South African cricket team in England in 1947

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1947 season to play a five-match Test series against England. England won the series with three wins and two matches drawn.

Test series summary

1st Test at Trent Bridge – match drawn
2nd Test at Lord's – England won by 10 wickets
3rd Test at Old Trafford – England won by 7 wickets
4th Test at Headingley – England won by 10 wickets
5th Test at The Oval – match drawn

South African squad

Details of the South African squad are as follows including name, domestic team, year of birth, role, batting hand, bowling type if applicable, and number of first-class appearances on the tour:^[1]

South African squad 1947
Name	Province	Birth	Role	Batting	Bowling	Apps
Alan Melville (captain)	Transvaal	1910	opening bat	RHB	OB/LBG	26
Dudley Nourse (vice-captain)	Natal	1910	batsman	RHB		23
Denis Begbie	Transvaal	1914	batsman	RHB	OB/LBG	15
Ossie Dawson	Natal	1919	all-rounder	RHB	RM	22
Dennis Dyer	Natal	1914	opening bat	RHB		17
George Fullerton	Transvaal	1922	wicketkeeper	RHB		16
Tony Harris	Transvaal	1916	batsman	RHB		15
Johnny Lindsay	Transvaal	1908	wicketkeeper	RHB		11
Tufty Mann	Eastern Province	1920	spinner	RHB	SLA	21
Bruce Mitchell	Transvaal	1909	all-rounder	RHB	LB	23
Douglas Ovenstone	Western Province	1921	wicketkeeper	RHB		10
Leslie Payn	Natal	1915	spinner	RHB	SLA	10
Jack Plimsoll	Western Province	1917	seamer	RHB	LMF	18
Athol Rowan	Transvaal	1921	spinner	RHB	OB	22
Ian Smith	Natal	1925	spinner	RHB	LB	20
Lindsay Tuckett	Orange Free State	1919	seamer	RHB	RMF	18
Ken Viljoen	Transvaal	1910	batsman	RHB		21

References

↑ CricketArchive – tour summary. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

Bibliography

Playfair Cricket Annual 1948
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1948
Louis Duffus, South African Cricket, Volume 3, 1927-1947, The South African Cricket Association, 1948
various writers, A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket 1889-1989, Ball, 1989

External links

CricketArchive – tour summaries

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