- Test no. 267 | 1938/39 season
- Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
- 24,26,27,28 December 1938 (4-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WJ Edrich | c Mitchell b Davies | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| PA Gibb | c Melville b Mitchell | 93 | 270 | 7 | 0 | |||
| E Paynter | b Mitchell | 117 | 176 | 8 | 1 | |||
| WR Hammond* | lbw b Gordon | 24 | 0 | |||||
| LEG Ames† | c †Wade b Gordon | 42 | 0 | |||||
| NWD Yardley | c & b Mitchell | 7 | 0 | |||||
| BH Valentine | c †Wade b Gordon | 97 | 138 | 11 | 0 | |||
| H Verity | b Dalton | 26 | 0 | |||||
| LL Wilkinson | lbw b Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| K Farnes | b Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| TWJ Goddard | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 113.4 overs) | 422 | (2.78 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-4 (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 | Econ | |||
| EQ Davies | 19 | 0 | 102 | 1 | 4.02 | |||
| ACB Langton | 27 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 2.05 | |||
| N Gordon | 33.4 | 3 | 103 | 5 | 2.30 | |||
| B Mitchell | 22 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 2.55 | |||
| EL Dalton | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3.15 | |||
| GE Bond | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6.00 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Mitchell | b Farnes | 73 | 0 | |||||
| PGV van der Bijl | lbw b Verity | 4 | 0 | |||||
| A Melville* | c & b Verity | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AD Nourse | c & b Goddard | 73 | 163 | 6 | 1 | |||
| N Gordon | st †Ames b Goddard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WW Wade† | b Goddard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KG Viljoen | b Wilkinson | 50 | 162 | 0 | ||||
| EL Dalton | c Edrich b Verity | 102 | 145 | 9 | 0 | |||
| GE Bond | lbw b Wilkinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| ACB Langton | not out | 64 | 95 | 2 | ||||
| EQ Davies | b Verity | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 18, nb 1) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 135.1 overs) | 390 | (2.16 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-42 (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 | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 23 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 2.83 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 3.66 | |||
| H Verity | 44.1 | 16 | 61 | 4 | 1.03 | |||
| WR Hammond | 10 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 2.02 | |||
| LL Wilkinson | 22 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 3.17 | |||
| TWJ Goddard | 27 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 1.50 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| WJ Edrich | c Mitchell b Gordon | 10 | 0 | ||||
| PA Gibb | b Dalton | 106 | 192 | 0 | |||
| E Paynter | c Langton b Gordon | 100 | 189 | 10 | 0 | ||
| WR Hammond* | lbw b Dalton | 58 | 50 | 0 | |||
| LEG Ames† | not out | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 2, w 2, nb 3) | 14 | |||||
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| Total | (4 wickets dec; 61.5 overs) | 291 | (3.54 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat NWD Yardley, BH Valentine, H Verity, LL Wilkinson, K Farnes, TWJ Goddard |
| Fall of wickets1-38 (Edrich), 2-206 (Gibb), 3-281 (Paynter), 4-291 (Hammond) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| EQ Davies | 14 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 3.58 | |||
| ACB Langton | 16 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| N Gordon | 14 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 3.16 | |||
| B Mitchell | 11 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 3.95 | |||
| EL Dalton | 6.5 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3.28 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 324 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | not out | 48 | 165 | 5 | 0 | ||
| PGV van der Bijl | b Hammond | 38 | 130 | 3 | 1 | ||
| AD Nourse | not out | 17 | 35 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5) | 5 | |||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 51 overs) | 108 | (1.58 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat A Melville*, N Gordon, WW Wade†, KG Viljoen, EL Dalton, GE Bond, ACB Langton, EQ Davies |
| Fall of wickets1-67 (van der Bijl) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1.82 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 | |||
| H Verity | 16 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0.79 | |||
| WR Hammond | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1.62 | |||
| LL Wilkinson | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1.68 | |||
| TWJ Goddard | 11 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2.11 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series 5-match series level 0-0 |
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Test debuts
PA Gibb,
LL Wilkinson and
NWD Yardley
(England);
GE Bond,
N Gordon,
A Melville,
PGV van der Bijl and
WW Wade
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
RGA Ashman and GL Sickler |
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Close of play 24 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 326/6 (BH Valentine 12*, H Verity 19*) 25 Dec rest day 26 Dec day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 166/5 (B Mitchell 72*, KG Viljoen 0*) 27 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 103/1 (PA Gibb 53*, E Paynter 32*) 28 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 108/1 (51 ov) - end of match |
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