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England in South Africa Test Series - 5th Test

Match drawn (by agreement)

Test no. 271 | 1938/39 season
Played at Kingsmead, Durban
3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14 March 1939 (timeless match)


South Africa 1st innings		R	M	4s	6s
A Melville*	hit wicket b Wright	78	200	5	0

PGV van der Bijl	b Perks	125	428	11	1

EAB Rowan	lbw b Perks	33	90		0

B Mitchell	b Wright	11			0

AD Nourse	b Perks	103	364	6	0

KG Viljoen	c †Ames b Perks	0		0	0

EL Dalton	c †Ames b Farnes	57			1

RE Grieveson†	b Perks	75	205	3	0

ACB Langton	c Paynter b Verity	27			1

ES Newson	c & b Verity	1		0	0

N Gordon	not out	0		0	0

Extras	(b 2, lb 12, nb 6)	20

Total	(all out; 202.6 overs)	530	(1.96 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-131 (Melville), 2-219 (Rowan), 3-236 (Mitchell), 4-274 (van der Bijl), 5-278 (Viljoen), 6-368 (Dalton), 7-475 (Nourse), 8-522 (Grieveson), 9-523 (Newson), 10-530 (Langton)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Farnes	46	9	108	1	1.76

RTD Perks	41	5	100	5	1.82

DVP Wright	37	6	142	2	2.87

H Verity	55.6	14	97	2	1.30

WR Hammond	14	4	34	0	1.82

WJ Edrich	9	2	29	0	2.41


England 1st innings		R	M	4s	6s
L Hutton	run out	38	144		0

PA Gibb	c †Grieveson b Newson	4	30		0

E Paynter	lbw b Langton	62	260	3	0

WR Hammond*	st †Grieveson b Dalton	24	90	0	0

LEG Ames†	c Dalton b Langton	84	172	7	0

WJ Edrich	c Rowan b Langton	1		0	0

BH Valentine	st †Grieveson b Dalton	26			0

H Verity	b Dalton	3		0	0

DVP Wright	c Langton b Dalton	26			0

K Farnes	b Newson	20			0

RTD Perks	not out	2		0	0

Extras	(b 7, lb 17, w 1, nb 1)	26

Total	(all out; 117.6 overs)	316	(2.01 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Gibb), 2-64 (Hutton), 3-125 (Hammond), 4-169 (Paynter), 5-171 (Edrich), 6-229 (Valentine), 7-245 (Verity), 8-276 (Ames), 9-305 (Wright), 10-316 (Farnes)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
ES Newson	25.6	5	58	2	1.68

ACB Langton	35	12	71	3	1.52

N Gordon	37	7	82	0	1.66

B Mitchell	7	0	20	0	2.14

EL Dalton	13	1	59	4	3.40


South Africa 2nd innings		R	M	4s	6s
B Mitchell	hit wicket b Verity	89	222	6	0

PGV van der Bijl	c Paynter b Wright	97	230	7	0

EAB Rowan	c Edrich b Verity	0		0	0

AD Nourse	c Hutton b Farnes	25		3	0

KG Viljoen	b Perks	74	183	7	0

A Melville*	b Farnes	103	199	10	0

EL Dalton	c & b Wright	21		3	1

RE Grieveson†	b Farnes	39			0

ACB Langton	c Hammond b Farnes	6			0

ES Newson	b Wright	3		0	0

N Gordon	not out	7			0

Extras	(b 5, lb 8, nb 4)	17

Total	(all out; 142.1 overs)	481	(2.53 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-191 (Mitchell), 2-191 (Rowan), 3-191 (van der Bijl), 4-242 (Nourse), 5-346 (Viljoen), 6-382 (Dalton), 7-434 (Melville), 8-450 (Langton), 9-462 (Newson), 10-481 (Grieveson)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Farnes	22.1	2	74	4	2.50

RTD Perks	32	6	99	1	2.32

DVP Wright	32	7	146	3	3.42

H Verity	40	9	87	2	1.63

WR Hammond	9	1	30	0	2.50

WJ Edrich	6	1	18	0	2.25

L Hutton	1	0	10	0	7.50


England 2nd innings (target: 696 runs)		R	M	4s	6s
L Hutton	b Mitchell	55			0

PA Gibb	b Dalton	120	451	2	0

WJ Edrich	c Gordon b Langton	219	460	25	0

WR Hammond*	st †Grieveson b Dalton	140	349	7	0

E Paynter	c †Grieveson b Gordon	75	213	5	0

LEG Ames†	not out	17			0

BH Valentine	not out	4			0

Extras	(b 8, lb 12, w 1, nb 3)	24

Total	(5 wickets; 218.2 overs)	654	(2.24 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat H Verity, DVP Wright, K Farnes, RTD Perks

Fall of wickets1-78 (Hutton), 2-358 (Gibb), 3-447 (Edrich), 4-611 (Paynter), 5-650 (Hammond)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
ES Newson	43	4	91	0	1.58

ACB Langton	56	12	132	1	1.76

N Gordon	55.2	10	174	1	2.36

B Mitchell	37	4	133	1	2.69

EL Dalton	27	3	100	2	2.77

Match details

Balls per over 8

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Series England won the 5-match series 1-0

Test debut RTD Perks (England)

Umpires RGA Ashman and GL Sickler

Close of play
3 Mar day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 229/2 (PGV van der Bijl 105*, B Mitchell 4*)
4 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 423/6 (AD Nourse 77*, RE Grieveson 26*)
5 Mar rest day
6 Mar day 3 - England 1st innings 35/1 (L Hutton 24*, E Paynter 6*)
7 Mar day 4 - England 1st innings 268/7 (LEG Ames 82*, DVP Wright 5*)
8 Mar day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 193/3 (AD Nourse 1*, KG Viljoen 1*)
9 Mar day 6 - England 2nd innings 0/0 (L Hutton 0*, PA Gibb 0*)
10 Mar day 7 - England 2nd innings 253/1 (PA Gibb 78*, WJ Edrich 107*)
11 Mar day 8 - no play
12 Mar rest day
13 Mar day 9 - England 2nd innings 496/3 (WR Hammond 58*, E Paynter 24*)
14 Mar day 10 - England 2nd innings 654/5 (218.2 ov) - end of match