1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, Australia – First Innings
Don Bradman had lowered himself down the order and "limped as if in extreme pain, and several times lay on the ground as if ill" Wright (1/169) "bowled beautifully with the most wretched luck", in one over "On four occasions Hammond, usually most undemonstrative, threw his hands in the air as the ball beat Bradman and shaved the stumps, and in between these near dismissals there was a confident appeal for leg before wicket.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, Australia – First Innings
When Bradman was on 22 when he appeared to snick another catch to Jack Ikin at short leg, but "this time there may have been some cause for doubt; it was an appeal that could have gone either way". Bradman was given not out and by the end of the day Barnes was 109, Bradman 52 and Australia 252/4. On the Tuesday Bradman gave "an amazing exhibition in amassing 234 runs – that is, amazing for one who was supposed to be a cripple.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, Australia – First Innings
He played all the shots, pulled leg muscle and all, and often ran between the wickets with the speed of an Olympic sprinter". Forced to play off the back foot due to his pulled leg muscle Bradman still looked like he had three strokes for every one of Barnes and by the end of the day had caught him up in runs. During this long partnership Len Hutton joked with the crowd on the boundary and ate 14 bananas given to him from the Hill.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, Australia – First Innings
In desperation Hammond called on his vice-captain Norman Yardley to bowl his medium pacers, which he did not even do for Yorkshire, and to everyone's surprise he caught Bradman lbw for 234. It was only the second time Bradman had been lbw in a Test against England, the first being to Maurice Tate on his debut in 1928. He had added 405 for the fifth wicket with Barnes, and in 1946 this was the highest partnership for that wicket in Test or first-class cricket and the second highest Test partnership after the 451 Bradman-Ponsford partnership at the Oval in 1934.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, Australia – First Innings
In the next over Barnes hit Bedser to Ikin also for 234, his maiden Test century and the highest score of his career. He said later that he had got himself out so as to have the same score as Bradman "which could well have been so for he was a man of quixotic mood and temperament".


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, Australia – First Innings
However, Alec Bedser wrote "It was when I was bowling to Sid at Sydney that I first discovered that I could move the ball to leg by use of my wrist and fingers...I held the ball in the same manner as a leg-break bowler with the fingers across the seam...and on pitching I was surprised to see the ball go away like a leg-break. It also surprised Sid Barnes". Australia ended the fourth day on 571/6. The next morning the lower order struck out, with Fred Freer hitting 3 fours and a six in his 28 not out and George Tribe 5 fours in his 25 not out until  Bradman declared on 659/8.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, England – Second Innings
Those who were lucky enough to see this remarkable display must have grieved with me that such a superlative innings was nipped off in its golden prime. He began by clipping the short stuff so hard that even if Australia had had 15 fieldsmen, the fours would still have come. Never have I seen a Test opening attack hit so hard.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, England – Second Innings
Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook walked out 404 runs behind on the first innings and England needing to bat out five sessions and 24 minutes to save the game. Hutton survived an lbw appeal from Fred Freer on his first ball, then hit 12 runs off the rest of the over. In the absence of Ray Lindwall the fast bowler Keith Miller "bumped the ball with more fury and recklessness than anyone in years" and even appealed for lbw when Hutton ducked and the ball hit his back, but his first over went for 11 more runs.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, England – Second Innings
Freer's second over gave another 9 and Miller's second over 15, but on the last ball before lunch Hutton's glove strap was caught on his bat and he overbalanced and trod on the wicket.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, England – Second Innings
He had made 37 runs in 24 minutes of "batting champagne" which "was the talk of Sydney for the rest of the match" receiving "four times as much publicity as the huge totals of 234", Johnnie Moyes called it "a glorious piece of batting, a choice miniature that I shall carry with me always" Bill Edrich came in and another 69 runs were added before Washbrook was out for 40. Denis Compton found his form and the 'Middlesex Twins' put on 102 for the third wicket.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, England – Second Innings
Compton was caught by Bradman off Freer (2/49) for 54, but Hammond came in to see out the day with England 247/3, still 157 runs behind with five hours of play left. When Edrich "reached his century he was accorded one of the most sustained ovations I have heard, and no one deserved it more...the roar when he reached it was it the Heavens had split".


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, England – Second Innings
Hammond made 37, his highest score of the series before he was caught by Don Tallon off Colin McCool (5/109) and Edrich continued resolutely until bowled by McCool for 119 in 51⁄4 hours, top-scoring in both innings and returning the best English bowling analysis of the match. Norman Yardley hit 4 fours in his 35 before he too was bowled by McCool and the last four wickets fell for 25 runs to have England out for 371 with more than two hours before stumps.


1946–47 Ashes series, Second Test – Sydney, Result
Australia won the Second Test by an innings and 33 runs to go 2–0 up in the series. It was the first time they had defeated England in successive Tests by an innings since Andrew Stoddart's tour of 1897–98. It was the third Test in a row that  Australia had made its highest home score; 604 in the Fifth Test at Melbourne in 1936–37, 645 in the First Test and 659/8 in the Second Test in the current series. The match had an attendance of 196,253 and £26,544 was made in receipts.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Preliminaries
With two defeats Wally Hammond would have to win the last three Tests to regain the Ashes, though Don Bradman had done this in the last series in Australia. The Melbourne wicket had a reputation for fast, pacey wickets, but after two shocks at Brisbane and Sydney few were surprised that it was not living up to its reputation; "The 1947 wicket was not as tame as all that, but it was, for Melbourne, exceedingly meek". Ray Lindwall was fit again and resigned his job when his employers refused him leave to play in the Test.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Preliminaries
Fred Freer was dropped and the slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler George Tribe was replaced by the leg-spinner Bruce Dooland. Arthur Morris had failed in the two Tests, but was given another chance instead of Ken Meuleman. Peter Smith was ill with appendicitis and James Langridge had strained a muscle in catching practice the day before the match, so Hammond had no spinner apart from Doug Wright and the 37-year-old fast bowler Bill Voce was recalled. Don Bradman won the toss and chose to bat on New Year's Day.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – First Innings
Norman Yardley was bowling to me and, on a perfect pitch, he had been unable to make a single ball do anything. When Ian Johnson came in I told him the ball was not turning an inch. He plunged his left leg down the wicket, missed and was l.b.w. first ball. It had turned nearly a foot!


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – First Innings
Arthur Morris was the first man out for 21, lbw to Alec Bedser (3/99), but Sid Barnes hooked a ball into Bill Edrich's knee at short leg and Hammond insisted that he leave the field for treatment. Barnes (45) added 76 with Bradman before he went the same way as Morris for and Hammond took Lindsay Hassett off Doug Wright for 12. Bill Voce left the field with a strained leg muscle after lunch and Bradman looked set for a big score until he chopped Norman Yardley (2/50) onto his stumps for 79.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – First Innings
Yardley, scarcely a change bowler before the tour was only given a bowl because of the injuries, but bowled tidily and moved the ball. Ian Johnson was out lbw first ball and Australia were 188/5 on a good pitch, soon 192/6 when Godfrey Evans snapped up Keith Miller (33) off Wright. Australia's all-round strength came to their rescue as Colin McCool played the innings of his life, 104 not out, adding 63 with Don Tallon (35) and leaving Australia 253/6 at the end of the day.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – First Innings
Edrich returned to the fray in the first over of the second day and had Tallon caught behind in the first over, but Bruce Dooland (19) "defended steadily while McCool punished the bowling unmercifully. Hooking and driving with absolute confidence". as they added 83. In the end Edrich (3/50) removed Dooland and Toshack to leave McCool 104 not out and Australia were out for 365


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
Edrich should have gather in another hundred in the following Test at Melbourne. He was 89, and batting with audacious unconcern, when Scott gave him out leg before to a ball from Lindwall which even some Australian fieldsmen believed had come from the bat. It was one of the hotly discussed decisions of the tour, and while Edrich was distressed and disappointed he was still able to grin as he walked from the field.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
Ray Lindwall returned to Test bowling by dismissing Len Hutton with a beautiful swinging ball which moved from middle stump to flick the edge of his bat and was caught by Colin McCool at first slip. Bill Edrich joined Cyril Washbrook and together they took the score to 147/1 by the end of the second day, Edrich hit 10 fours in his 85 while Washbrook struck only 1 four in his 54.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
Resuming in the morning Lindwall (2/62) had Erich lbw for 89, much to his disappointment as like McCool he had been promised £1 a run if he made a century. Edrich had now made the highest score in the last three England innings (71, 119 and 89) and had returned the best figures in the last two Australian innings (3/79 and 3/50) and looked good for a big score. When he returned to the England dressing room he complained that he had hit the ball into his pads and should not have been out.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
This was overheard by an English pressman and was widely reported, becoming a major point of contention, especially as Denis Compton out lbw to Ernie Toshack when padding up of a ball that landed outside the stumps, causing the Middlesex player to stare at Umpire Scott in disbelief before his walked off. Wally Hammond came on and, annoyed at the two dismissals, gave a simple caught-and-bowled to Bruce Dooland, who then caught and bowled Cyril Washbrook for 62 and England had collapsed from 155/1 to 179/5.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
Jack Ikin (48) and Norman Yardley (61) dug in for two over hours and restored the innings with a stand of 113 until McCool (2/53) bowled the vice-captain and Dooland (4/69) removed Ikin and Voce with successive balls. With England 298/8 there was still a chance that they could overtake Australia for the first time in the series. Godfrey Evans made 17 and added 26 with Alec Bedser who swung the bat for 27 not out making 27 runs for the last wicket with Wright until the spinner was bowled by Johnson and England were out for 351, 14 runs behind.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – Second Innings
I don't think Bradman appreciated being dismissed by a man who was not considered anywhere approaching county class. It was always amusing to watch the Englishmen when Yardley took a wicket. The first time they seemed fairly amused, but when he was regularly breaking partnerships, their enthusiasm knew no bounds, and it is said that in Melbourne after he had obtained Bradman's wicket for the third time, Yardley blushed profusely when one excited team-mate slapped him on the back and shouted "Well, bowled, Spofforth".


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – Second Innings
Bill Voce was still unable to bowl and Bill Edrich opened the bowling. Sid Barnes appealed against the light, which was rejected, and he and Arthur Morris were 32/0 at the end of the third day. They took their stand to 68 when Barnes was caught by Godfrey Evans off Norman Yardley (3/67). The Yorkshireman kept up his reputation as a wicket-taker by dismissing Don Bradman (49) for the third successive time and Keith Miller (34).


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – Second Innings
Yardley usually obtained his wickets in partnership with Alec Bedser (3/176) or Doug Wright (3/131), who bowled so well that batsmen felt they had to hit out at the other end. However Morris batted through the day for his maiden Test century of 155 adding 91 with Bradman, 65 with Miller and 91 with McCool (43) before he was bowled by Bedser. Bedser also accounted for McCool and Ian Johnson was run out for a duck and Australia were 341/7.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – Second Innings
At this point the game ran away from England as Don Tallon (92) and Ray Lindwall (100) thumped the ball for 154 runs in 99 minutes. Wally Hammond kept the slips in place and Tallon hit 10 fours through the gaps, Lindwall 13 fours and a 6 as the England captain "sphinx-like marched from slip at one end to slip at the other, apparently, as Plum Warner wrote of him, just 'letting the game go on'".


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Australia – Second Innings
When Wright finally caught and bowled Tallon Australia were 495/8 and Lindwall just reached his maiden Test century off 90 balls – by hitting Bedser into the sightscreen – before Dooland and Toshack fell. Tallon's 92 remained the highest score by an Australian wicketkeeper until Rod Marsh equalled it with 92 not out in the 1970-71 Ashes series and surpassed it with 132 against New Zealand in 1973–74. Australia made 536 and England needed 551 runs to win, or to bat out 7 hours for a draw.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – Second Innings
...it was in this match that the Englishmen publicly rebuked Barnes for his false, senseless but successful light appeals at Sydney. In the final thirty minutes at Melbourne, Yardley, first with Bedser and then Evans, batted on, making no objection, even though the light was atrocious and rain was falling heavily. As England had lost seven wickets and had every chance of losing and none of winning it was a risky policy, but one in keeping with the manner in which Hammond played all the Tests, which to him were only sporting contests of goodwill.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – Second Innings
Len Hutton survived another "opening blitz" from Lindwall and Miller and was the silent partner in a stand of 138 with Cyril Washbrook. They took England to 91/0 at the start of the sixth and last day and had added 137 when Hutton was caught by Bradman off Ernie Toshack after batting almost three hours for 40 runs.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – Second Innings
Washbrook held the innings together with his 112, bringing all "his concentration to bear he revealed a variety of shots that were a delight to watch, combined with a defence which could as dour as if he had been playing in a blood match against Yorkshire and not merely a Test in Australia". But wickets fell regularly at the other end and at 247/6 England were looking at defeat.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – Second Innings
With 53 runs in 89 minutes Norman Yardley dug himself in with Wally Hammond, 26 runs in 77 minutes, Alec Bedser, 25 runs in 49 minutes, and Godfrey Evans 0 runs in 15 minutes. The rain helped, but only 45 minutes were lost in the day due to the umpires as the English batsmen refused to appeal for light on the orders of Hammond even though Bradman twice suggested that they come off the field.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, England – Second Innings
Bill O'Reilly said "I could not understand why the English batsman seemed loath to appeal against the weather, even when the rain was coming down solidly. There are no praises for gallant gestures in Tests matches". In the end England survived the match on 310/7 with Yardley and Evans still at the crease.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Result
A final memory of Melbourne 1947 is the generosity of the crowd towards Hammond's team. The English press had come under attack for certain loud assertions about umpiring mistakes...but this unpopularity had not rubbed off on the players.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Result
Australia drew with England to maintain their 2–0 series lead and retain the Ashes. It was the third time that a Test match had been drawn in Australia, the previous two were the fifth and eight Tests ever to be played during Alfred Shaw's tour of 1881–82, the last Tests played before the Ashes were inaugurated. 1,562 runs were scored in the Test, only the seventh time in 146 Tests that 1,500 runs had been scored in Anglo-Australian Tests, the last being the 1,601 runs made in four days in the Lords Test of 1930.


1946–47 Ashes series, Third Test – Melbourne, Result
By taking 2/50 and 3/67 and making 61 and 53 not out Norman Yardley established himself as a Test all-rounder and by dismissing Bradman in each innings he prevented the Don from making a century against England at the MCG for the only time in his career. 343,675 attended the match – second only to the 350,534 at the Third Test at MCG in 1936–37 – with record receipts of £44,063.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
Alec remembers one occasion in Adelaide in 1947 when he had to bowl for most of one day in 102-degree heat. After his last over, he was completely befuddled and had to be led from the ground by his team mates. Not knowing where he was, he stumbled up the steps through the Father and Son Enclosure, past the Press Box and into the England dressing room. There the team physiotherapist took him into the showers, sat him down on a wooden chair, fully-clothed and still wearing his boots, and turned on the cold tap. It took almost three quarters of an hour for the big Surrey bowler to come round from his heat exhaustion!


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
After the Third Test the MCC team toured Tasmania and Clif Cary of the Sunday Express wrote that "Social successes are one of the causes of their cricket failure... There are tourists who do not give the impression that cricket is their main consideration". This was thought to be aimed at Denis Compton and one Australian Test cricketer told Cary "It will make Compton and others will pull up their socks, and we might never get them out at Adelaide."


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
There were also calls for Wally Hammond to resign the captaincy in favour of Norman Yardley, but these were silenced when he made 188 against South Australia, his 167th – and last – first class century. He became the seventh man to make 50,000 first class runs after W.G. Grace, Jack Hobbs, Phil Mead, Frank Woolley, Patsy Hendren and Herbert Sutcliffe and "for some time afterwards he was kept busy answering congratulatory letters, telegrams, and cables from admirers in all parts of the world".


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
The Adelaide Oval had been "Bradman's Front Lawn" since he had moved to South Australia in 1935 and "if ever a Test wicket was laid down to kill it was that 22 yards long graveyard of a spin bowler's hope. It was as dead and lifeless as Mussolini and at the end of the sixth, and final day, was playing as truly as when the match began". Bill Voce was dropped in favour of the batsman Joe Hardstaff, so England went into the match with only two specialist bowlers – Alec Bedser and Doug Wright.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
Sid Barnes was ill and was replaced by the Victorian strokemaker Merv Harvey who was promoted into the opening slot. The Test was played in "stifling, almost insufferable heat" with temperatures rising up to 105 °F (40.5 °C) and a brief shower only served to help bind the wicket when it might have started to break. Hammond won the toss and chose to bat.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – First Innings
...it was grand to see him in the afternoon and early evening gradually get atop of Australia's persevering and skilful attack, and finally dominate it completely with all manner of lovely strokes to the extent of a run a minute off his own bat...Compton's innings, judged from every angle, stands with Bradman's as Sydney as the best played in this series so far.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – First Innings
The fast bowling of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller was seen off by England's opening partnership as Len Hutton (94) and Cyril Washbrook (65) made another century stand; 137 runs in 178 minutes. Bradman declined to take the new ball when 200 runs were made (as was the custom in those days) and was rewarded when Bruce Dooland (3/133) removed Washbrook and Edrich and Colin McCool caught Hutton lbw.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – First Innings
Wally Hammond was in so much pain from fibrositis that he took 12 aspirin before he went out to bat and was bowled by Ernie Toshack for 18 to leave England 202/4. Denis Compton (147) stroked his way to 147, adding 118 with Joe Hardstaff (67), 61 with Jack Ikin (21) and 74 with Norman Yardley (18 not out).


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – First Innings
It was his third first-class century in a row and "It was amazing to see Compton occasionally run down the pitch, change his mind, and either play the ball like a baseball bunt, or scamper back to ground his bat in time to get the benefit of the doubt on a stumping appeal". Lindwall thought he should have been stumped before he reached his century, "but I could well understand the umpire's explanation...that the glare of the sun suddenly became so intense that he was unable to see clearly the white line of the popping crease".


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – First Innings
In any case Lindwall quickly ended the innings with the new ball, he caught and bowled Compton to have England 455/7. In the next over he sent Alec Bedser's off-stump cart-wheeling back to the wicketkeeper, then bowled Godfrey Evans first ball, shaved Doug Wright's stumps before bowling him second ball – 3 wickets in 4 balls to end the innings for 460. This was the nearest that Lindwall ever got to a hat-trick.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – First Innings
I was dining that Saturday evening chez Bradman, and with Jessie Bradman and her son John was escaping the rush by leaving an over before the close. We were underneath the stand when there was a tremendous uproar from above. ' That'll be Dad' said John, and he was right. It was. Bradman, b. Bedser 0.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – First Innings
Australia had 30 minutes to bat until stumps, but Merv Harvey was out for 12 runs off 15 balls and Bradman came to the wicket. In the Second Test at Sydney Alec Bedser had caught Sid Barnes with an in-swinging leg-break and had developed this delivery, soon known as Bedser's "Special Ball" and clean-bowled Bradman for a duck. Bradman wrote "The ball with which Alec Bedser bowled me in the Adelaide Test Match was, I think, the finest ever to take my wicket.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – First Innings
It must have come three-quarters of the way straight on my off-stump, then suddenly dipped in to pitch on the leg stump, only to turn off the pitch and hit the middle and off stumps". He returned to the Australian dressing room telling the waiting batsmen that it had been an unplayable ball. Keith Miller thought he was making excuses for being out for a duck and that "He did no service to those who still had to face Alec", but Bradman maintained that it had been good enough to bowl him if he had been on 300.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – First Innings
Australia began the third day on 24/2, but soon made a complete recovery from their bad start. Doug Wright (3/152) had trouble with his no balls due to his odd run up "He waves his arms widely, and rocks on his legs like a small ship pitching and tossing in a fairly heavy sea. Whenever he bowls in Australia there are people who whistle and cat-call as he goes through his strange approach to the stumps." As a result, Bedser (3/97) was called on to bowl virtually all day until he could barely stand from heat exhaustion.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – First Innings
Bill Edrich (0/88) had opened the bowling, but could make no impression on the dull pitch and Norman Yardley (3/101) was called upon to bowl 31 overs. Morris made 122 with 12 fours and 2 sixes, adding 189 with Lindsay Hassett (78). Keith Miller hit his maiden Test century; 141 not out in 4+1⁄2 hours with 9 fours and a six, adding 150 with Ian Johnson (52), 27 with Lindwall (20) and 63 with Dooland (29). Toshack was brilliantly run out by Edrich for a duck and Australia were out for 487, a lead of 27 on the first innings.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
His unbroken partnership of 85 with Compton at Adelaide revealed admirable fighting qualities, and cricket intelligence. He made only five scoring shots, 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, in his stay of 133 minutes, and he was at the wickets 95 minutes before he opened his account.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
Mainly he was watching his partner take charge of the game, but of the 276 balls sent down during their time together Evans took 97 of them, and not only helped to save the team from certain defeat, but also enabled Compton to join the select band who have compiled a century in each innings of a Test.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
Though delayed by 23 minutes by a short thunderstorm and bounced by Lindwall and Miller Len Hutton (76) and Cyril Washbrook (30) made their third century stand – exactly 100 – to match the record of Hobbs and Sutcliffe in 1924–25. They looked set to make more, but Washbrook was given out to a ball that Don Tallon scooped off the ground off Lindwall (2/60). Washbrook "stood there transfixed. Even some of the Australian leg-side fielders expressed amazement".


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
Tallon was known for his impetuous appealing – "he was often roaring before he had studied facts and it was his over-eagerness that brought about the shocking decision", This caused another umpiring controversy, but Tallon maintained the appeal and Bradman backed him. The Australian reporter Ray Robinson wrote "the hesitant umpire would have been wiser to have asked his square-leg colleague whether it carried to the gloves or was gathered on the half-volley".


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
Washbrook told Hammond that the ball had gone into the ground and the England captain tried to locate a press photograph of the ball touching the ground to show the ABC. Bill Edrich made a solid 46, but wickets fell regularly to Ernie Toshack (4/76). Hammond with his last stroke in Australia hit the ball for a certain four until it was superbly taken by Lindwall, "Every time he missed or edged the ball he was out". England were 255/8 when Godfrey Evans joined Denis Compton, only 228 runs ahead and it was essential that they stayed together.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
Evans, who usually tried to run cheeky singles off almost every ball, spent a record 95 minutes before making a run. Bradman was ready to accept a second draw to ensure that he won the series, set defensive fields, wasted time and "set his side a frightful example by taking minutes almost, to walk lazily after the ball and field it". Clif Cary thought this was his only mistake of the series, as he could have bought the last two wickets for 40–50 runs with a day and a half to make the runs on a perfect pitch.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
Compton made his second century of the match at the other end and they added 85 for the ninth wicket, but Tallon missed a stumping off Evans on 282/8 and Lindwall thought Compton should have been stumped before he reached three figures. His hundred was hit off the last ball before lunch, but Hammond waited until the first ball after lunch before declaring at 340/8. This decision was much discussed and was thought to be unique, but the West Indies captain Jackie Grant had done this against England at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad in 1934–35. It wasted 10 minutes as the teams changed sides.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – Second Innings
Arthur Morris set himself up as a No. 1 for Australia for a while to come...Arthur at his best looked out of the top draw, a left-hander with all the strokes, and only one (much publicized) weakness against certain bowling and in particular against Bedser's.... Yet his record speaks for itself, and what the figures do not say is that few more charming men have played for Australia, and I cannot name one who was more popular with his opponents.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – Second Innings
Hammond had left the Australians 31⁄4 hours to make 314 runs to win, not impossible as they had some excellent strokemakers in their team. Merv Harvey made no attempt to get the runs and spent 100 minutes making 31, keeping Arthur Morris company in an opening stand of 116 until he was bowled by Yardley. Bradman could have sent Keith Miller in at number 3, both to make quick runs and so that he could avoid a pair of ducks, but he came out himself.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – Second Innings
He struggled for 20 minutes against Alec Bedser to get off the mark when Umpire Scott called the Surrey bowler for a no ball and the Don got off the mark. Bradman made 56 not out and added 99 with Morris who completed his third successive Test century of 124 not out. Australia finished the day on 214/1 and the game was a draw.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Result
Australia drew the Fourth Test with England to win the series. Denis Compton (147 and 103 not out) and Arthur Morris (122 and 124 not out) became the seventh and eight batsmen to make a pair of centuries in a Test after Warren Bardsley, Jack Russell, Herbert Sutcliffe (twice), Wally Hammond, George Headley (twice) and Eddie Paynter. It was the first time that two batsmen achieved this feat in the same Test, to be repeated by Ian and Greg Chappell against New Zealand in 1973–74.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Result
In honour of the event they were presented with silver watches by the South Australian Cricket Association, as was Ray Lindwall for his 3 wickets in 4 balls. 1,502 runs were scored in the Test, the eighth time 1,500 runs had been scored in an Anglo-Australian Test. The full attendance was 135,980 and receipts of £18,117.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Preliminaries
The general positioning of the field and the blocking of the batsmen's known strokes was admirable, and his placing was responsible for at least three of the catches made. He certainly has the knack of keeping his men equable and happy. If there were just a little more punch or bite in his make-up one could regard Yardley as a thoroughly satisfactory England captain of the near future.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Preliminaries
The MCC played New South Wales immediately before the Fifth Test and it rained, as in every other match on their tour. The ground staff ran on to cover the MCC-NSW wicket and left the Test wicket under the rain. As a result, it was over-watered and while not dangerous it favoured the bowlers and produced the best cricket of the series. Len Hutton was sent to hospital after being hit on the chin by a Ginty Lush bouncer in that match, but returned to make 40 and 74.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Preliminaries
Jack Fingleton called on Lindwall and Miller to not subject him to another fast bowling barrage, which could damage his weakened left arm and end his career. Wally Hammond had a crippling attack of fibrositis the day before the Test and was unable to turn without pain and reluctantly withdrew in favour of Norman Yardley. He remained in the dressing room and gave advice, but there was an improvement in the way England played on the field.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Preliminaries
Joe Hardstaff was also unfit and they were replaced by the popular Surrey opener Laurie Fishlock and the off-spinner Peter Smith, who had just taken a record 9/121 at the SCG. Sid Barnes returned to the Australian team after his illness and Merv Harvey was dropped, the batsman Ron Hamence replaced the injured Ian Johnson and George Tribe was preferred to Bruce Dooland. Yardley won the toss and chose to bat.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, England – First Innings
I must say when I bowled at Len I felt a sense of personal grudge I have never known against any other batsman. Ray did too. I suppose Len suffered a greater barrage from the two of us than any other player in the world. We both put in that little bit extra against Len, and he had to take it time after time... he had a poker face and never expressed either elation or disappointment. I tried my wickedest bumpers, hoping that I would have the satisfaction of seeing him look scared.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, England – First Innings
After a good length ball from Ray Lindwall removed Cyril Washbrook's stumps Len Hutton and Bill Edrich weathered the fast bowling and added 150 for the second wicket. Edrich was caught off Lindwall for 60, Laurie Fishlock fell to Colin McCool, and Lindwall knocked Denis Compton's bat out of his hands and on the stumps. Norman Yardley came in and appealed for bad light, which was turned down even though it was so dim that the Australian cameramen were unable to take clear photographs. Lindwall removed Yardley and Jack Ikin and England ended the day on 237/6.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, England – First Innings
Hutton had batted throughout the day with typical Yorkshire grit for 122 not out, but was struck down by acute tonsillitis the following day and was taken to hospital with a temperature of 103 °F (39.5 °C). He was ill for the rest of the Test – a severe blow to the England team – and was flown back to England for a throat operation immediately afterwards. His latest innings gave him 888 runs (111.00) against Australia.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, England – First Innings
The Saturday Hutton took ill was lost to rain, but on the Sunday the field was dried by the sun and mushrooms grew in the outfield. Lindwall bowled Godfrey Evans and Peter Smith in the morning to give him 7/63, Miller had Doug Wright and England were out for 280. Lindwall thought that George Tribe had bowled just as well, but had no luck and returned 0/95.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – first innings
Cutting a leg-break is always dangerous, and cutting Wright is a form of suicide. Why a bowler of his skill failed to get more test-match wickets always mystified me; there was of course the marked tendency to bowl no-balls, but he sent down so many good ones, and worried and beat the batsmen so often, that he should have had better results...he seemed always likely to get wickets. It is one of the toughest problems of captaincy to know when to remove a man like that from the firing -line.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – first innings
Sid Barnes (71) and Arthur Morris (57) added 126 for Australia's first wicket until both were removed by Alec Bedser (2/49) soon after tea. Despite the 102 °F (39 °C) heat, the English fielding improved on the previous Tests, with Godfrey Evans, Denis Compton and Laurie Fishlock to the fore. Compton chased a piece of paper across the ground and grabbing it with a rugby tackle to the laughter of the 40,000 crowd. McCool and Tribe had managed to turn the ball on the first day and at last Doug Wright found things turning his way.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – first innings
Hammond had set stereotyped fields in the first four Tests and was loath to change them, but the new captain Norman Yardley was keen to take advice from his professionals. He changed the field as each batsmen came in and gave Wright a field of close catchers instead of trying to save runs. At the start of each Test Wright would receive telegrams and letters from well-wishers who had lamented his bad luck "Never a match went by in which he did not hopelessly defeat the defences of the leading run-getters.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – first innings
Times out of number he had Barnes, Bradman, Hassett and their like groping forward hypnotised by the magic of his spinning witchcraft". Wright bowled unchanged for nearly two hours and took the wickets of Don Bradman, who came down the wicket, misjudged the spin and was bowled for 12, and Keith Miller taken by Jack Ikin at slip. Australia started the fourth day on 189/4 and Bedser and Wright bowled unchanged for 11 overs each.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – first innings
Bedser shut up his end and conceded only 15 runs while Wright span his way through the Australian batting with a spell of 5/42 with Hassett, McCool, Tallon, Lindwall and Tribe all falling to catches close to the wicket. Only Ron Hamence stood up and made 31 not out in 13⁄4 hours and when Ernie Toshack was run out against Australia were dismissed for 253, a deficit of 17 runs.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, England – Second Innings
In return England failed to recover from Ray Lindwall (2/46) catching Laurie Fishlock lbw through sheer pace with the first ball of the innings. Cyril Washbrook, Bill Edrich and Peter Smith all made 24 and only Denis Compton made more with 76 before he was caught in Toshack's leg-trap. Colin McCool took 5/44 and "the English batsmen seemed like rabbits fascinated in the presence of a snake". As Hutton was unable to bat England were out for 186 on the last day, leaving Australia 214 to win.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – Second Innings
On a pitch taking spin Yardley depended on Bedser and Wright to win the match and the spinner came on after only one over from Edrich. The roller had pressed the wicket and Sid Barnes and Arthur Morris decided to make runs while its effects lasted. They made 45 for the first wicket when Morris gambled on a third run when Compton misfielded and was run out. Bradman edged a ball from Wright to Edrich at slip, who dropped it, but Barnes was taken by Evans off Bedser.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – Second Innings
In the end it was Edrich's dropped catch that decided the day as Bradman and Hassett dropped anchor and took and hour to make 13 runs, tiring out the bowlers as they did so. When Bedser and Wright were rested they attacked their replacements Edrich and Smith, who were replaced by Yardley and Wright after two overs. Australia reached tea with 110/2 and in the last session they chased the runs. Bradman was out to Bedser (2/76) for 63 and Hassett to Wright (2/93) for 47, but Keith Miller was told to get runs quickly before time ran out.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Australia – Second Innings
"No message ever had a readier recipient" and he struck 7 fours in his unbeaten 34 off 44 balls. A grateful Bradman spoke of "the sheer artistry, the classical style and power of an innings by Miller" when interviewed just after the Test. Hamance was out for 1, but Australia reached 214/5 and won by 5 wickets.


1946–47 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Sydney, Result
Australia won the Fifth Test by 5 wickets to win the series 3–0 and retain the Ashes. It was the first time that they had played an Ashes series without a Test defeat since Warwick Armstrong's 5–0 win in Australia in 1920–21 and 3–0 win in England in 1921, just after the last war. The full attendance was 93,011 and receipts of £12,619. The total attendance for the Test series was 853,122 with receipts of £115,858. Bradman said that "The quick resumption of Anglo-Australian Tests had justified itself in every way, psychologically, technically, financially". Len Hutton was flown home for a throat operation, the injured Paul Gibb, James Langridge, Joe Hardstaff went home by sea with Bill Ferguson and the heavy baggage while the rest of the England team sailed east to play in New Zealand.


1946–47 Ashes series, The Press Corps
The series was covered on radio by Arthur Gilligan, Vic Richardson, Alan McGilvray, Alan Kippax, Bill O'Reilly, Clif Cary and E.W. Swanton. The English press corps formed the Empire Cricket-Writers Club XI, which played cricket with some famous old names; Arthur Mailey, George Duckworth, Richard Whitington, Bill Bowes, Jack Fingleton, Vivian Jenkins, E.W. Swanton, E.M. Wellings and J.M. Kilburn.


1946–47 Ashes series, 1946–47 Test Series Averages
As was the convention of the time, gentlemen (the amateurs) have their initials in front of their surname whilst players (the professionals) have their initials after their name, if used at all. Wally Hammond had been a professional until 1938 when his business interests allowed him to turn amateur, allowing him to captain England. Bill Edrich was a professional who became an amateur in 1947 and captain of Middlesex in 1950. The Australians were all amateurs until the Packer Revolution, even though they played like professionals.


1946–47 Ashes series, 1946–47 Test Series Averages
Of particular note is that Doug Wright was the biggest wicket-taker on either side with 23 wickets (43.04), but with a higher average than anyone else who has held this position. He was also the chief first–class wicket-taker of the 1946–47 season – 51 wickets (33.31) and bowled just over a third of England's overs; 246.3 compared to 240.2 by Alec Bedser and 246.5 by the rest. Norman Yardley topped England's bowling averages with 10 wickets (37.20) even though he had not bowled for Yorkshire in 1946, though he had taken 6/29 for the MCC against Cambridge University, coming on as the seventh bowler.


1946–47 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1946–47 English football season was Aston Villa's 47th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division.


1946–47 Aston Villa F.C. season
George Cummings  was the Villains club captain from 1945 to his retirement in 1949, and was popular with supporters due to his never-say-die spirit and no-nonsense defending.


1946–47 Aston Villa F.C. season
In September 1946, Dicky Dorsett joined Aston Villa for £3,000. He would be top scorer for the season.


1946–47 Aston Villa F.C. season
In January 1947, following a disagreement over preparations for a cup tie,  Trevor Ford left Swansea for first division Aston Villa. He would finish as the club's top scorer for three consecutive seasons between 1947–48 and 1950.


1946–47 Aston Villa F.C. season
Ernie Callaghan previously held the Aston Villa club record for the oldest first team player, being 39 years 86 days old when he played against Grimsby Town in 1946. In his last game in April 1947, he was 39 years and 257 days. On 1 February 2011, American goalkeeper Brad Friedel set a new club record by playing a first-team game away at Manchester United ages 39 years and 259 days.


1946–47 Austrian football championship, Overview
It was contested by 11 teams, and SC Wacker won the championship.


1946–47 BAA season
The 1946–47 BAA season was the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America. The league launched with 11 teams playing a 60-game schedule. The postseason tournament (the 1947 BAA Playoffs) at its conclusion, ended with the Philadelphia Warriors becoming the first BAA Champion, beating the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1 in the BAA Finals.


1946–47 BAA season
Following its third, the 1948–49 season, the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association or NBA. The NBA recognizes the three BAA seasons as part of its own history, sometimes without comment, so the 1946–47 BAA season is sometimes considered the first NBA season.


1946–47 BAA season, Playoffs
There were no byes. Western and Eastern champions Chicago and Washington immediately played a long semifinal series with Washington having home-court advantage. Chicago won the sixth game in Washington one day before Philadelphia concluded its two short series with other runners-up.


1946–47 BAA season, Statistics leaders
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.


1946–47 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 19 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.


1946–47 Belgian First Division, Overview
At the end of the season, the number of clubs was reduced from 19 back to 16 for the following season.


1946–47 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1946–47 Football League season – the first Football League season after the end of the Second World War – was Birmingham City Football Club's 44th in the Football League and their 18th in the Second Division, to which they were relegated at the end of the last completed season before the war. They finished in third position in the 22-team division, three points adrift of the promotion places. They entered the 1946–47 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Liverpool in the sixth (quarter-final).


1946–47 Birmingham City F.C. season
Twenty-five players made at least one appearance in nationally organised competition, and there were fourteen different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Gil Merrick missed only one of the 45 matches over the season, and Cyril Trigg was leading scorer with 19 goals, of which 17 came in the league.


1946–47 Birmingham City F.C. season, Football League Second Division
Note that not all teams completed their playing season on the same day. Birmingham were in second place after their last game of the season, on 26 May, but by the time the last game was played, on 14 June, Burnley had drawn one and won one of their two outstanding fixtures to overtake them by three points.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 39th season (36th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing fifth.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season
New signings included John Crosland (from local club Ansdell Rovers), George Dick, Jimmy McIntosh (from Preston North End), George McKnight, Sammy Nelson and Eddie Shimwell (from Sheffield United). Out went, amongst others, Dai Astley, Dick Burke, Malcolm Butler, the prolific goalscorer Jock Dodds (to Shamrock Rovers), Bobby Finan, Frank O'Donnell (to Aston Villa) and Alec Roxburgh.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season
Stan Mortensen was the club's top scorer for the third consecutive season, with 29 goals (28 in the league and one in the FA Cup).


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Blackpool's first league game took them to Yorkshire to face Huddersfield Town on 31 August. Stan Mortensen, Jimmy Blair and Alex Munro got the visitors' goals in a 3–1 victory.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Three more victories followed: 4–2 against Brentford at Bloomfield Road (Mortensen, Willie Buchan (two) and Jimmy McIntosh the scorers), 2–0 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers (George Eastham and Mortensen), and 1–0 at Portsmouth (Eastham).


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Eastham scored two more goals in the next game, at Sunderland, making it four in three games, but Blackpool lost 3–2.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Another four-game win streak ended September and began October: 1–0 at home to Aston Villa (Mortensen) on 21 September, 4–3 at home to Portsmouth two days later (a Buchan hat-trick and Blair), 2–1 at Derby County (Mortensen and McIntosh), and 2–1 against Arsenal at Bloomfield Road (Mortensen and debutant George Dick).


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
On 12 October, Blackpool lost at Preston North End 0–2 in the first West Lancashire derby of the season.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
A week later, Blackpool hosted Manchester United at Bloomfield Road and won 3–1, with George Farrow, Mortensen, and Dick the scorers for the home side.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Blackpool recorded their first draw of the campaign on 26 October — 1–1 at Bolton Wanderers, McIntosh getting the Seasiders' goal.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Chelsea visited Bloomfield Road on 2 November, and they returned to the capital pointless after a single-goal defeat. Blair scored the goal.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Blackpool travelled to Sheffield United the following weekend and lost 4–2. A Mortensen penalty and an Eastham strike accounted for the Blackpool half of the scoreline.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Two more defeats ensued — 2–3 at Grimsby Town (McIntosh and Mortensen) and 2–4 at Leeds United (Hugh O'Donnell, in his only appearance of the season, and Mortensen).


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Blackpool got back to winning ways on 30 November with a 3–2 result against Liverpool at home. McIntosh, Blair and Mortensen were the scorers for the hosts.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Into December, Blackpool travelled to Stoke City and lost 4–1 (Dick getting the Blackpool goal), before a heavy 5–0 home defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
On 21 December, Blackpool visited Charlton Athletic, where a Buchan penalty was enough to give them both points.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
On Christmas Day, Blackpool travelled to Lancashire neighbours Blackburn Rovers. Mortensen scored Blackpool's goal in a 1–1 draw.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
The following day, the return fixture, saw the first all-ticket game at Bloomfield Road. Mortensen's goal, his fourteenth of the season, gave Blackpool the victory.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
On 28 December, Huddersfield Town visited Bloomfield Road, and goals by Dick and Buchan (a penalty) gave Blackpool a 2–1 win.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
The first game of 1947 took Blackpool to Wolves, where they lost 3–1 (Mortensen getting the visitors' goal).


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
On 11 January, Blackpool travelled to Hillsborough for an FA Cup third-round tie with Sheffield Wednesday. Wednesday won 4–1, with Mortensen scoring Blackpool's goal.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Sunderland completed the double over Blackpool on 18 January with a 5–0 victory.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
A draw followed, at Aston Villa, 1–1, with Mortensen again finding the net for Blackpool.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
On 1 February, Blackpool recorded one more in the win column with a 2–1 edging of Derby County at Bloomfield Road, Munro and Dick getting the goals.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Seven days later, Blackpool travelled to London to face Arsenal and drew 1–1, Mortensen adding to his season's tally.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
The Tangerines exacted revenge on arch-rivals Preston North End after their 2–0 victory back in October by beating them 4–0 at Bloomfield Road on 15 February. Dick and Mortensen scored two apiece.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Blackpool's joy was short-lived, however: they lost 3–0 at Manchester United seven days later, and then by a single goal at home to Bolton Wanderers.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
For the fourth time this season, Blackpool strung four consecutive wins together, beginning on 8 March at Chelsea. Dick (two), Buchan and Mortensen were the Blackpool scorers in the 4–1 scoreline. They also beat Sheffield United at home 4–2 (Mortensen, Munro and another Dick double), Grimsby Town away, 3–2 (two from Mortensen and one from George McKnight), and Leeds United at home, 3–0, with the same scorers.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
On 4 April, Blackpool drew 1–1 with Everton at Goodison Park. Blackpool's goal came from a T. G. Jones own-goal.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Blackpool remained in Liverpool for the following day's game at Anfield. The visitors won 3–2, with Mortensen (two) and Buchan getting their goals. It remained their last League double over the eventual champions for 64 years.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Everton travelled to Bloomfield Road two days later and won 3–0.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Blackpool suffered a second consecutive home defeat (0–2 on this occasion) when Stoke City visited on 12 April.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
Middlesbrough hosted Blackpool the following week, and goals from Eastham and Mortensen gave the visitors both points in a 2–1 scoreline.


1946–47 Blackpool F.C. season, Season review
The season was rounded off on 28 April with a visit by Charlton Athletic to Bloomfield Road. The match finished goalless.


1946–47 Boston Bruins season
The 1946–47 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 23rd season in the NHL.


1946–47 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
On February 12, 1947, Dit Clapper played his final game with the Boston Bruins. Before the start of the game, Clapper was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was the only active player to be inducted into the Hall.


1946–47 Boston Celtics season
The 1946–47 Boston Celtics season was the first season of the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Walter A. Brown was the man who was responsible for starting the franchise. In June 1946, Brown, who operated the Boston Garden arena and was part of the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins, was the driving force behind the Basketball Association of America and the Celtics birth. After considering several team names, including Whirlwinds, Unicorns and Olympics, Brown opted for Celtics. He hoped to grab the attention of Boston's large Irish American population. John Davis "Honey" Russell was hired as the first Celtics coach, and the team soon began its inaugural season, losing its first game 59–53 to the Providence Steamrollers. The Celtics won their first game of the season against the Toronto Huskies on November 16, 1946.


1946–47 Boston Celtics season, Regular season
On November 5, the Celtics played their first game at the Boston Garden in front of 4,329 fans. The game would be delayed an hour when the wooden backboard was damaged after a practice dunk during warm-ups. After the backboard was repaired, the Celtics lost to the Chicago Stags by a score 57–55. This would become the first ever broken backboard in BAA/NBA History.


1946–47 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1946–47 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 34th in the club's history.


1946–47 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 5th in Division Three North, and reached the 1st round of the FA Cup.


1946–47 Bradford City A.F.C. season
It was the club's first season following the resumption of league football following World War Two.


1946–47 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1946–47 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League First Division. The Bees' 12-year run in the First Division ended with relegation to the Second Division after a disastrous season, which tied the club record for fewest league victories and most league defeats. The club did not play again in the top-tier until 2021–22, 74 years later.


1946–47 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After three successive top-six finishes in the First Division beginning in 1935–36, Brentford's decline began with the departure of key players during the 1938–39 season, which culminated with a near-relegation. For 1946–47, the first Football League season since the end of the Second World War, manager Harry Curtis was able to call on many of his regular players from the final pre-war seasons, though the elder players, such as Irish international full back Bill Gorman, utility man Buster Brown and former Wales forward Idris Hopkins, were all at age 35.


1946–47 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Long-serving forward and once-capped England international Billy Scott had remained with the club and was then aged 38. The team fielded versus Aston Villa on 1 February 1947 was the oldest in club history, with an average age of over 31.5 years. Curtis supplemented the squad by bringing in wing half Cyril Toulouse and forwards John Gillies, Maurice Roberts, Alan Smith and George Stewart. As in the final pre-war seasons, Curtis would also promote players from the Bees' reserve ranks, signing amateur Roddy Munro to a professional contract and handing debuts to Frank Latimer, John Moore and Wally Bragg, with Bragg going on to become the youngest-ever Brentford debutant at that time.


1946–47 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford had a good start to the season, winning four of the first five matches and going top on the opening day. The majority of the team's goals were scored by forwards Gerry McAloon, Fred Durrant and George Wilkins, but when the goals dried up in September 1946, Brentford's form took a turn for the worse. Matters were made worse when McAloon and Durrant were quickly sold to Celtic and Queens Park Rangers respectively.


1946–47 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
A supporter, writing to The Brentford & Chiswick Times, commented "it would seem that Brentford were unaware when they allowed them to go that Thomas, Durrant and McAloon had scored very nearly all the side’s goals in the previous season". Manager Curtis received half back George Paterson from Celtic in part exchange for McAloon and also strengthened the team with full back Malky Macdonald and forward Archie Macaulay. By December, Brentford had dropped into the relegation places and a run of 11 losses in 15 matches culminated in the heaviest defeat of the season – 6–1 away to Sheffield United on Christmas Day.


1946–47 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford's form improved after the Christmas Day thrashing, going undefeated in four of the following five matches to climb out of the relegation places, but from February 1947 onwards, the team's form evaporated. Despite Len Townsend coming into form and going on to become the Bees' top scorer for the season, the goalscoring problem was compounded by the transfer request and subsequent sale of George Wilkins in February. Bill Naylor and Dickie Girling were signed in February to bolster the forward line, but scored just three goals between them before the end of the season. On 24 May, defeat to Sunderland and a draw for 20th-place Charlton Athletic away to Everton consigned the Bees to relegation to the Second Division. By the time of the final day of the season on 14 June, Brentford had lost 14 of the final 19 matches.


1946–47 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The relegation was the first suffered by the club since it joined the Football League in 1920 and it was the club's final top-flight season until 2021–22, 74 years later. A number of club Football League records were equalled or broken during the season, including fewest victories (9), fewest home victories (5), most defeats (26), most home defeats (11), fewest home goals scored (19) and highest average attendance (25,768).


1946–47 British Home Championship
The 1946–47 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1946–47 seasons, the first professional football seasons in Britain since the end of the Second World War. As seven seasons had passed without regular, organised, professional football, many of the players in the tournament were new to the international stage although a few old hands remained to steer the course of the competition. England were especially well endowed in this regard, with such greats as Stanley Matthews and Tommy Lawton returning to the fray.


1946–47 British Home Championship
Thanks to the efforts of these aging stars, England were able to win this first post-war competition, largely due to an opening 7–2 thrashing of Ireland. Wales were able to achieve a 3–1 victory over Scotland in their opener to move into second position. In the second round of matches, Ireland improved sufficiently to hold Scotland to a scoreless draw whilst England set up a commanding lead with a 3–0 defeat of Wales at home. In the final games, Ireland defeated Wales in a close match to take second place whilst England were held to a 1–1 draw by the Scots but nevertheless succeeded in claiming the trophy for themselves.


1946–47 British Ice Hockey season
The 1946–47 British Ice Hockey season featured the English National League and Scottish National League.


1946–47 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1946–47 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Malcolm S. Eiken, coaching his first season with the Bulls.


1946–47 Burnley F.C. season
The 1946–1947 season was Burnley's tenth consecutive season in the second tier of English football. Under recently appointed manager Cliff Britton they achieved promotion to the First Division, and reached the FA Cup Final for only the second time, where they were runners-up to Charlton Athletic.


1946–47 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1946–47 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Third Division North.


1946–47 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1946–47 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division A.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election
General Council elections were held in Chad on 15 December 1946, with a second round of voting on 12 January 1947.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Background
The French Constituent Assembly elected in 1945 passed law 46.972 on 9 May 1946, creating a 36-member General Council for Chad. The Council would be elected by a single college by majority vote in one round. There would be two constituencies, each electing 18 seats. The southern constituency would cover Logone, Mayo-Kebbi and Moyen Chari, and a northern constituency covering the rest of the territory. However, the law was not promulgated in French Equatorial Africa.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Background
Shortly before the end of its mandate, the new Constituent Assembly elected in June 1946 passed law 46.2152 on 7 October 1946, which annulled law 46.972 and gave the provisional government the power to create representative assemblies by decree. This was duly used by Prime Minister Georges Bidault to issue decree 46.2374 on 25 October 1946, creating general councils for the territories of French Equatorial Africa.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Electoral system
Decree 46.2374 provided for a 30-seat General Council, with a term of five years. Ten seats were elected by a First College consisting of French citizens with civil status and twenty by a Second College comprising citizens with personal status or those from areas under French administration (i.e. Cameroon and French Togoland). The elections were held using the two-round system, with candidates required to receive a majority of the vote (and for their vote share to be higher than 25% of the registered electorate) to be elected in the first round. In the second round only a plurality was needed.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Electoral system
Order 3267 on 18 November 1946 created the constituencies used, with seats allocated based on population rather than the number of registered voters:


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Results, First College
In the North constituency all four seats were won in the first round by the Republican Union of Chad candidates, with the Union of Left Republicans candidates receiving between 58 and 62 votes. In the South-West constituency, two candidates from Albert Blanchard's Independent List were elected in the first round, forcing a second round of voting to decide the other four seats, with Blanchard himself failing to be elected in the first round. Blanchard's list was competing with a second independent list and the Republican Union of Chad. In the second round the best-placed candidate of the second independent list received only 79 votes.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Results, Second College
In the Second College, electoral manipulation by the French authorities resulted in conservative candidates winning 13 of the 20 seats. The African Democratic Bloc of Ouaddaï (BADO) filed a complaint, which led to an official inspection. Although the report found a disproportionately high voter turnout in the district of Biltine, Chad and that BADO had obtained the majority of votes in Abéché, the result was not overturned.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Aftermath
Following the elections, three distinct political groups emerged in the Second College; members of the Chadian-French Progressive List (7 seats), Republican Union (four seats) and Franco-Chadian Progressive Group (unrepresented) formed the Chadian Democratic Union (UDT). A group which later became the Chadian Progressive Party (PPT) was formed by the Progressive and Republican Union of Chad (six seats), BADO and the Communist list (both unrepresented). The third group was made up of the three independents; Adoum Aganaye joined the PPT, whilst Kadre Alio and Arabi el Goni joined the UDT, giving the UDT thirteen seats and the PPT seven.


1946–47 Chadian General Council election, Aftermath
The General Council met for the first time on 30 January 1947 at 8am, when its first session was opened by Governoer Jacques Rogué.


1946–47 Challenge Cup
The 1946–47 Challenge Cup was the 46th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1946–47 Challenge Cup, Final
Leeds reached the Wembley final for the second time, doing so without conceding a single point in the final five rounds of the tournament. However Bradford Northern beat Leeds 8-4 in the final in front of a crowd of 77,605. Trevor Foster and Emlyn Walters scored Bradford's tries and were converted by Ernest Ward. Willie Davies, Bradford Northern's stand-off half back, won the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match.


1946–47 Challenge Cup, Final
This was Bradford's third Cup Final win in five Final appearances including one win and one loss during World War II.


1946–47 Chester F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was the ninth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1946–47 Chester F.C. season
It was the club's ninth consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1946–47 Chester F.C. season, FA Cup
Chester along with Cardiff City and Crystal Palace were given a bye to the Third round.


1946–47 Chicago American Gears season
The 1946–47 Chicago American Gears season was the Gears' third year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the tenth year the league existed. Twelve teams competed in the NBL in 1946–47, comprising six teams in both the Eastern and Western Divisions.


1946–47 Chicago American Gears season
Chicago played their home games at International Amphitheatre. Despite finishing tied for third place in the Western Division, the American Gears made a surprise playoffs run by winning the first series three games to two (3–2) over the Indianapolis Kautskys, followed by a 2–0 sweep of Oshkosh All-Stars in the semifinals. They then went on to win their first league championship 3–1 over Eastern Division champion Rochester Royals.


1946–47 Chicago American Gears season
Player-coach Bobby McDermott (First Team), George Mikan (First), and Bob Calihan (Second) earned All-NBL honors .


1946–47 Chicago American Gears season, Roster
Note: Bob Cotton, Bill McDonald, Irv Noren, Les Rothman, and Bob Synnott were not on the playoffs roster.


1946–47 Chicago American Gears season, Playoffs, Opening Round
(2W) Indianapolis Kautskys vs. (3W) Chicago American Gears: Chicago wins series 3–2


1946–47 Chicago American Gears season, Playoffs, Semifinals
(1W) Oshkosh All-Stars vs. (3W) Chicago American Gears: Chicago wins series 2–0


1946–47 Chicago American Gears season, Playoffs, NBL Championship
(1E) Rochester Royals vs. (3W) Chicago American Gears: Chicago wins series 3–1


1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 21st season in the National Hockey League, and they were coming off a 3rd place regular season finish in 1945–46, followed by being swept by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.


1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Black Hawks would struggle all season long in 1946–47, allowing a league high 274 goals, which was 81 goals higher than the next closest team. The team had the 2nd highest offense in the league though, scoring 193 goals. Despite the NHL raising its schedule length to 60 games, the Hawks would not even be close to reaching its point total from the previous season, earning a league low 42 points, and finishing 13 points out of a playoff spot.


1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks season
Offensively, the Hawks were led by Max Bentley, who led the NHL in points with 72, and he led the Black Hawks with 29 goals and 43 assists. Doug Bentley would earn 55 points, while Bill Mosienko would score 25 goals and 52 points. Alex Kaleta (24), team captain Red Hamill (21), and Hully Gee (20) would all reach the 20 goal plateau. On defense, teenager Bill Gadsby would lead the team with 18 points, while John Mariucci would set a team record for penalty minutes in a season, with 110.


1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, the Hawks acquired Paul Bibeault from the Montreal Canadiens, and he would lead the team with 13 wins, and had a 4.15 GAA, along with a shutout. Emile Francis would also get some playing time, earning 6 wins, while posting a 5.47 GAA.


1946–47 Chicago Stags season
The 1946–47 Chicago Stags season was the first season of the now defunct Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).


1946–47 Chicago Stags season, 1947 BAA playoffs, BAA Semifinals
(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W1) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 4-2


1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season
The 1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season was the first and only season of the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Their record was 30-30. Head coach Dutch Dehnert was fired by the team on February 12, 1947, and replaced by Roy Clifford.


1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season, Playoffs, First Round
(E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels: Knicks win series 2-1


1946–47 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was Colchester United's fifth season in their history and their fifth in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. New manager Ted Fenton began to assemble a team of professionals following the reliance on guest players during the 1945–46 season, as the club finished 8th in the league. They reached the first round of the FA Cup, but were defeated by Football League side Reading. They were also Southern League Cup semi-finalists, defeated at Priestfield Stadium by Gillingham.


1946–47 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
New manager Ted Fenton joined the club for the 1946–47 season. He was no stranger to Layer Road, having turned out for Colchester Town in the 1930s whilst a teenager. Fenton's contacts meant that he could quickly assemble a squad of professionals following the war years, which would eventually include 28 part-time professionals. The team would finish mid-table during Fenton's first season.


1946–47 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
During the season, the stadium had its Main Stand extended, and the property behind what would become the Barside was purchased to overcome disputes regarding access by supporters to that side of the ground. At the end of the season, the Popular Side stand was demolished, and the timbers were reused to improve the Layer Road End. Meanwhile, the Main Stand had a boundary wall built that would prevent supporters attempting to enter the ground without paying.


1946–47 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1946–47 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1946–47 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–2 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 6–1 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by second-year head coach Blair Gullion and first-year head coach Hugh Greer.


1946–47 Copa México
The Copa México 1946–47 was the 31st staging of the Copa México, the 4th staging in the professional era.


1946–47 Copa México
The competition started on June 15, 1947, and concluded on July 3, 1947, with the final, in which Moctezuma de Orizaba lifted the trophy for the second time with a 4–3 victory over Club Deportivo Oro.


1946–47 Copa México
This edition was played by 15 teams, in a knock-out stage, in a single match.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 39th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 25th season.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Now more than a full year removed from the end of World War II, college hockey was getting back to normal. For Cornell, however, little had changed; the team was still unable to expand their playing schedule due to not having an indoor rink and being relatively remote in central New York. One of the few teams willing to travel to Ithaca was nearby Colgate and the Red Raiders met the Big Red for the latter's season opener.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
In what would turn out to be the only home game on the year, Cornell got a late start and trailed 1–2 after 20 minutes. When visiting netminder Mark Galloway complained about the lack of light the coaches of the two teams gave their players an extended rest to see if the illumination would improve. When more sun wasn't forthcoming the teams agreed to call the game after just one period.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Three days later, Cornell travelled south to play its first full game against Army. The match turned into a debacle for the Big Red as not only did they lose 1–8 but three players were injured in the game. Starters Ken Hillas and Wally Schmidt came up lake while reserve Dave Batt pulled a muscle in his leg and was knocked out for the year. Even without the injuries, Cornell would have been hard pressed to win the game as the team had hardly been able to practice, an all-too-familiar problem for the club.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
With Hillas unable to play in the next game, coach Bawlf turned to backup Bill Brady with relative unknown Jack McNair in reserve. Unfortunately for Cornell, Yale was one of the best teams in the country that year and the Elis took no mercy on the short-handed Reds. With Cornell being pummeled by the Bulldogs, McNair was put in midway through the second period and turned in a stellar performance that had the Eli faithful cheer him as he left the ice. They were able to, of course, because their team had won 13–0.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
After the third game, head coach Nick Bawlf fell ill and was eventually confined to his bed. When the team returned to the ice in late January for practice, their bench boss was still ailing and had to be replaced by the football team's line coach, Bud Boeringer. While Bawlf was recovering, the team's final game against Colgate was delayed when a warm spell thawed out the Raiders' rink. Several weeks later, with Bawlf still not up to coaching, Boeringer took the Big Red to Hamilton to face the 12–0 Raiders.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Several changes were made to the lineup, including moving Joe Louis to right wing and promoting  Buck Ellis to the top defensive pair in his place. The changes, however, didn't seem to help as Cornell was routed 3–14. The Big Red's three goals all came in the final frame with the outcome all but certain. A third match between the two was scheduled for the 22nd but was never played.


1946–47 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Nick Bawlf never fully recovered from his illness and died in June. Boeringer agreed to stay on as head coach for the following year.


1946–47 Cypriot Cup
The 1946–47 Cypriot Cup was the tenth edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 7 clubs entered the competition. It began on 2 March 1947 with the quarterfinals and concluded on 27 April 1947 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. APOEL won their 3rd Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Anorthosis 4–1 in the final.


1946–47 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1946–47 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division.


1946–47 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of three knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.


1946–47 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1946–47 season.


1946–47 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 7 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship.


1946–47 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1946–47 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the fourth season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. 11 teams participated in the league, and LTC Prag won the championship.


1946–47 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Slavia Prague won the championship. Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 43 goals.


1946–47 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
AC Sparta toured Great Britain opening with a 2 - 2 draw against Arsenal on 2 October 1946.


1946–47 Dahomeyan General Council election
Elections to the General Council were held in French Dahomey in December 1946 and 5 January 1947. The result was a victory for the Dahomeyan Progressive Union, which won 20 of the 30 seats.


1946–47 Dahomeyan General Council election, Electoral system
The General Council (Conseil Generale)  was established as part of the constitutional reforms that created the French Fourth Republic. It had 30 seats, with 12 members elected by the first electoral college and 18 by the second electoral college.


1946–47 Danish 1st Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Akademisk Boldklub won the championship.


1946–47 Detroit Falcons season
The 1946–47 BAA season was the first and only season for the Detroit Falcons in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). After finishing with a 20–40 record, the Falcons were disbanded.


1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 21st season. The season involved Gordie Howe making his National Hockey League debut, and it was the final season for Jack Adams as coach.


1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1946–47 Division 2 season (Swedish ice hockey)
The 1946–47 Division 2 season was the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden for that season. 43 teams participated, divided into six groups of six and one group of seven. Group winners Gävle GIK, Leksands IF, IFK Bofors, Västerås SK, Tranebergs IF, Atlas Diesels IF, and Djurgårdens IF advanced to a promotion tournament which resulted in Gävle GIK, Västerås, Traneberg, and Atlas Diesel being promoted to Division 1 for the following season.


1946–47 Divizia A
The 1946–47 Divizia A was the thirtieth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1946–47 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Alexandru Marky (16 / 0); Justin Apostol (10 / 0). Defenders: Adalbert Pall (22 / 0); Gyula Lóránt  (21 / 0); Iosif Slivăț (10 / 0); Moise Vass (10 / 0). Midfielders: Francisc Mészáros (13 / 1); Ioan Reinhardt (24 / 2); Mircea Tudose (6 / 0); Gheorghe Băcuț (24 / 1). Forwards: Ioan Nicșa (14 / 5); Andrei Mercea (17 / 4); Ladislau Bonyhádi (23 / 26); Adalbert Kovács (13 / 13); József Pecsovszky (22 / 12); Nicolae Dumitrescu (10 / 10); Mátyás Tóth (24 / 13); Kostas Choumis (1 / 0); Iosif Stibinger (6 / 4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1946–47 Divizia B
The 1946–47 Divizia B was the eighth season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1946–47 Divizia B
The league was resumed after five years in which was suspended due to World War II. The format of three series was maintained, but this time the series were much larger, 15 teams in the first one, 14 for each of the other two. This season is practically the beginning of the professionalism of Romanian football, new clubs are enrolled, others are moved back in the Romanian championship. At the end of the season four teams promoted to Divizia A, the winners of the series and a fourth team established after a promotion play-off between second places and the best third place.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes
The classic format of promotion and relegation is not relevant this season because after a pause of 5 years and due to the troubled historical frame, many teams were dissolved, others were newly founded and submitted directly in the Divizia A or Divizia B and also the teams which were moved in the Hungarian football league system in 1940 after the signing of the Second Vienna Award were moved now back in the Romanian football league system after the signing of the Paris Peace Treaties. These teams were submitted also in different leagues, not counting their last rank in the Romanian football league system, but much more their situation at that time.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, Promoted teams
Jiul Petroșani and Juventus București were promoted to Divizia A, meritorious promotion due to their rankings at the end of the 1940–41 season 1st place in their series.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, Promoted teams
CFR Timișoara (6th, Serie I) and Prahova Ploiești (7th, Serie III) were also promoted to Divizia A.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, Relegated teams
Cimentul Turda, Franco-Româna Brăila, Metalosport Călan and Vitrometan Mediaș were relegated to Divizia C.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, Relegated teams
Ripensia Timișoara (3rd, Divizia A) and FC Brăila (13th, Divizia A) were relegated directly to Divizia C, without playing in the second season.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, New teams
Unirea Tricolor București was the champion of Romania at the end of the 1940–41 season, but restarted the championship in the Divizia B.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, New teams
Venus București (4th, Divizia A), Mica Brad (5th, Divizia A), Sportul Studențesc (6th, Divizia A), FC Ploiești (10th, Divizia A), Gloria CFR Galați (12th, Divizia A) restarted the championship in the Divizia B.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, New teams
Gloria Arad (8th, Divizia A), promoted in 1940, was relegated back to the second league.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, New teams
AMEF Arad and Feroemail Ploiești were re-enrolled in the Romanian football league system after the abusively exclusion commanded by the legionary regime in 1940.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, New teams
CFR Târgu Mureș, Crișana Oradea, Dermata Cluj, Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe, Phoenix Baia Mare, Stăruința Satu Mare and Victoria Cluj moved in the Romanian football league system due to the Paris Peace Treaties, territory of Northern Transylvania being assigned from Hungary back to Romania.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, New teams
Arsenal Sibiu, CFR Craiova, CFR Caracal, CFR Turda, Dezrobirea Constanța, FC Călărași, Grivița CFR București, IAR Brașov, Karres Mediaș, Politehnica Iași, Sparta Arad, Sporting Pitești, Socec Lafayette București, Solvay Uioara, ST București, Șurianul Sebeș and Textila Buhuși were promoted to Divizia B due to the results obtained in the regional championships.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, Dissolved teams
AS Constanța, Ateneul Tătărași Iași, Olympia București, Rapid Timișoara and Turda București were dissolved.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
Chinezul Timișoara and CAM Timișoara merged, the first one being absorbed by the second one.


1946–47 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
Crișana Oradea and CFR Oradea merged and the club was renamed as Crișana CFR Oradea.


1946–47 Divizia B, Promotion play-off
Second place from each series and the best third place played a promotion play-off to decide the fourth team which promoted to 1947–48 Divizia A.


1946–47 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1946–47 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 1st year head coach Ralph Chase, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym and were members of the Southern division of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC).


1946–47 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1946–47 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1946–47 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Gerry Gerard, coaching his fifth season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 19–8.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was the 63rd official Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level,  and the first where Scottish football got back to normal after the end of WW2. Dumbarton entered the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the inaugural Scottish League Cup and the Supplementary Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Football League
Scottish football returned to normal after an absence of seven seasons. Dumbarton played in Division B and finished a disappointing 13th out of 14 with 18 points - 27 behind champions Dundee.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, Supplementary Cup
The Supplementary Cup for B Division teams continued, but Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Alloa.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, League Cup
Following the success of the format of the Southern League Cup played during wartime conditions, the inaugural League Cup was played but Dumbarton failed to progress from their section, finishing 3rd of 4 with just 2 wins from 6 games.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
The return of the Scottish Cup brought much cheer, and after dispatching A Division opponents St Mirren and Third Lanark, Dumbarton lost out narrowly to Hibernian in the fourth round.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, Stirlingshire Cup
East Stirling defeated Dumbarton in the first round after a drawn match.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, Friendlies
Two 'friendly' matches were arranged. One against A Division Partick Thistle and the other against a team of Polish internationalists, billed as a Polish Army XI who were touring post-war Europe.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition James Brown, John Getty, Thomas Jess, Gordon McFarlane, Victor McAloney, Bernard McDonald, William Neil, Bobby Ross and Robert Torrance would all have played their last 1st team game for Dumbarton before the end of the season.


1946–47 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton entered the Scottish Second XI Cup but lost in the first round to Albion Rovers.


1946–47 Dundee F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was the forty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, and the second season playing in the second tier, as well as the first season back in the Scottish Football League following the end of World War II. Dundee would sport an impressively high-scoring team who would win the league and record several records, including logging 10–0 victories in consecutive games, with striker Albert Juliussen breaking records for most goals scored by a Dundee player in a single match (7) and most scored in two consecutive matches (13). Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup in its first edition since its suspension after the outbreak of war, and despite an impressive 1st round victory over Celtic, they would be knocked out in the Quarter-finals by Aberdeen.


1946–47 Dundee F.C. season
Dundee would also compete in the inaugural staging of the Scottish League Cup, which had been inspired by the previous season's Southern League Cup. Just as in the Scottish Cup, they would be knocked out by Aberdeen in the Quarter-finals.


1946–47 Dundee F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Dundee received a bye past the 2nd round and directly into the 3rd round.


1946–47 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1946–47 season was the 40th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1946 to 30 June 1947. United finished in tenth place in the Second Division.


1946–47 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 39 competitive matches during the 1946–47 season.


1946–47 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1946–47 English National League season
The 1946–47 English National League season was the sixth season of the English National League, the top level ice hockey league in England. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Brighton Tigers won the championship.


1946–47 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1946–47 Eredivisie season was the second season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Three teams participated in the league, and T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg won the championship.


1946–47 European Rugby League Championship
The 1946-47 European Championship saw a change of format, where each nation played each other twice, instead of once, both at a home and away venue. This was the sixth competition and was won by England.


1946–47 Everton F.C. season
During the 1946–47 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1946–47 FA Cup
The 1946–47 FA Cup was the 66th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Charlton Athletic, the previous season's runners-up, won the competition for the first time, beating Burnley 1–0 after extra time in the final at Wembley.


1946–47 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1946–47 FA Cup, First round proper
At this stage 43 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined 23 non-league clubs that had advanced through the qualifying rounds. Chester, Cardiff City and Crystal Palace were given a bye to the Third Round. To make the number of matches up, non-league Barnet and Bishop Auckland, the previous season's F. A. Amateur Cup winners and runners-up respectively, were given byes to this round. 34 matches were played on Saturday, 30 November 1946. Six were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.


1946–47 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 14 December 1946. Six matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. Two of these then went to a second replay.


1946–47 FA Cup, Third round proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with Chester, Cardiff City and Crystal Palace. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 January 1947. Five matches were drawn and went to replays, with one of these requiring a second replay to settle the fixture.


1946–47 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 25 January 1947. Five games were drawn and went to replays, of which one went to a second replay.


1946–47 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 February 1947. There were three replays.


1946–47 FA Cup, Sixth Round Proper
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 1 March 1947. There was one replay, in the Burnley–Middlesbrough match.


1946–47 FA Cup, Semi-Finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 29 March 1947. Burnley and Liverpool needed to replay their match, which was settled two weeks later in Burnley's favour. They went on to meet Charlton Athletic in the final at Wembley.


1946–47 FA Cup, Final
The 1947 FA Cup Final was contested by Charlton Athletic and Burnley at Wembley, England on 26 April 1947. Charlton, losing finalists the previous year, won by a single goal, scored in extra time by Chris Duffy. History repeated itself this year as the ball again burst during the game. Later, the reason for these problems in 1946 and 1947 was put down to the poor quality of leather available after World War II.


1946–47 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1946–47 is the 66th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 25 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1946–47 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 4th qualifying round
The teams that entered in this round are: Leytonstone, Shrewsbury Town, Chelmsford City, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Lancaster City, Walthamstow Avenue, Guildford City, Gillingham, Dulwich Hamlet, Marine, Bath City, Workington, North Shields, South Bank, South Liverpool, Scarborough, Bromley, Wellington Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Witton Albion, Runcorn, Yeovil Town and Gainsborough Trinity


1946–47 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1946–47 FA Cup
See 1946–47 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1946–47 FC Basel season
The 1946–47 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's Fifty-fourth season in their existence. It was their first season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season before. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was the club's new chairman and he took over this position from Emil Junkerat the club's AGM. Düblin had been player for FC Basel in the years 1919–1926 and had been on the club's board of directors. He was doctor, banker and politician, became author and private art collector.


1946–47 FC Basel season, Overview
After his playing career the Austrian ex-international Anton Schall, who suffered from a rare heart condition, moved to Switzerland and took over Basel as club trainer for the 1946–47 season. Basel played a total of 39 games in this season. Of these 26 in the Nationalliga A, six in the Swiss Cup and seven were test games. The test games resulted with three victories, three draws and one defeat. In total, they won 21 games, drew eight and lost 10 times. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they scored 111 goals and conceded 65.


1946–47 FC Basel season, Overview
There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1946–47 Nationalliga A, the bottom two teams in the table to be relagted. Basel finished their season in fourth position in the table, with twelve victories from 26 games, scoring in total 60 goals. Traugott Oberer was the team's top goal scorer. René Bader and Hermann Suter were joint second best, each with 10 goals. FC Biel-Bienne won the championship. Young Boys and ended the season on the relegation places.


1946–47 FC Basel season, Overview
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in round 3 with a home match against local team Black Stars Basel, the game was won 3– 2. In round 4 they had an away tie against La Chaux-de-Fonds which was won 2–1. Round 5 gave Basel another home tie in the Landhof against another local club Nordstern and this ended with a 6–1 victory. Thus they advanced to the quarter-finals and were matched against the Grasshoppers. The Grasshoppers were beaten 2–1. In the semi-final goals from top scorers Traugott Oberer and René Bader gave Basel a 2–1 victory against Grenchen.