1938-1939 - South Africa v. England - Test Match Summary

Teams: South Africa v/s England
Match Date: December 31, 1938
Venue: Newlands
Toss: England , elected to bat
Player of the Match: None

Result: Match Drawn

England 1st Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Dismissal	Min	BF
Les Ames	115		145	0
Ken Farnes	1*		0	0
Sir Leonard Hutton	17		30	0
Doug Wright	33		0	0
Bryan Valentine	112		159	0
Bill Edrich	0		5	0
Wally Hammond	181		336	0
Eddie Paynter	1		10	0
Hedley Verity	29		78	0
Paul Gibb	58		162	0
559 9 wickets declared (130.7 overs @ 4.26 rpo)

South Africa 1st Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Eric Davies	16.0	1	77	1
Bruce Mitchell	20.0	0	81	0
Chud Langton	30.7	3	117	3
Norman Gordon	40.0	3	157	5
Xen Balaskas	24.0	0	115	0

South Africa 1st Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Dismissal	Min	BF
PGV van der Bijl	37		112	0
Eric Davies	0*		0	0
Dudley Nourse	120		268	0
Dooley Briscoe	2		0	0
Billy Wade	10		0	0
Xen Balaskas	29		0	0
Norman Gordon	0		0	0
Bruce Mitchell	42		220	0
Chud Langton	0		0	0
Eric Rowan	6		35	0
Alan Melville	23		104	0
286 All Out (118.6 overs @ 2.40 rpo)

England 1st Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Hedley Verity	36.6	13	70	5
Doug Wright	26.0	3	83	2
Tom Goddard	38.0	15	64	3
Ken Farnes	13.0	3	37	0
Bill Edrich	5.0	1	15	0

South Africa 2nd Innings Batting

Batter	Runs	Dismissal	Min	BF
Bruce Mitchell	1		9	0
PGV van der Bijl	87		137	0
Dudley Nourse	19*		0	0
Eric Rowan	89*		0	0
201 2 wickets (53.0 overs @ 3.79 rpo)

England 2nd Innings Bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Doug Wright	12.0	0	62	0
Tom Goddard	11.0	1	68	1
Ken Farnes	8.0	1	23	1
Bill Edrich	3.0	1	5	0
Hedley Verity	10.0	5	13	0
Wally Hammond	9.0	0	25	0

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