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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
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Bill Edrich050
Wally Hammond1813360
Eddie Paynter1100
Hedley Verity29780
Paul Gibb581620
Les Ames1151450
Ken Farnes1*00
Sir Leonard Hutton17300
Doug Wright3300
Bryan Valentine1121590
559 9 wickets declared (130.7 overs @ 4.26 rpo)
South Africa 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Xen Balaskas24.001150
Eric Davies16.01771
Bruce Mitchell20.00810
Chud Langton30.731173
Norman Gordon40.031575
South Africa 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Xen Balaskas2900
Norman Gordon000
Bruce Mitchell422200
Chud Langton000
Eric Rowan6350
Alan Melville231040
PGV van der Bijl371120
Eric Davies0*00
Dudley Nourse1202680
Dooley Briscoe200
Billy Wade1000
286 All Out (118.6 overs @ 2.40 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Tom Goddard38.015643
Ken Farnes13.03370
Bill Edrich5.01150
Hedley Verity36.613705
Doug Wright26.03832
South Africa 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Dudley Nourse19*00
Eric Rowan89*00
Bruce Mitchell190
PGV van der Bijl871370
201 2 wickets (53.0 overs @ 3.79 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Bill Edrich3.0150
Hedley Verity10.05130
Wally Hammond9.00250
Doug Wright12.00620
Tom Goddard11.01681
Ken Farnes8.01231

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