South African national cricket team in England in 1947

The tour of the South African national cricket team to England in the 1947 season took place from June 7 to August 20, 1947. The international cricket tour was part of the 1947 international cricket season and comprised five tests . England won the series 3–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in South Africa in the 1938/39 season .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4th test
The oval	London	23,500	5th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	1st test

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	South Africa
Kim Barnett Alec Bedser Harold Butler Denis Compton Nick Cook Bill Copson Ken Cranston Tom Dollery John Edrich Godfrey Evans Cliff Gladwin Eric Hollies Dick Howorth Richard Hutton Peter Martin George Pope Jack Robertson Cyril Washbrook Doug Wright Norman Yardley Jack Young	Ossie Dawson Dennis Dyer George Fullerton Tony Harris Denis Lindsay Tufty man Alan Melville Bruce Mitchell Dudley Nourse Jack Plimsoll AMB Rowan Ian Smith Lindsay Tuckett Ken Viljoen

June 7-11 scorecard	Nottingham	South Africa 533 (196.3) & 166-1 (51)	-	England 208 (113.1) & 551 (226.2) (f / o)
		draw

June 21-25 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 554-8d (215) & 26-0 (12.1)	-	South Africa 327 (142.2) & 252 (127.2) (f / o)
		England wins with 10 wickets

July 5-9 scorecard	Manchester	South Africa 339 (166.1) & 267 (84.4)	-	England 478 (151.3) & 130-3 (36.5)
		England wins with 7 wickets

July 26-29 Scorecard	Leeds	South Africa 175 (97.1) & 184 (80)	-	England 317-7d (154) & 47-0 (15.4)
		England wins with 10 wickets

August 16-20 Scorecard	London (oval)	England 427 (190) & 325-6d (77)	-	South Africa 302 (131) & 423-7 (141)
		draw