 England's fortunes recovered with the visit of the South Africans in 1947, a 3 – 0 series win restoring spirits in a high scoring rubber.Ken Cranston took four wickets in an over to complete England's victory at Headingley but the series was dominated by the batting of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich who put on 370 together at the Oval and 228 at Old Trafford.Compton scored an incredible 1,187 runs in the five tests and Edrich 869.