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349-8d Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
215 & 203-4 ENG flag
Overs: 101.5 RR: 3.43 vs spin: 2.77
vs seam: 1.89
 Overs: 60.0 RR: 3.38 vs spin: 2.63
vs seam: 2.15
Sat 18/02/39 South Africa v England, 4th Test, Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 215 (64.2; RR: 3.34)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton b Mitchell 92 0 7 0
PA Gibb c Mitchell b Langton 9 0 0 0
E Paynter c Newson b Langton 40 0 2 0
WR Hammond c Newson b Gordon 1 0 0 0
LEG Ames b Langton 34 0 1 0
BH Valentine c Grieveson b Gordon 11 0 0 0
WJ Edrich lbw b Langton 6 0 0 0
H Verity c Rowan b Mitchell 8 0 1 0
K Farnes c Grieveson b Newson 4 0 1 0
TWJ Goddard c Bijl b Langton 8 0 0 0
LL Wilkinson not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 0lb, 1w, 0nb) 1  
TOTAL 215 all out (64.2 overs; RR: 3.34)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 96-2 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 99-3 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 159-4 (LEG Ames 0.0 ov), 187-5 (BH Valentine 0.0 ov), 187-6 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 197-7 (H Verity 0.0 ov), 201-8 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 205-9 (K Farnes 0.0 ov), 215-10 (TWJ Goddard 64.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ES Newson 13.0 0 53 1 4.08 0 0
ACB Langton 19.2 1 58 5 3.05 0 0
N Gordon 15.0 1 47 2 3.13 0 0
B Mitchell 12.0 3 37 2 3.08 0 0
EL Dalton 5.0 0 19 0 3.80 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 349-8 (101.5; RR: 3.43)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PGV van der Bijl lbw b Goddard 31 0 1 0
A Melville c Verity b Wilkinson 67 0 10 0
EAB Rowan b Farnes 85 0 5 0
B Mitchell c Ames b Farnes 63 0 7 0
AD Nourse hit wicket b Verity 38 0 4 0
ACB Langton c Hutton b Verity 6 0 0 0
EL Dalton not out 20 0 1 0
ES Newson b Hammond 16 0 1 0
KG Viljoen lbw b Verity 5 0 0 0
RE Grieveson  
N Gordon  
Extras (5b, 12lb, 0w, 1nb) 18  
TOTAL 349-8 (101.5 overs; RR: 3.43)

Fall of wickets

108-1 (A Melville 0.0 ov), 108-2 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov), 224-3 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 280-4 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 294-5 (ACB Langton 0.0 ov), 311-6 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 340-7 (ES Newson 0.0 ov), 349-8 (KG Viljoen 101.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 26.0 7 64 2 2.46 0 0
WJ Edrich 4.0 0 11 0 2.75 0 0
H Verity 37.5 10 127 3 3.43 0 0
TWJ Goddard 18.0 2 65 1 3.61 0 0
LL Wilkinson 9.0 0 45 1 5.00 0 0
WR Hammond 7.0 1 19 1 2.71 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 203-4 (60.0; RR: 3.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Grieveson b Gordon 32 0 1 0
PA Gibb c Grieveson b Gordon 45 0 4 0
E Paynter c Grieveson b Newson 15 0 2 0
WR Hammond not out 61 0 4 0
LEG Ames b Gordon 17 0 1 0
BH Valentine not out 25 0 3 0
WJ Edrich  
H Verity  
K Farnes  
TWJ Goddard  
LL Wilkinson  
Extras (2b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 203-4 (60.0 overs; RR: 3.38)

Fall of wickets

64-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 91-2 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 103-3 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 145-4 (LEG Ames 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ES Newson 11.0 2 22 1 2.00 0 0
ACB Langton 12.0 1 49 0 4.08 0 0
N Gordon 22.0 4 58 3 2.64 0 0
B Mitchell 12.0 1 42 0 3.50 0 0
EL Dalton 3.0 0 24 0 8.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 4th Test

Date

Saturday February 18, 1939

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, 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, TWJ Goddard, H Verity, E Paynter, BH Valentine, K Farnes, L Hutton, WJ Edrich, PA Gibb, LL Wilkinson