| f17734 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 30th August, 1st, 2nd September 1947 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, JA Smart |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 415/5 (Bartlett 66*, JY Oakes 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africans (1) 555/6 (Melville 114*, Mann 33*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | lbw b Tuckett | 57 | |||||
| HW Parks | c Ovenstone b Rowan | 140 | |||||
| C Oakes | b Tuckett | 3 | |||||
| J Langridge | c Viljoen b Rowan | 7 | |||||
| G Cox | c and b Tuckett | 132 | 20 | - | |||
| *HT Bartlett | not out | 66 | |||||
| JY Oakes | not out | 2 | - | - | |||
| +SC Griffith | did not bat | ||||||
| PAH Carey | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Nye | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Cornford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 140 overs) | 415 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-111, 2-123, 3-140, 4-285, 5-408 | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tuckett | 31 | 1 | 112 | 3 | - | - | |
| Plimsoll | 32 | 6 | 90 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rowan | 44 | 13 | 114 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mann | 24 | 8 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Payn | 9 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Mitchell | c Griffith b Cornford | 41 | |||||
| DV Dyer | b C Oakes | 54 | |||||
| AMB Rowan | b C Oakes | 30 | |||||
| KG Viljoen | c and b JY Oakes | 201 | 230 | 28 | - | ||
| TA Harris | run out | 71 | |||||
| *A Melville | not out | 114 | |||||
| +DM Ovenstone | b Carey | 0 | - | - | |||
| NBF Mann | not out | 33 | |||||
| LW Payn | did not bat | ||||||
| LTD Tuckett | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Plimsoll | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 3 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 121 overs) | 555 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81, 2-123, 3-140, 4-288, 5-502, 6-503 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Nye | 15 | 1 | 76 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cornford | 32 | 2 | 136 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carey | 25 | 1 | 147 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cox | 29 | 7 | 92 | 0 | - | - | |
| C Oakes | 11 | 0 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| JY Oakes | 8 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| JG Langridge | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | b Mann | 40 | |||||
| HW Parks | b Mann | 60 | |||||
| C Oakes | b Plimsoll | 17 | |||||
| J Langridge | c Mitchell b Rowan | 55 | |||||
| G Cox | c Ovenstone b Tuckett | 0 | |||||
| JY Oakes | c Mitchell b Tuckett | 0 | |||||
| *HT Bartlett | b Tuckett | 28 | |||||
| +SC Griffith | c Payn b Plimsoll | 25 | |||||
| PAH Carey | c Mitchell b Viljoen | 37 | |||||
| JK Nye | b Plimsoll | 0 | |||||
| JH Cornford | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100.4 overs) | 281 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-97, 2-114, 3-149, 4-150, 5-154, 6-213, 7-220, 8-263, 9-263, 10-281 (100.4 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tuckett | 24 | 10 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Plimsoll | 28 | 4 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mann | 25 | 8 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rowan | 18 | 4 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Payn | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Viljoen | 1.4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AMB Rowan | not out | 26 | |||||
| LW Payn | not out | 14 | |||||
| B Mitchell | did not bat | ||||||
| DV Dyer | did not bat | ||||||
| KG Viljoen | did not bat | ||||||
| TA Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| *A Melville | did not bat | ||||||
| +DM Ovenstone | did not bat | ||||||
| NBF Mann | did not bat | ||||||
| LTD Tuckett | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Plimsoll | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 6 overs) | 45 | |||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Griffith | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| JG Langridge | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bartlett | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JK Nye made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HW Parks (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 78
--> JG Langridge (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 17
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