1947 English cricket season
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The 1947 English cricket season is remembered for the batting performances of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich who established seasonal records that will probably not be broken.
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[edit] Honours
- County Championship - Middlesex
- Minor Counties Championship - Yorkshire II
- Wisden - Martin Donnelly, Alan Melville, Dudley Nourse, Jack Robertson, Norman Yardley
[edit] Test Series
England defeated South Africa 3-0 with two matches drawn. Four of Denis Compton's record 18 centuries in a season were scored in the Test series alone.
[edit] Leading batsmen
Denis Compton topped the averages with a record 3816 runs @ 90.85 and a record 18 centuries. His Middlesex and England colleague Bill Edrich scored 3539 runs @ 80.43
[edit] Leading bowlers
Tom Goddard topped the averages with 238 wickets @ 17.30
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
- Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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