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Test Match #267
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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
Match Conditions
Day Match
Player of Match
No Award
Partnerships
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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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