England in South Africa Test Series - 3rd Test
England won by an innings and 13 runs
- Test no. 269 | 1938/39 season
- Played at Kingsmead, Durban
- 20,21,23 January 1939 (4-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | lbw b Gordon | 31 | 40 | 0 | |||
| PA Gibb | c †Wade b Davies | 38 | 144 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E Paynter | c Melville b Langton | 243 | 334 | 24 | 0 | ||
| WR Hammond* | c Mitchell b Gordon | 120 | 178 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LEG Ames† | not out | 27 | 50 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, nb 1) | 10 | |||||
 |
|||||||
| Total | (4 wickets dec; 88.5 overs) | 469 | (3.96 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat WJ Edrich, BH Valentine, H Verity, DVP Wright, K Farnes, LL Wilkinson |
| Fall of wickets1-38 (Hutton), 2-153 (Gibb), 3-395 (Hammond), 4-469 (Paynter) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| EQ Davies | 15 | 0 | 106 | 1 | 5.30 | |||
| ACB Langton | 23.5 | 0 | 107 | 1 | 3.39 | |||
| N Gordon | 29 | 0 | 127 | 2 | 3.28 | |||
| B Mitchell | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 4.21 | |||
| EL Dalton | 13 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 4.26 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Mitchell | c †Ames b Edrich | 30 | 80 | 0 | ||||
| PGV van der Bijl | run out | 28 | 0 | |||||
| EAB Rowan | lbw b Wright | 4 | 0 | |||||
| AD Nourse | c Hammond b Farnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| KG Viljoen | c Hammond b Wright | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
| EL Dalton | b Wilkinson | 12 | 0 | |||||
| WW Wade† | c Hammond b Farnes | 14 | 0 | |||||
| A Melville* | not out | 5 | 0 | |||||
| ACB Langton | c Hutton b Farnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| N Gordon | b Farnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| EQ Davies | lbw b Wilkinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 1) | 5 | ||||||
|
||||||||
| Total | (all out; 45.5 overs) | 103 | (1.69 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-60 (Mitchell), 2-61 (van der Bijl), 3-65 (Nourse), 4-65 (Rowan), 5-79 (Dalton), 6-87 (Viljoen), 7-98 (Wade), 8-98 (Langton), 9-100 (Gordon), 10-103 (Davies) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 13 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 1.67 | |||
| WR Hammond | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.75 | |||
| DVP Wright | 12 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 2.31 | |||
| H Verity | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.84 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1.68 | |||
| LL Wilkinson | 6.5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1.35 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | c †Ames b Farnes | 109 | 190 | 14 | 0 | ||
| PGV van der Bijl | b Verity | 13 | 0 | ||||
| EAB Rowan | c †Ames b Hammond | 67 | 208 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AD Nourse | c †Ames b Edrich | 27 | 0 | ||||
| KG Viljoen | c Hammond b Farnes | 61 | 105 | 9 | 0 | ||
| A Melville* | b Wilkinson | 10 | 44 | 0 | |||
| EL Dalton | c Hammond b Verity | 8 | 0 | ||||
| WW Wade† | lbw b Farnes | 28 | 0 | ||||
| ACB Langton | b Wilkinson | 12 | 0 | ||||
| N Gordon | c Edrich b Verity | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| EQ Davies | not out | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 9) | 16 | |||||
|
|||||||
| Total | (all out; 114.2 overs) | 353 | (2.31 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-46 (van der Bijl), 2-165 (Mitchell), 3-223 (Rowan), 4-247 (Nourse), 5-282 (Melville), 6-306 (Viljoen), 7-308 (Dalton), 8-345 (Langton), 9-346 (Gordon), 10-353 (Wade) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 28.2 | 8 | 80 | 3 | 2.12 | |||
| WR Hammond | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2.75 | |||
| DVP Wright | 15 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 2.80 | |||
| H Verity | 35 | 10 | 71 | 3 | 1.52 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1.71 | |||
| LL Wilkinson | 26 | 4 | 103 | 2 | 2.97 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
|
Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
|
Umpires
RGA Ashman and GL Sickler |
|
Close of play 20 Jan day 1 - England 1st innings 373/2 (E Paynter 197*, WR Hammond 99*) 21 Jan day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 73/1 (B Mitchell 53*, EAB Rowan 7*) 22 Jan rest day 23 Jan day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 353 (114.2 ov) - end of match |
|
|||
Match Coverage
Photos
|
Jan 5, 1939 
The England squad for the 1938-39 tour of South Africa © Cricinfo Ltd |
Series Results
Sponsored Links
Access your Indian Rupee earnings from anywhere in the world.
Who is the best footballer in Europe?
Debate now on the new ESPN Soccernet Castrol Rankings Blog
FREE Cricket DVD offer at Cricshop
Cricshop.com - leading online cricket store
Rugby Union Autumn Internationals coverage
on www.scrum.com
