0
	C Washbrook	c Fullerton b Rowan	43	69		0
	JDB Robertson	b Rowan	30	59		0
	DCS Compton	c Nourse b Dawson	113	109	15	0
	NWD Yardley	c sub b Mann	11	15		0
	K Cranston	c Mitchell b Rowan	0	2	0	0
	R Howorth	not out	45	74		0
	TG Evans	not out	39	29		0
	Extras	(b 6, w 2)	8

	Total	(6 wickets dec; 77 overs)	325	(4.22 runs per over)

Did not bat C Gladwin, DVP Wright, WH Copson

Fall of wickets1-73 (Hutton), 2-89 (Washbrook), 3-158 (Robertson), 4-179 (Yardley), 5-180 (Cranston), 6-267 (Compton)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Tuckett	7	0	34	0	4.85
OC Dawson	15	1	59	1	3.93
NBF Mann	27	7	102	2	3.77
AMB Rowan	25	1	95	3	3.80
VI Smith	3	0	27	0	9.00


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 451 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	B Mitchell	not out	189	420		0
	DV Dyer	lbw b Wright	4	30		0
	KG Viljoen	st Evans b Howorth	33	63		0
	AD Nourse	b Howorth	97	150	12	0
	A Melville	c Evans b Cranston	6	15		0
	OC Dawson	c Howorth b Cranston	0	5	0	0
	GM Fullerton	c Evans b Howorth	14	19		0
	NBF Mann	c Hutton b Wright	10	41		0
	L Tuckett	not out	40	90		0
	Extras	(b 12, lb 14, w 4)	30

	Total	(7 wickets; 141 overs)	423	(3.00 runs per over)

Did not bat AMB Rowan, VI Smith

Fall of wickets1-8 (Dyer), 2-48 (Viljoen), 3-232 (Nourse), 4-247 (Melville), 5-249 (Dawson), 6-266 (Fullerton), 7-314 (Mann)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WH Copson	30	11	66	0	2.20
C Gladwin	16	5	33	0	2.06
DVP Wright	30	8	103	2	3.43
R Howorth	37	12	85	3	2.29
DCS Compton	4	0	30	0	7.50
K Cranston	21	3	61	2	2.90
L Hutton	2	0	14	0	7.00
NWD Yardley	1	0	1	0	1.00

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England won the 5-match series 3-0

Test debuts R Howorth and JDB Robertson (England)

Umpires HG Baldwin and JA Smart

Close of play
16 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 311/6 (R Howorth 17*, TG Evans 10*)
17 Aug rest day
18 Aug day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 204/4 (B Mitchell 92*, OC Dawson 28*)
19 Aug day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 8/1 (B Mitchell 1*)
20 Aug day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 423/7 (141 ov) - end of match

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