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286 & 201-2 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
559-9d ENG flag
Overs: 53.0 RR: 3.79 vs spin: 0.98
vs seam: 2.12
 Overs: 130.7 RR: 4.26 vs spin: 3.34
vs seam: 3.03
Sat 31/12/38 South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 559-9 (130.7; RR: 4.26)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton b Gordon 17 0 1 1
PA Gibb c Wade b Gordon 58 0 2 0
E Paynter lbw b Langton 1 0 0 0
WR Hammond b Davies 181 0 16 0
LEG Ames b Gordon 115 0 13 0
WJ Edrich b Gordon 0 0 0 0
BH Valentine lbw b Gordon 112 0 12 1
H Verity b Langton 29 0 1 0
DVP Wright c Nourse b Langton 33 0 6 0
K Farnes not out 1 0 0 0
TWJ Goddard  
Extras (0b, 9lb, 0w, 3nb) 12  
TOTAL 559-9 (130.7 overs; RR: 4.26)

Fall of wickets

29-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 30-2 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 139-3 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 336-4 (LEG Ames 0.0 ov), 338-5 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 410-6 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 504-7 (H Verity 0.0 ov), 537-8 (BH Valentine 0.0 ov), 559-9 (DVP Wright 130.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EQ Davies 16.0 1 77 1 4.81 0 0
ACB Langton 30.7 3 117 3 3.90 0 0
N Gordon 40.0 3 157 5 3.93 0 0
XC Balaskas 24.0 0 115 0 4.79 0 0
B Mitchell 20.0 0 81 0 4.05 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 286 (118.6; RR: 2.40)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell b Wright 42 0 1 0
PGV van der Bijl c Valentine b Verity 37 0 3 0
EAB Rowan b Wright 6 0 0 0
AD Nourse lbw b Verity 120 0 12 1
AW Briscoe lbw b Goddard 2 0 0 0
WW Wade c Edrich b Verity 10 0 2 0
ACB Langton lbw b Goddard 0 0 0 0
XC Balaskas c Paynter b Verity 29 0 5 0
A Melville b Verity 23 0 2 0
N Gordon st Ames b Goddard 0 0 0 0
EQ Davies not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 7lb, 0w, 8nb) 17  
TOTAL 286 all out (118.6 overs; RR: 2.40)

Fall of wickets

66-1 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov), 79-2 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 151-3 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 160-4 (AW Briscoe 0.0 ov), 176-5 (WW Wade 0.0 ov), 177-6 (ACB Langton 0.0 ov), 214-7 (XC Balaskas 0.0 ov), 283-8 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 286-9 (N Gordon 0.0 ov), 286-10 (A Melville 118.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 13.0 3 37 0 2.85 0 0
WJ Edrich 5.0 1 15 0 3.00 0 0
TWJ Goddard 38.0 15 64 3 1.68 0 0
DVP Wright 26.0 3 83 2 3.19 0 0
H Verity 36.6 13 70 5 1.94 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 201-2 (53.0; RR: 3.79)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell c Ames b Farnes 1 0 0 0
PGV van der Bijl hit wicket b Goddard 87 0 9 1
EAB Rowan not out 89 0 7 0
AD Nourse not out 19 0 1 0
AW Briscoe  
WW Wade  
ACB Langton  
XC Balaskas  
A Melville  
N Gordon  
EQ Davies  
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 201-2 (53.0 overs; RR: 3.79)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 149-2 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 8.0 1 23 1 2.88 0 0
WJ Edrich 3.0 1 5 0 1.67 0 0
H Verity 10.0 5 13 0 1.30 0 0
DVP Wright 12.0 0 62 0 5.17 0 0
TWJ Goddard 11.0 1 68 1 6.18 0 0
WR Hammond 9.0 0 25 0 2.78 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Cape Town, 2nd Test

Date

Saturday December 31, 1938

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town

Umpires

GL Sickler, RGA Ashman

South Africa Team

Playing XI

B Mitchell, XC Balaskas, ACB Langton, AD Nourse, EAB Rowan, AW Briscoe, EQ Davies, 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, L Hutton, WJ Edrich, DVP Wright, PA Gibb