Test Match #267 Standard Scorecard     
1938-1939 South Africa v England - 1st Test
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
24th December, 1938
 
 South Africa 390 & 108/1
England 422 & 291/4 dec
Match drawn

 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
William Edrich c Mitchell b Davies 4  4  1  0 100.00 0.95%
Paul Gibb c Melville b Mitchell 93    7  0   22.04%
Edward Paynter b Mitchell 117    8  1   27.73%
Wally Hammond* lbw b Gordon 24    0  0   5.69%
Leslie Ames† c †Wade b Gordon 42    0  0   9.95%
Norman Yardley c & b Mitchell 7    0  0   1.66%
Brian Valentine c †Wade b Gordon 97    11  0   22.99%
Hedley Verity b Dalton 26    0  0   6.16%
Leonard Wilkinson lbw b Gordon 2    0  0   0.47%
Kenneth Farnes b Gordon 0    0  0  
Thomas Goddard not out 0    0  0  
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) 10  
Total All Out   (113.4 overs @ 3.71 rpo) 422
Fall of Wickets
 
1-4 Edrich, 2-188 Paynter, 3-234 Hammond, 4-278 Gibb, 5-292 Ames, 6-294 Yardley,
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7-378 Verity, 8-389 Wilkinson, 9-415 Farnes, 10-422 Valentine
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Eric Davies 19.0 0 102 1 5.37 10.00
Arthur Langton 27.0 5 74 0 2.74
Norman Gordon 33.4 3 103 5 3.06 50.00
Bruce Mitchell 22.0 2 75 3 3.41 30.00
Eric Dalton 10.0 1 42 1 4.20 10.00
Gerald Bond 2.0 0 16 0 8.00
 
 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bruce Mitchell b Farnes 73    0  0   18.72%
Pieter van der Bijl lbw b Verity 4    0  0   1.03%
Alan Melville* c & b Verity 0    0  0  
Dudley Nourse c & b Goddard 73    6  1   18.72%
Norman Gordon st †Ames b Goddard 0  1  0  0 0.00
Walter Wade† b Goddard 0  1  0  0 0.00
Kenneth Viljoen b Wilkinson 50    0  0   12.82%
Eric Dalton c Edrich b Verity 102    9  0   26.15%
Gerald Bond lbw b Wilkinson 0  1  0  0 0.00
Arthur Langton not out 64    0  0   16.41%
Eric Davies b Verity 0    0  0  
Extras (b 5, lb 18, nb 1) 24  
Total All Out   (135.1 overs @ 2.89 rpo) 390
Fall of Wickets
 
1-42 van der Bijl, 2-44 Melville, 3-160 Nourse, 4-160 Gordon, 5-160 Wade, 6-173 Mitchell,
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7-281 Viljoen, 8-281 Bond, 9-378 Dalton, 10-390 Davies
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Kenneth Farnes 23.0 1 87 1 3.78 10.00
William Edrich 9.0 0 44 0 4.89
Hedley Verity 44.1 16 61 4 1.38 40.00
Wally Hammond 10.0 3 27 0 2.70
Leonard Wilkinson 22.0 0 93 2 4.23 20.00
Thomas Goddard 27.0 5 54 3 2.00 30.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
William Edrich c Mitchell b Gordon 10    0  0   3.44%
Paul Gibb b Dalton 106    0  0   36.43%
Edward Paynter c Langton b Gordon 100    10  0   34.36%
Wally Hammond* lbw b Dalton 58    0  0   19.93%
Leslie Ames† not out 3    0  0   1.03%
Extras (b 7, lb 2, w 2, nb 3) 14  
Total 4 wickets declared   (61.5 overs @ 4.71 rpo) 291
 
Did not Bat
 
Norman Yardley, Brian Valentine, Hedley Verity, Leonard Wilkinson, Kenneth Farnes,
 
Thomas Goddard
Fall of Wickets
 
1-38 Edrich, 2-206 Gibb, 3-281 Paynter, 4-291 Hammond
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Eric Davies 14.0 2 67 0 4.79
Arthur Langton 16.0 3 64 0 4.00
Norman Gordon 14.0 0 59 2 4.21 20.00
Bruce Mitchell 11.0 1 58 0 5.27
Eric Dalton 6.5 0 29 2 4.24 20.00
 
 
South Africa   2nd Innings  (target 324)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bruce Mitchell not out 48    5  0   44.44%
Pieter van der Bijl b Hammond 38    3  1   35.19%
Dudley Nourse not out 17    0  0   15.74%
Extras (lb 5) 5  
Total 1 wickets   (51.0 overs @ 2.12 rpo) 108
 
Did not Bat
 
Alan Melville*, Norman Gordon, Walter Wade†, Kenneth Viljoen, Eric Dalton,
 
Gerald Bond, Arthur Langton, Eric Davies
Fall of Wickets
 
1-67 van der Bijl
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Kenneth Farnes 7.0 3 17 0 2.43
William Edrich 3.0 0 7 0 2.33
Hedley Verity 16.0 8 17 0 1.06
Wally Hammond 6.0 3 13 1 2.17 10.00
Leonard Wilkinson 8.0 3 18 0 2.25
Thomas Goddard 11.0 3 31 0 2.82
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1938-1939 South Africa v England - 1st Test
Match No. Test #267
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match No Award
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 326/6 (BH Valentine 12*, H Verity 19*)
Day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 166/5 (B Mitchell 72*, KG Viljoen 0*)
Day 3 - England 2nd innings 103/1 (PA Gibb 53*, E Paynter 32*)
Day 4 - South Africa 2nd Innings 108/1, 51.0 overs - end of match