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390 & 108-1 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
422 & 291-4d ENG flag
Overs: 51.0 RR: 2.12 vs spin: 1.09
vs seam: 1.73
 Overs: 61.5 RR: 4.71 vs spin: 3.95
vs seam: 3.24
Sat 24/12/38 South Africa v England, 1st Test, Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 422 (113.4; RR: 3.71)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WJ Edrich c Mitchell b Davies 4 4 1 0 100.00
PA Gibb c Melville b Mitchell 93 0 7 0
E Paynter b Mitchell 117 0 8 1
WR Hammond lbw b Gordon 24 0 2 0
LEG Ames c Wade b Gordon 42 0 4 0
NWD Yardley c & b Mitchell 7 0 1 0
BH Valentine c Wade b Gordon 97 0 11 0
H Verity b Dalton 26 0 1 0
LL Wilkinson lbw b Gordon 2 0 0 0
K Farnes b Gordon 0 0 0 0
TWJ Goddard not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 6lb, 0w, 1nb) 10  
TOTAL 422 all out (113.4 overs; RR: 3.71)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 188-2 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 234-3 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 278-4 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 292-5 (LEG Ames 0.0 ov), 294-6 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 378-7 (H Verity 0.0 ov), 389-8 (LL Wilkinson 0.0 ov), 415-9 (K Farnes 0.0 ov), 422-10 (BH Valentine 113.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EQ Davies 19.0 0 102 1 5.37 0 0
ACB Langton 27.0 5 74 0 2.74 0 0
N Gordon 33.4 3 103 5 3.12 0 0
B Mitchell 22.0 2 75 3 3.41 0 0
EL Dalton 10.0 1 42 1 4.20 0 0
GE Bond 2.0 0 16 0 8.00 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 390 (135.1; RR: 2.89)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell b Farnes 73 0 3 0
PGV van der Bijl lbw b Verity 4 0 0 0
A Melville c & b Verity 0 0 0 0
AD Nourse c & b Goddard 73 0 6 1
N Gordon st Ames b Goddard 0 1 0 0 0.00
WW Wade b Goddard 0 1 0 0 0.00
KG Viljoen b Wilkinson 50 0 2 0
EL Dalton c Edrich b Verity 102 0 9 0
GE Bond lbw b Wilkinson 0 1 0 0 0.00
ACB Langton not out 64 0 5 2
EQ Davies b Verity 0 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 18lb, 0w, 1nb) 24  
TOTAL 390 all out (135.1 overs; RR: 2.89)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov), 44-2 (A Melville 0.0 ov), 160-3 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 160-4 (N Gordon 0.0 ov), 160-5 (WW Wade 0.0 ov), 173-6 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 281-7 (KG Viljoen 0.0 ov), 281-8 (GE Bond 0.0 ov), 378-9 (EL Dalton 0.0 ov), 390-10 (EQ Davies 135.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 23.0 1 87 1 3.78 0 0
WJ Edrich 9.0 0 44 0 4.89 0 0
H Verity 44.1 16 61 4 1.39 0 0
WR Hammond 10.0 3 27 0 2.70 0 0
LL Wilkinson 22.0 0 93 2 4.23 0 0
TWJ Goddard 27.0 5 54 3 2.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 291-4 (61.5; RR: 4.71)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WJ Edrich c Mitchell b Gordon 10 0 0 0
PA Gibb b Dalton 106 0 7 0
E Paynter c Langton b Gordon 100 0 10 0
WR Hammond lbw b Dalton 58 0 6 0
LEG Ames not out 3 0 0 0
NWD Yardley  
BH Valentine  
H Verity  
LL Wilkinson  
K Farnes  
TWJ Goddard  
Extras (7b, 2lb, 2w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 291-4 (61.5 overs; RR: 4.71)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 206-2 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 281-3 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 291-4 (WR Hammond 61.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EQ Davies 14.0 2 67 0 4.79 0 0
ACB Langton 16.0 3 64 0 4.00 0 0
B Mitchell 11.0 1 58 0 5.27 0 0
N Gordon 14.0 0 59 2 4.21 0 0
EL Dalton 6.5 0 29 2 4.83 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 108-1 (51.0; RR: 2.12)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell not out 48 0 4 0
PGV van der Bijl b Hammond 38 0 3 1
AD Nourse not out 17 0 3 0
A Melville  
N Gordon  
WW Wade  
KG Viljoen  
EL Dalton  
GE Bond  
ACB Langton  
EQ Davies  
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 108-1 (51.0 overs; RR: 2.12)

Fall of wickets

67-1 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 7.0 3 17 0 2.43 0 0
WJ Edrich 3.0 0 7 0 2.33 0 0
H Verity 16.0 8 17 0 1.06 0 0
TWJ Goddard 11.0 3 31 0 2.82 0 0
LL Wilkinson 8.0 3 18 0 2.25 0 0
WR Hammond 6.0 3 13 1 2.17 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1st Test

Date

Saturday December 24, 1938

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Old Wanderers, Johannesburg

Umpires

GL Sickler, RGA Ashman

South Africa Team

Playing XI

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

England Team

Playing XI

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