- Test no. 270 | 1938/39 season
- Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
- 18,20,21,22 February 1939 (4-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Mitchell | 92 | 202 | 7 | 0 | ||
| PA Gibb | c Mitchell b Langton | 9 | 0 | ||||
| E Paynter | c Newson b Langton | 40 | 79 | 2 | 0 | ||
| WR Hammond* | c Newson b Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| LEG Ames† | b Langton | 34 | 54 | 0 | |||
| BH Valentine | c †Grieveson b Gordon | 11 | 0 | ||||
| WJ Edrich | lbw b Langton | 6 | 0 | ||||
| H Verity | c Rowan b Mitchell | 8 | 0 | ||||
| K Farnes | c †Grieveson b Newson | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| TWJ Goddard | c van der Bijl b Langton | 8 | 0 | ||||
| LL Wilkinson | not out | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (w 1) | 1 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 64.2 overs) | 215 | (2.50 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-18 (Gibb), 2-96 (Paynter), 3-99 (Hammond), 4-159 (Ames), 5-187 (Valentine), 6-187 (Hutton), 7-197 (Verity), 8-201 (Edrich), 9-205 (Farnes), 10-215 (Goddard) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ES Newson | 13 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 3.05 | |||
| ACB Langton | 19.2 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 2.25 | |||
| N Gordon | 15 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 2.35 | |||
| B Mitchell | 12 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 2.31 | |||
| EL Dalton | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2.85 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| PGV van der Bijl | lbw b Goddard | 31 | 0 | ||||
| A Melville* | c Verity b Wilkinson | 67 | 99 | 10 | 0 | ||
| EAB Rowan | b Farnes | 85 | 218 | 0 | |||
| B Mitchell | c †Ames b Farnes | 63 | 112 | 7 | 0 | ||
| AD Nourse | hit wicket b Verity | 38 | 4 | 0 | |||
| ACB Langton | c Hutton b Verity | 6 | 0 | ||||
| EL Dalton | not out | 20 | 0 | ||||
| ES Newson | b Hammond | 16 | 0 | ||||
| KG Viljoen | lbw b Verity | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 12, nb 1) | 18 | |||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 101.5 overs) | 349 | (2.57 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat RE Grieveson†, N Gordon |
| Fall of wickets1-108 (Melville), 2-108 (van der Bijl), 3-224 (Mitchell), 4-280 (Nourse), 5-294 (Langton), 6-311 (Rowan), 7-340 (Newson), 8-349 (Viljoen) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| K Farnes | 26 | 7 | 64 | 2 | 1.84 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.06 | |||
| H Verity | 37.5 | 10 | 127 | 3 | 2.53 | |||
| TWJ Goddard | 18 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 2.70 | |||
| LL Wilkinson | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 3.75 | |||
| WR Hammond | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2.03 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | c †Grieveson b Gordon | 32 | 100 | 0 | ||
| PA Gibb | c †Grieveson b Gordon | 45 | 140 | 0 | ||
| E Paynter | c †Grieveson b Newson | 15 | 0 | |||
| WR Hammond* | not out | 61 | 0 | |||
| LEG Ames† | b Gordon | 17 | 0 | |||
| BH Valentine | not out | 25 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 6) | 8 | ||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 60 overs) | 203 | (2.53 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Did not bat WJ Edrich, H Verity, K Farnes, TWJ Goddard, LL Wilkinson |
| Fall of wickets1-64 (Hutton), 2-91 (Paynter), 3-103 (Gibb), 4-145 (Ames) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ES Newson | 11 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1.50 | |||
| ACB Langton | 12 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 3.06 | |||
| N Gordon | 22 | 4 | 58 | 3 | 1.97 | |||
| B Mitchell | 12 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 2.62 | |||
| EL Dalton | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
RE Grieveson
(South Africa) |
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Umpires
RGA Ashman and GL Sickler |
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Close of play 18 Feb day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 11/0 (PGV van der Bijl 2*, A Melville 9*) 19 Feb rest day 20 Feb day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 249/3 (EAB Rowan 53*, AD Nourse 20*) 21 Feb day 3 - no play 22 Feb day 4 - England 2nd innings 203/4 (60 ov) - end of match |
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