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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
554-8d & 26-0
Series badge RSA
327 & 252
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Overs: 12.1 RR: 2.14 vs spin: 5.05
vs seam: 1.11
Overs: 127.2 RR: 1.98 vs spin: 1.53
vs seam: 1.81
Sat 21/06/47 England v South Africa at Lord's, 2nd Test, Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
ENGLAND WIN England won by 10 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 554-8 (215.0; RR: 2.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton b Rowan 18 122 1 0 14.75
C Washbrook c Tuckett b Dawson 65 183 5 0 35.52
WJ Edrich b Mann 189 466 26 1 40.56
DCS Compton c Rowan b Tuckett 208 430 20 0 48.37
CJ Barnett b Tuckett 33 42 4 0 78.57
NWD Yardley c Rowan b Tuckett 5 12 0 0 41.67
TG Evans b Tuckett 16 20 3 0 80.00
GH Pope not out 8 10 1 0 80.00
AV Bedser b Tuckett 0 5 0 0 0.00
DVP Wright  
WE Hollies  
Extras (2b, 10lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 554-8 (215.0 overs; RR: 2.58)

Fall of wickets

75-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 96-2 (C Washbrook 0.0 ov), 466-3 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 515-4 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 526-5 (CJ Barnett 0.0 ov), 541-6 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 554-7 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 554-8 (AV Bedser 215.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
LTD Tuckett 47.0 8 115 5 2.45 0 0
OC Dawson 33.0 11 81 1 2.45 0 0
NBF Mann 53.0 16 99 1 1.87 0 0
AMB Rowan 65.0 11 174 1 2.68 0 0
VI Smith 17.0 2 73 0 4.29 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 327 (142.2; RR: 2.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell st Evans b Compton 46 100 6 0 46.00
A Melville c Bedser b Hollies 117 260 13 0 45.00
KG Viljoen b Wright 1 11 0 0 9.09
AD Nourse lbw b Wright 61 172 6 0 35.47
OC Dawson c Barnett b Hollies 36 124 6 0 29.03
TA Harris st Evans b Compton 30 92 4 0 32.61
AMB Rowan b Wright 8 12 1 0 66.67
LTD Tuckett b Wright 5 23 0 0 21.74
NBF Mann b Wright 4 12 1 0 33.33
JD Lindsay not out 7 16 1 0 43.75
VI Smith c Edrich b Pope 11 34 1 0 32.35
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 1  
TOTAL 327 all out (142.2 overs; RR: 2.30)

Fall of wickets

95-1 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 104-2 (KG Viljoen 0.0 ov), 222-3 (A Melville 0.0 ov), 230-4 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 290-5 (TA Harris 0.0 ov), 300-6 (OC Dawson 0.0 ov), 302-7 (AMB Rowan 0.0 ov), 308-8 (NBF Mann 0.0 ov), 309-9 (LTD Tuckett 0.0 ov), 327-10 (VI Smith 142.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WJ Edrich 9.0 1 22 0 2.44 0 0
AV Bedser 26.0 1 76 0 2.92 0 0
GH Pope 19.2 5 49 1 2.58 0 0
DVP Wright 39.0 10 95 5 2.44 0 0
WE Hollies 28.0 10 52 2 1.86 0 0
DCS Compton 21.0 11 32 2 1.52 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 252 (127.2; RR: 1.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell c Edrich b Wright 80 272 7 1 29.41
A Melville b Edrich 8 39 1 0 20.51
KG Viljoen b Edrich 6 14 1 0 42.86
AD Nourse b Edrich 58 121 7 0 47.93
OC Dawson c Edrich b Compton 33 104 3 0 31.73
TA Harris c Yardley b Compton 3 14 0 0 21.43
AMB Rowan not out 38 108 4 0 35.19
LTD Tuckett lbw b Wright 9 46 1 0 19.57
NBF Mann b Wright 5 8 1 0 62.50
JD Lindsay c Yardley b Wright 5 44 1 0 11.36
VI Smith c Edrich b Wright 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (3b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 252 all out (127.2 overs; RR: 1.98)

Fall of wickets

16-1 (A Melville 0.0 ov), 28-2 (KG Viljoen 0.0 ov), 120-3 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 192-4 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 192-5 (OC Dawson 0.0 ov), 201-6 (TA Harris 0.0 ov), 224-7 (LTD Tuckett 0.0 ov), 236-8 (NBF Mann 0.0 ov), 252-9 (JD Lindsay 0.0 ov), 252-10 (VI Smith 127.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GH Pope 17.0 7 36 0 2.12 0 0
AV Bedser 14.0 6 20 0 1.43 0 0
DVP Wright 32.2 6 80 5 2.50 0 0
WJ Edrich 13.0 5 31 3 2.38 0 0
DCS Compton 31.0 10 46 2 1.48 0 0
WE Hollies 20.0 7 32 0 1.60 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 26-0 (12.1; RR: 2.14)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton not out 13 46 1 0 28.26
C Washbrook not out 13 27 2 0 48.15
WJ Edrich  
DCS Compton  
CJ Barnett  
NWD Yardley  
TG Evans  
GH Pope  
AV Bedser  
DVP Wright  
WE Hollies  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 0  
TOTAL 26-0 (12.1 overs; RR: 2.14)

Fall of wickets

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
LTD Tuckett 3.0 0 4 0 1.33 0 0
OC Dawson 6.0 2 6 0 1.00 0 0
NBF Mann 3.1 1 16 0 5.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Lord's, 2nd Test

Date

Saturday June 21, 1947

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood

Umpires

D Davies, HG Baldwin

England Team

Playing XI

CJ Barnett, WE Hollies, L Hutton, DCS Compton, C Washbrook, WJ Edrich, DVP Wright, NWD Yardley, AV Bedser, TG Evans, GH Pope

South Africa Team

Playing XI

B Mitchell, KG Viljoen, AD Nourse, A Melville, OC Dawson, TA Harris, JD Lindsay, NBF Mann, AMB Rowan, VI Smith, LTD Tuckett