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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 267 (267/60)
South Africa v England, 1938/39, 1st Test
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
24,26,27,28 December 1938 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RGA Ashman and GL Sickler
Test Debuts: GE Bond, N Gordon, A Melville, PGV van der Bijl, WW Wade (SA); PA Gibb, LL Wilkinson, NWD Yardley (Eng).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 326/6 (Valentine 12*, Verity 19*)
  • Day 2: England 422, South Africa 166/5 (Mitchell 72*, Viljoen 0*)
  • Day 3: South Africa 390, England 103/1 (Gibb 53*, Paynter 32*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    WJ Edrich             c Mitchell         b Davies               4       4  1 0
    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
    Total                 (all out, 113.4 overs)                  422
    
    FoW: 1-4 (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
    Davies                      19      0    102      1
    Langton                     27      5     74      0
    Gordon                      33.4    3    103      5
    Mitchell                    22      2     75      3
    Dalton                      10      1     42      1
    Bond                         2      0     16      0
    
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    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
    +WW Wade                                 b Goddard              0   1   1  0 0
    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
    ACB Langton           not out                                  64  95        2
    EQ Davies                                b Verity               0          0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 18, nb 1)                       24
    Total                 (all out, 135.1 overs)                  390
    
    FoW: 1-42 (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
    Farnes                      23      1     87      1
    Edrich                       9      0     44      0
    Verity                      44.1   16     61      4
    Hammond                     10      3     27      0
    Wilkinson                   22      0     93      2
    Goddard                     27      5     54      3
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   4  6
    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
    Total                 (4 wickets declared, 61.5 overs)        291
    
    DNB: NWD Yardley, BH Valentine, H Verity, LL Wilkinson, K Farnes,
         TWJ Goddard.
    
    FoW: 1-38 (Edrich), 2-206 (Gibb), 3-281 (Paynter),
         4-291 (Hammond).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davies                      14      2     67      0
    Langton                     16      3     64      0
    Gordon                      14      0     59      2
    Mitchell                    11      1     58      0
    Dalton                       6.5    0     29      2
    
    South Africa 2nd innings (target: 324 runs)                     R   M   4  6
    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
    Total                 (1 wicket, 51 overs)                    108
    
    DNB: *A Melville, N Gordon, +WW Wade, KG Viljoen, EL Dalton,
         GE Bond, ACB Langton, EQ Davies.
    
    FoW: 1-67 (van der Bijl).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Farnes                       7      3     17      0
    Edrich                       3      0      7      0
    Verity                      16      8     17      0
    Hammond                      6      3     13      1
    Wilkinson                    8      3     18      0
    Goddard                     11      3     31      0
    


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    Team Pages: South Africa, England.

    Ground Page: Old Wanderers, Johannesburg

    England Player Pages: WJ Edrich, PA Gibb, E Paynter, WR Hammond, LEG Ames, NWD Yardley, BH Valentine, H Verity, LL Wilkinson, K Farnes, TWJ Goddard.

    South Africa Player Pages: B Mitchell, PGV van der Bijl, A Melville, AD Nourse, N Gordon, WW Wade, KG Viljoen, EL Dalton, GE Bond, ACB Langton, EQ Davies.

    Match Officials' Pages: RGA Ashman, GL Sickler.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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