- Test no. 268 | 1938/39 season
- Played at Newlands, Cape Town
- 31 December 1938, 2,3,4 January 1939 (4-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Gordon | 17 | 30 | 1 | |||
| PA Gibb | c †Wade b Gordon | 58 | 162 | 0 | |||
| E Paynter | lbw b Langton | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WR Hammond* | b Davies | 181 | 336 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LEG Ames† | b Gordon | 115 | 145 | 13 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | b Gordon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BH Valentine | lbw b Gordon | 112 | 159 | 12 | 1 | ||
| H Verity | b Langton | 29 | 78 | 0 | |||
| DVP Wright | c Nourse b Langton | 33 | 0 | ||||
| K Farnes | not out | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 9, nb 3) | 12 | |||||
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| Total | (9 wickets dec; 130.7 overs) | 559 | (3.20 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat TWJ Goddard |
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Hutton), 2-30 (Paynter), 3-139 (Gibb), 4-336 (Ames), 5-338 (Edrich), 6-410 (Hammond), 7-504 (Verity), 8-537 (Valentine), 9-559 (Wright) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| EQ Davies | 16 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 3.60 | |||
| ACB Langton | 30.7 | 3 | 117 | 3 | 2.84 | |||
| N Gordon | 40 | 3 | 157 | 5 | 2.94 | |||
| XC Balaskas | 24 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 3.59 | |||
| B Mitchell | 20 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 3.03 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | b Wright | 42 | 220 | 0 | |||
| PGV van der Bijl | c Valentine b Verity | 37 | 112 | 3 | 0 | ||
| EAB Rowan | b Wright | 6 | 35 | 0 | |||
| AD Nourse | lbw b Verity | 120 | 268 | 12 | 1 | ||
| AW Briscoe | lbw b Goddard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WW Wade† | c Edrich b Verity | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ACB Langton | lbw b Goddard | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| XC Balaskas | c Paynter b Verity | 29 | 0 | ||||
| A Melville* | b Verity | 23 | 104 | 2 | 0 | ||
| N Gordon | st †Ames b Goddard | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| EQ Davies | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 8) | 17 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 118.6 overs) | 286 | (1.80 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-66 (van der Bijl), 2-79 (Rowan), 3-151 (Mitchell), 4-160 (Briscoe), 5-176 (Wade), 6-177 (Langton), 7-214 (Balaskas), 8-283 (Nourse), 9-286 (Gordon), 10-286 (Melville) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 13 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 2.13 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| TWJ Goddard | 38 | 15 | 64 | 3 | 1.26 | |||
| DVP Wright | 26 | 3 | 83 | 2 | 2.39 | |||
| H Verity | 36.6 | 13 | 70 | 5 | 1.42 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | c †Ames b Farnes | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PGV van der Bijl | hit wicket b Goddard | 87 | 137 | 9 | 1 | ||
| EAB Rowan | not out | 89 | 0 | ||||
| AD Nourse | not out | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, nb 1) | 5 | |||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 53 overs) | 201 | (2.84 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat AW Briscoe, WW Wade†, ACB Langton, XC Balaskas, A Melville*, N Gordon, EQ Davies |
| Fall of wickets1-2 (Mitchell), 2-149 (van der Bijl) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 8 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2.15 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.25 | |||
| TWJ Goddard | 11 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 4.63 | |||
| DVP Wright | 12 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 3.87 | |||
| H Verity | 10 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0.97 | |||
| WR Hammond | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2.08 |
| 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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Umpires
RGA Ashman and GL Sickler |
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Close of play 31 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 131/2 (PA Gibb 56*, WR Hammond 54*) 1 Jan rest day 2 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 553/8 (DVP Wright 27*, K Farnes 1*) 3 Jan day 3 - South Africa 1st innings 213/6 (AD Nourse 74*, XC Balaskas 28*) 4 Jan day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 201/2 (53 ov) - end of match |
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