f17514	Middlesex v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1947
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 31st May, 2nd, 3rd June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africans won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HG Baldwin, PT Mills
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 424 all out
Close of play day 2	South Africans (2) 62/1 (Melville 36*, Viljoen 4*)

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Melville	b Sims	25
B Mitchell	c Mann b Young	109		250	10	-
+DM Ovenstone	c Gray b Sims	9
*AD Nourse	b Edrich	92
KG Viljoen	b Edrich	104		155	14	-
OC Dawson	lbw b Young	0
TA Harris	c Shaddick b Sims	5
AMB Rowan	lbw b Sims	36
LTD Tuckett	not out	25
NBF Mann	c Mann b Young	1
VI Smith	b Young	5
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 134 overs)	424
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-57, 3-204, 4-302, 5-302, 6-319, 7-382, 8-402, 9-406, 10-424 (134 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	21	2	91	2	-	-
Gray	20	2	54	0	-	-
Shaddick	11	1	31	0	-	-
Sims	35	3	148	4	-	-
Young	36	17	52	4	-	-
Robertson	8	3	27	0	-	-
DCS Compton	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Nourse b Rowan	22
SM Brown	run out	17
WJ Edrich	c and b Rowan	67
DCS Compton	st Ovenstone b Rowan	154		240	19	-
*FG Mann	c and b Mann	1
AW Thompson	c Mitchell b Rowan	1
+LH Compton	lbw b Mann	32
JM Sims	b Tuckett	11
JA Young	not out	4
RA Shaddick	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 124.1 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-159, 4-160, 5-171, 6-274, 7-302, 8-316 (124.1 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	17.1	3	31	1	-	-
Dawson	7	0	35	0	-	-
Rowan	47	9	130	4	-	-
Mann	39	15	70	2	-	-
Smith	14	4	43	0	-	-

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	b Sims	21
A Melville	b Edrich	42
KG Viljoen	lbw b Gray	7
*AD Nourse	c Edrich b Sims	20
OC Dawson	c DCS Compton b Young	11
TA Harris	c Edrich b Young	76
+DM Ovenstone	b Sims	1
AMB Rowan	b Sims	0
LTD Tuckett	lbw b Sims	0
NBF Mann	c DCS Compton b Sims	30
VI Smith	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 49.3 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-69, 3-77, 4-104, 5-104, 6-106, 7-106, 8-112, 9-178, 10-217 (49.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	9	0	37	1	-	-
Gray	9	2	31	1	-	-
Sims	18	3	89	6	-	-
Young	13.3	3	57	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c and b Rowan	13
SM Brown	c Smith b Tuckett	4
WJ Edrich	not out	133		195	13	-
DCS Compton	b Rowan	34
AW Thompson	st Ovenstone b Smith	9
+LH Compton	c Melville b Mann	15
*FG Mann	lbw b Mann	0
JM Sims	not out	14
JA Young	did not bat
RA Shaddick	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, 80 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-36, 3-98, 4-133, 5-162, 6-166

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	9	0	52	1	-	-
Dawson	4	0	11	0	-	-
Rowan	21	1	63	2	-	-
Mann	24	5	38	2	-	-
Smith	22	4	58	1	-	-

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Notes
--> B Mitchell (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> JM Sims completed a hat-trick in the South Africans second innings (Ovenstone, Rowan, Tuckett)

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