England vs South Africa
1947
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 7 Jun 1947 | Nottingham |
NWD Yardley (Eng)
A Melville (SAf) |
SAf 533 & 166-1
Eng 208 & 551 |
Match Drawn |
|
| 21 Jun 1947 | Lord's |
NWD Yardley (Eng)
A Melville (SAf) |
Eng 554-8d & 26-0
SAf 327 & 252 |
England 10 wickets |
|
| 5 Jul 1947 | Manchester |
NWD Yardley (Eng)
A Melville (SAf) |
SAf 339 & 267
Eng 478 & 130-3 |
England 7 wickets |
|
| 26 Jul 1947 | Leeds |
NWD Yardley (Eng)
A Melville (SAf) |
SAf 175 & 184
Eng 317-7d & 47-0 |
England 10 wickets |
|
| 16 Aug 1947 | The Oval |
NWD Yardley (Eng)
A Melville (SAf) |
Eng 427 & 325-6d
SAf 302 & 423-7 |
Match Drawn |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| DCS Compton | 5 | 8 | 0 | 753 | 94.12 | 2 | 4 | 208 | - | 0 | 2 |
| WJ Edrich | 4 | 6 | 1 | 552 | 110.40 | 2 | 2 | 191 | - | 0 | 5 |
| C Washbrook | 5 | 10 | 2 | 396 | 49.50 | 3 | 0 | 75 | - | 0 | 0 |
| L Hutton | 5 | 10 | 2 | 344 | 43.00 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 284.30 | 1 | 5 |
| NWD Yardley | 5 | 7 | 0 | 273 | 39.00 | 2 | 0 | 99 | - | 0 | 7 |
| TG Evans | 5 | 7 | 2 | 209 | 41.80 | 1 | 0 | 74 | - | 0 | 10/4 |
| K Cranston | 3 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 17.75 | 0 | 0 | 45 | - | 0 | 1 |
| R Howorth | 1 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 68.00 | 0 | 0 | 45* | - | 0 | 2 |
| C Gladwin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 67.00 | 1 | 0 | 51* | - | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Barnett | 3 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 33 | - | 0 | 2 |
| JDB Robertson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 30 | - | 0 | 0 |
| HE Dollery | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | 0 | 0 |
| JW Martin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 26 | - | 0 | 0 |
| WE Hollies | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 18* | - | 0 | 1 |
| DVP Wright | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - | 0 | 0 |
| AV Bedser | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | - | 0 | 1 |
| GH Pope | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | 8* | - | 0 | 0 |
| WH Copson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 |
| C Cook | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 |
| HJ Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
| JA Young | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0* | - | 0 | 1 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| DVP Wright | 183.2 | 50 | 484 | 19 | 25.47 | 5/80 | 2.64 | 2/1 | 0 | 0 |
| WJ Edrich | 134.5 | 33 | 370 | 16 | 23.12 | 4/77 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K Cranston | 82.1 | 23 | 186 | 11 | 16.90 | 4/12 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WE Hollies | 149.2 | 46 | 331 | 9 | 36.77 | 5/123 | 2.22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| HJ Butler | 52 | 24 | 66 | 7 | 9.42 | 4/34 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R Howorth | 76 | 28 | 149 | 6 | 24.83 | 3/64 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DCS Compton | 103 | 29 | 263 | 5 | 52.60 | 2/32 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AV Bedser | 111.1 | 24 | 233 | 4 | 58.25 | 3/106 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Gladwin | 98 | 37 | 158 | 3 | 52.66 | 2/58 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WH Copson | 57 | 24 | 112 | 3 | 37.33 | 3/46 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Young | 36 | 12 | 85 | 2 | 42.50 | 2/54 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GH Pope | 36.2 | 12 | 85 | 1 | 85.00 | 1/49 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JW Martin | 45 | 6 | 129 | 1 | 129.00 | 1/111 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Cook | 30 | 4 | 127 | 0 | - | - | 4.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Barnett | 13 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | 1.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L Hutton | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | 7.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NWD Yardley | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | 4.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| AD Nourse | 5 | 9 | 0 | 621 | 69.00 | 5 | 2 | 149 | - | 0 | 4 |
| B Mitchell | 5 | 10 | 1 | 597 | 66.33 | 3 | 2 | 189* | - | 0 | 4 |
| A Melville | 5 | 10 | 1 | 569 | 63.22 | 1 | 3 | 189 | - | 0 | 5 |
| KG Viljoen | 5 | 10 | 1 | 270 | 30.00 | 2 | 0 | 93 | - | 0 | 0 |
| OC Dawson | 5 | 9 | 0 | 204 | 22.66 | 1 | 0 | 55 | - | 0 | 4 |
| AMB Rowan | 5 | 8 | 3 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 0 | 38* | - | 0 | 2 |
| NBF Mann | 5 | 9 | 0 | 109 | 12.11 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ****** | 0 | 0 |
| DV Dyer | 3 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 16.00 | 1 | 0 | 62 | - | 0 | 0 |
| TA Harris | 2 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 31.00 | 1 | 0 | 60 | - | 0 | 1 |
| LTD Tuckett | 5 | 9 | 2 | 87 | 12.42 | 0 | 0 | 40* | ****** | 0 | 6 |
| GM Fullerton | 2 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - | 0 | 2/1 |
| JD Lindsay | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 9* | - | 0 | 4/1 |
| JB Plimsoll | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 8* | - | 0 | 0 |
| VI Smith | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ****** | 0 | 1 |
South Africa Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| LTD Tuckett | 252 | 45 | 664 | 15 | 44.26 | 5/68 | 2.63 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NBF Mann | 329.5 | 127 | 603 | 15 | 40.20 | 4/68 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMB Rowan | 254.2 | 48 | 671 | 12 | 55.91 | 3/92 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VI Smith | 155.1 | 36 | 439 | 9 | 48.77 | 4/143 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OC Dawson | 158.5 | 33 | 425 | 8 | 53.12 | 2/57 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Plimsoll | 39.3 | 9 | 143 | 3 | 47.66 | 3/128 | 3.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 73.5 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 141 | 4(1) | Hutton & Washbrook | |
| 2nd | 32.5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 96 | 1(2) | Edrich & Washbrook | |
| 3rd | 116.8 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 370 | 2(1) | Edrich & Compton | |
| 4th | 24.3 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 49 | 2(1) | Barnett & Compton | |
| 5th | 69.3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 1(2) | Compton & Yardley | |
| 6th | 31.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 87 | 5(2) | Howorth & Compton | |
| 7th | 30.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 58* | 5(2) | Howorth & Evans | |
| 8th | 18.4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 36 | 5(1) | Gladwin & Evans | |
| 9th | 14.0 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 50 | 5(1) | Gladwin & Wright | |
| 10th | 19.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 51 | 1(2) | Hollies & Martin | |
| 14 | 35 | 15 | 5 | ||||||
| South Africa | |||||||||
| 1st | 26.1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 95 | 2(1) | Mitchell & Melville | |
| 2nd | 44.1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 145* | 1(2) | Viljoen & Melville | |
| 3rd | 106.0 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 319 | 1(1) | Nourse & Melville | |
| 4th | 50.3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 121 | 3(2) | Viljoen & Nourse | |
| 5th | 25.4 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 79 | 5(1) | Mitchell & Dawson | |
| 6th | 19.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 55 | 1(1) | Rowan & Harris | |
| 7th | 14.9 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 48 | 5(2) | Mitchell & Mann | |
| 8th | 29.9 | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | 109* | 5(2) | Mitchell & Tuckett | |
| 9th | 9.2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 29 | 3(1) | Lindsay & Viljoen | |
| 10th | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 23 | 3(2) | Plimsoll & Tuckett | |
| 32 | 39 | 13 | 6 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| Eng | SAf | ||
| Runs Scored | 3063 | 2968 | |
| Wickets lost | 64 | 88 | |
| Overs faced | 1191.4 | 1217.1 | |
| Runs per wicket | 47.86 | 33.73 | |
| Runs per over | 2.57 | 2.44 | |
| Innings | 79 | 100 | |
| Ducks | 4 | 13 | |
| Fifties | 12 | 14 | |
| Centuries | 7 | 7 | |
| 5 w/inn | 3 | 2 | |
| 10 w/mat | 1 | 0 |
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