FIFTH TEST DRAWN
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_ South Africa's Galiant Bid Just Fails
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- Received Thursday, 11.30 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 20. In a»most gailant bid to win the fifth Test match, South Africa just fai-led to make tfie necessary runs before the time limit expireu. With three wickets in . hand, South Africa needed only 28 ruhs to win at stumps. A magnificent partnership between, Mjitchell and Nourse added 184 to- the score. Scores : ENGLAND First innings . . .-. '• • • • 427 Second innings 325 SOUTH AFRICA First innings Second Innings Mitchell, not out 3 89 Dyer, lbw, b- Wright 4 Viljoen, st. Evans, b Howorth . ( 33 Nourse, b Howorth 97 Melville, e Evans, b Cranston . 6 Dawson, c Howorth, b Cranston 0 Fullerton, c Evans, b Howorth 14 Mann, c Hutton, b Wright ... 10 Tuckett, not out 40 Extras 30 Total for 7 wckts. (decl) . 423 Fall of wickets: One for 8, two for 48, three for 232, four for 247, five Tor 249, six for 266, seven for 314. Bowling analysis: Sopson, none for 66; Gladwin, none for ?3; Wright, two for 103; Howortb, three for 85; Cranston, two for 61; Compton, -none for 30; Hutton, none for 14; Yardley, none for l.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 August 1947, Page 5
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