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RSA flag RSAWon toss. Elected to bat
530 & 481 Series badge ENG
316 & 654-5 ENG flag
Overs: 142.1 RR: 3.38 vs spin: 1.77
vs seam: 2.41
 Overs: 218.2 RR: 3.00 vs spin: 2.70
vs seam: 1.93
Fri 03/03/39 South Africa v England, 5th Test, Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban
match drawn Match Drawn
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South Africa - 1st Inns 530 (202.6; RR: 2.61)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
A Melville hit wicket b Wright 78 0 5 0
PGV van der Bijl b Perks 125 0 11 1
EAB Rowan lbw b Perks 33 0 1 0
B Mitchell b Wright 11 0 0 0
AD Nourse b Perks 103 0 6 0
KG Viljoen c Ames b Perks 0 0 0 0
EL Dalton c Ames b Farnes 57 0 3 1
RE Grieveson b Perks 75 0 3 0
ACB Langton c Paynter b Verity 27 0 1 1
ES Newson c & b Verity 1 0 0 0
N Gordon not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 12lb, 0w, 6nb) 20  
TOTAL 530 all out (202.6 overs; RR: 2.61)

Fall of wickets

131-1 (A Melville 0.0 ov), 219-2 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 236-3 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 274-4 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov), 278-5 (KG Viljoen 0.0 ov), 368-6 (EL Dalton 0.0 ov), 475-7 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 522-8 (RE Grieveson 0.0 ov), 523-9 (ES Newson 0.0 ov), 530-10 (ACB Langton 202.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 46.0 9 108 1 2.35 0 0
RTD Perks 41.0 5 100 5 2.44 0 0
DVP Wright 37.0 6 142 2 3.84 0 0
H Verity 55.6 14 97 2 1.76 0 0
WR Hammond 14.0 4 34 0 2.43 0 0
WJ Edrich 9.0 2 29 0 3.22 0 0

England - 1st Inns 316 (117.6; RR: 2.68)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton run out 38 0 1 0
PA Gibb c Grieveson b Newson 4 0 0 0
E Paynter lbw b Langton 62 0 3 0
WR Hammond st Grieveson b Dalton 24 0 0 0
LEG Ames c Dalton b Langton 84 0 7 0
WJ Edrich c Rowan b Langton 1 0 0 0
BH Valentine st Grieveson b Dalton 26 0 2 0
H Verity b Dalton 3 0 0 0
DVP Wright c Langton b Dalton 26 0 1 0
K Farnes b Newson 20 0 2 0
RTD Perks not out 2 0 0 0
Extras (7b, 17lb, 1w, 1nb) 26  
TOTAL 316 all out (117.6 overs; RR: 2.68)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 64-2 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 125-3 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 169-4 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 171-5 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 229-6 (BH Valentine 0.0 ov), 245-7 (H Verity 0.0 ov), 276-8 (LEG Ames 0.0 ov), 305-9 (DVP Wright 0.0 ov), 316-10 (K Farnes 117.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ES Newson 25.6 5 58 2 2.32 0 0
ACB Langton 35.0 12 71 3 2.03 0 0
N Gordon 37.0 7 82 0 2.22 0 0
B Mitchell 7.0 0 20 0 2.86 0 0
EL Dalton 13.0 1 59 4 4.54 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 481 (142.1; RR: 3.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell hit wicket b Verity 89 0 6 0
PGV van der Bijl c Paynter b Wright 97 0 7 0
EAB Rowan c Edrich b Verity 0 0 0 0
AD Nourse c Hutton b Farnes 25 0 3 0
KG Viljoen b Perks 74 0 7 0
A Melville b Farnes 103 0 10 0
EL Dalton c & b Wright 21 0 3 1
RE Grieveson b Farnes 39 0 1 0
ACB Langton c Hammond b Farnes 6 0 0 0
ES Newson b Wright 3 0 0 0
N Gordon not out 7 0 1 0
Extras (5b, 8lb, 0w, 4nb) 17  
TOTAL 481 all out (142.1 overs; RR: 3.38)

Fall of wickets

191-1 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 191-2 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 191-3 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov), 242-4 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 346-5 (KG Viljoen 0.0 ov), 382-6 (EL Dalton 0.0 ov), 434-7 (A Melville 0.0 ov), 450-8 (ACB Langton 0.0 ov), 462-9 (ES Newson 0.0 ov), 481-10 (RE Grieveson 142.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 22.1 2 74 4 3.36 0 0
RTD Perks 32.0 6 99 1 3.09 0 0
DVP Wright 32.0 7 146 3 4.56 0 0
H Verity 40.0 9 87 2 2.18 0 0
WJ Edrich 6.0 1 18 0 3.00 0 0
WR Hammond 9.0 1 30 0 3.33 0 0
L Hutton 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 654-5 (218.2; RR: 3.00)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton b Mitchell 55 0 5 0
PA Gibb b Dalton 120 0 2 0
WJ Edrich c Gordon b Langton 219 0 25 0
WR Hammond st Grieveson b Dalton 140 0 7 0
E Paynter c Grieveson b Gordon 75 0 5 0
LEG Ames not out 17 0 1 0
BH Valentine not out 4 0 1 0
H Verity  
DVP Wright  
K Farnes  
RTD Perks  
Extras (8b, 12lb, 1w, 3nb) 24  
TOTAL 654-5 (218.2 overs; RR: 3.00)

Fall of wickets

78-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 358-2 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 447-3 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 611-4 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 650-5 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ES Newson 43.0 4 91 0 2.12 0 0
N Gordon 55.2 10 174 1 3.16 0 0
ACB Langton 56.0 12 132 1 2.36 0 0
EL Dalton 27.0 3 100 2 3.70 0 0
B Mitchell 37.0 4 133 1 3.59 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Durban, 5th Test

Date

Friday March 3, 1939

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban

Umpires

GL Sickler, RGA Ashman

South Africa Team

Playing XI

B Mitchell, EL Dalton, ES Newson, KG Viljoen, ACB Langton, AD Nourse, EAB Rowan, N Gordon, A Melville, PGV van der Bijl, RE Grieveson

England Team

Playing XI

WR Hammond, LEG Ames, H Verity, E Paynter, BH Valentine, K Farnes, L Hutton, WJ Edrich, DVP Wright, PA Gibb, RTD Perks