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103 & 353
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
469-4d
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Overs: 114.2 RR: 3.09 vs spin: 2.14
vs seam: 2.18
Overs: 88.5 RR: 5.28 vs spin: 4.22
vs seam: 3.77
Fri 20/01/39 South Africa v England, 3rd Test, Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 13 runs
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England - 1st Inns 469-4 (88.5; RR: 5.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton lbw b Gordon 31 0 4 0
PA Gibb c Wade b Davies 38 0 2 0
E Paynter c Melville b Langton 243 0 24 0
WR Hammond c Mitchell b Gordon 120 0 16 0
LEG Ames not out 27 0 1 0
WJ Edrich  
BH Valentine  
H Verity  
DVP Wright  
K Farnes  
LL Wilkinson  
Extras (5b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb) 10  
TOTAL 469-4 (88.5 overs; RR: 5.28)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 153-2 (PA Gibb 0.0 ov), 395-3 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 469-4 (E Paynter 88.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EQ Davies 15.0 0 106 1 7.07 0 0
ACB Langton 23.5 0 107 1 4.65 0 0
N Gordon 29.0 0 127 2 4.38 0 0
B Mitchell 8.0 0 45 0 5.63 0 0
EL Dalton 13.0 0 74 0 5.69 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 103 (45.5; RR: 2.25)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell c Ames b Edrich 30 0 3 0
PGV van der Bijl run out 28 0 2 0
EAB Rowan lbw b Wright 4 0 0 0
AD Nourse c Hammond b Farnes 0 0 0 0
KG Viljoen c Hammond b Wright 2 0 0 0
EL Dalton b Wilkinson 12 0 2 0
WW Wade c Hammond b Farnes 14 0 2 0
A Melville not out 5 0 0 0
ACB Langton c Hutton b Farnes 0 1 0 0 0.00
N Gordon b Farnes 1 0 0 0
EQ Davies lbw b Wilkinson 2 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 103 all out (45.5 overs; RR: 2.25)

Fall of wickets

60-1 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 61-2 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov), 65-3 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 65-4 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 79-5 (EL Dalton 0.0 ov), 87-6 (KG Viljoen 0.0 ov), 98-7 (WW Wade 0.0 ov), 98-8 (ACB Langton 0.0 ov), 100-9 (N Gordon 0.0 ov), 103-10 (EQ Davies 45.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 13.0 1 29 4 2.23 0 0
WR Hammond 2.0 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
DVP Wright 12.0 1 37 2 3.08 0 0
H Verity 8.0 4 9 0 1.13 0 0
WJ Edrich 4.0 0 9 1 2.25 0 0
LL Wilkinson 6.5 2 12 2 2.00 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 353 (114.2; RR: 3.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Mitchell c Ames b Farnes 109 0 14 0
PGV van der Bijl b Verity 13 0 1 0
EAB Rowan c Ames b Hammond 67 0 0 0
AD Nourse c Ames b Edrich 27 0 2 0
KG Viljoen c Hammond b Farnes 61 0 9 0
A Melville b Wilkinson 10 0 1 0
EL Dalton c Hammond b Verity 8 0 0 0
WW Wade lbw b Farnes 28 0 2 0
ACB Langton b Wilkinson 12 0 2 0
N Gordon c Edrich b Verity 0 0 0 0
EQ Davies not out 2 0 0 0
Extras (7b, 9lb, 0w, 0nb) 16  
TOTAL 353 all out (114.2 overs; RR: 3.09)

Fall of wickets

46-1 (PGV van der Bijl 0.0 ov), 165-2 (B Mitchell 0.0 ov), 223-3 (EAB Rowan 0.0 ov), 247-4 (AD Nourse 0.0 ov), 282-5 (A Melville 0.0 ov), 306-6 (KG Viljoen 0.0 ov), 308-7 (EL Dalton 0.0 ov), 345-8 (ACB Langton 0.0 ov), 346-9 (N Gordon 0.0 ov), 353-10 (WW Wade 114.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 28.2 8 80 3 2.86 0 0
WJ Edrich 7.0 2 16 1 2.29 0 0
LL Wilkinson 26.0 4 103 2 3.96 0 0
DVP Wright 15.0 2 56 0 3.73 0 0
H Verity 35.0 10 71 3 2.03 0 0
WR Hammond 3.0 0 11 1 3.67 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test

Date

Friday January 20, 1939

Toss

England 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, KG Viljoen, ACB Langton, AD Nourse, EAB Rowan, EQ Davies, N Gordon, A Melville, PGV van der Bijl, WW Wade

England Team

Playing XI

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