f17520	Northamptonshire v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1947
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 4th, 5th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africans won by an innings and 32 runs
Umpires	CAR Coleman, P Holmes
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 244/5 (Harris 62*, Begbie 5*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Dyer b Plimsoll	27
+CP Davis	c Fullerton b Dawson	5
AL Cox	c Smith b Plimsoll	16
JE Timms	b Plimsoll	0
W Barron	st Lindsay b Dawson	0
ACL Bennett	b Dawson	0
V Broderick	lbw b Dawson	0
CB Clarke	c Dyer b Plimsoll	0
*AW Childs-Clarke	c and b Plimsoll	22
DJW Bridge	not out	25
LA Smith	c Harris b Plimsoll	2
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-31, 3-31, 4-36, 5-38, 6-38, 7-43, 8-56, 9-85, 10-103 (54.3 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	27.3	8	40	6	-	-
Dawson	23	11	37	4	-	-
Smith	4	0	20	0	-	-

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Dyer	c Davis b Broderick	22
*A Melville	b Smith	6
GM Fullerton	b Smith	11
OC Dawson	c Brookes b Broderick	62
KG Viljoen	b Bridge	47
TA Harris	b Clarke	67
DW Begbie	b Smith	29
LW Payn	b Clarke	3
+JD Lindsay	c Davis b Smith	5
JB Plimsoll	c and b Clarke	16
VI Smith	not out	18
Extras	(21 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-35, 3-70, 4-143, 5-221, 6-274, 7-278, 8-285, 9-285, 10-319 (91.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	4	55	4	-	-
Bridge	21	6	66	1	-	-
Clarke	22.2	4	73	3	-	-
Broderick	18	2	56	2	-	-
Cox	8	0	36	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Viljoen b Plimsoll	17
+CP Davis	c Fullerton b Dawson	10
AL Cox	c Dyer b Plimsoll	8
JE Timms	c Begbie b Dawson	17
ACL Bennett	c Payn b Plimsoll	0
V Broderick	b Dawson	5
W Barron	b Plimsoll	18
CB Clarke	c and b Dawson	9
*AW Childs-Clarke	not out	32
DJW Bridge	b Plimsoll	5
LA Smith	c Lindsay b Smith	55
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-29, 3-54, 4-54, 5-54, 6-61, 7-91, 8-93, 9-108, 10-184 (54.2 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	23	4	90	5	-	-
Dawson	26	7	71	4	-	-
Smith	4.2	0	10	1	-	-
Payn	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> ACL Bennett made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AW Childs-Clarke (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> LA Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> DJW Bridge made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> LA Smith made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> OC Dawson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 3-28)
--> JB Plimsoll reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> OC Dawson completed a hat-trick in the Northamptonshire first innings (Barron, Bennett, Broderick)
--> LA Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africans first innings (previous best was 3-52)

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