Test Match #267 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard       
1938-1939 South Africa v England - 1st Test
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
24th December, 1938
 
South Africa 390 & 108/1
England 422 & 291/4 dec
 
Match drawn

England 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
William Edrich c Mitchell b Davies 4  4  1  0 100.00  0.95%
Paul Gibb c Melville b Mitchell 93    7  0    22.04%
Edward Paynter b Mitchell 117    8  1    27.73%
Wally Hammond* lbw b Gordon 24    0  0    5.69%
Leslie Ames c †Wade b Gordon 42    0  0    9.95%
Norman Yardley c & b Mitchell 7    0  0    1.66%
Brian Valentine c †Wade b Gordon 97    11  0    22.99%
Hedley Verity b Dalton 26    0  0    6.16%
Leonard Wilkinson lbw b Gordon 2    0  0    0.47%
Kenneth Farnes b Gordon 0    0  0  
Thomas Goddard not out 0    0  0  
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) 10  
Total All Out   (113.4 overs @ 3.71 rpo) 422  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-4  Edrich   2-188  Paynter   3-234  Hammond   4-278  Gibb   
5-292  Ames   6-294  Yardley   7-378  Verity   8-389  Wilkinson   
9-415  Farnes   10-422  Valentine   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Eric Davies 19.0 0 102 1 5.37  10.00%
Arthur Langton 27.0 5 74 0 2.74
Norman Gordon 33.4 3 103 5 3.06  50.00%
Bruce Mitchell 22.0 2 75 3 3.41  30.00%
Eric Dalton 10.0 1 42 1 4.20  10.00%
Gerald Bond 2.0 0 16 0 8.00
 
South Africa 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Bruce Mitchell b Farnes 73    0  0    18.72%
Pieter van der Bijl lbw b Verity 4    0  0    1.03%
Alan Melville* c & b Verity 0    0  0  
Dudley Nourse c & b Goddard 73    6  1    18.72%
Norman Gordon st †Ames b Goddard 0  1  0  0 0.00
Walter Wade b Goddard 0  1  0  0 0.00
Kenneth Viljoen b Wilkinson 50    0  0    12.82%
Eric Dalton c Edrich b Verity 102    9  0    26.15%
Gerald Bond lbw b Wilkinson 0  1  0  0 0.00
Arthur Langton not out 64    0  0    16.41%
Eric Davies b Verity 0    0  0  
Extras (b 5, lb 18, nb 1) 24  
Total All Out   (135.1 overs @ 2.89 rpo) 390  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-42  van der Bijl   2-44  Melville   3-160  Nourse   4-160  Gordon   
5-160  Wade   6-173  Mitchell   7-281  Viljoen   8-281  Bond   
9-378  Dalton   10-390  Davies   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Kenneth Farnes 23.0 1 87 1 3.78  10.00%
William Edrich 9.0 0 44 0 4.89
Hedley Verity 44.1 16 61 4 1.38  40.00%
Wally Hammond 10.0 3 27 0 2.70
Leonard Wilkinson 22.0 0 93 2 4.23  20.00%
Thomas Goddard 27.0 5 54 3 2.00  30.00%
 
England 2nd Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
William Edrich c Mitchell b Gordon 10    0  0    3.44%
Paul Gibb b Dalton 106    0  0    36.43%
Edward Paynter c Langton b Gordon 100    10  0    34.36%
Wally Hammond* lbw b Dalton 58    0  0    19.93%
Leslie Ames not out 3    0  0    1.03%
Norman Yardley              
Brian Valentine              
Hedley Verity              
Leonard Wilkinson              
Kenneth Farnes              
Thomas Goddard              
Extras (b 7, lb 2, w 2, nb 3) 14  
Total 4 wickets declared   (61.5 overs @ 4.71 rpo) 291  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-38  Edrich   2-206  Gibb   3-281  Paynter   4-291  Hammond   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Eric Davies 14.0 2 67 0 4.79
Arthur Langton 16.0 3 64 0 4.00
Norman Gordon 14.0 0 59 2 4.21  20.00%
Bruce Mitchell 11.0 1 58 0 5.27
Eric Dalton 6.5 0 29 2 4.24  20.00%
 
South Africa 2nd Innings (target 324) R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Bruce Mitchell not out 48    5  0    44.44%
Pieter van der Bijl b Hammond 38    3  1    35.19%
Dudley Nourse not out 17    0  0    15.74%
Alan Melville*              
Norman Gordon              
Walter Wade              
Kenneth Viljoen              
Eric Dalton              
Gerald Bond              
Arthur Langton              
Eric Davies              
Extras (lb 5) 5  
Total 1 wickets   (51.0 overs @ 2.12 rpo) 108  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-67  van der Bijl   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Kenneth Farnes 7.0 3 17 0 2.43
William Edrich 3.0 0 7 0 2.33
Hedley Verity 16.0 8 17 0 1.06
Wally Hammond 6.0 3 13 1 2.17  10.00%
Leonard Wilkinson 8.0 3 18 0 2.25
Thomas Goddard 11.0 3 31 0 2.82
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1938-1939 South Africa v England - 1st Test
Match No. Test #267
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 326/6 (BH Valentine 12*, H Verity 19*)
Day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 166/5 (B Mitchell 72*, KG Viljoen 0*)
Day 3 - England 2nd innings 103/1 (PA Gibb 53*, E Paynter 32*)
Day 4 - South Africa 2nd Innings 108/1, 51.0 overs - end of match

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