ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES

Batting Stats

E1938
England in South Africa Test Series
24 Dec 1938 – 03 Mar 1939
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SERIES WINNEREngland1-0 (5)

Batting Stats

Most Runs · Most Sixes · Best Strike Rate
category leaders

Batting in England in South Africa Test Series

Every board for the series.

Most runs

Test
Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 87.00
609#2 · runs
MOST RUNSEddie Paynter5 mat · avg 81.63
653#1 · runs
Paul Gibb5 mat · avg 59.13
473#3 · runs
  1. 4Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 58.25466
  2. 5Pieter van der Bijl5 mat · avg 51.11460
  3. 6Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 60.29422
  4. 7Les Ames5 mat · avg 67.80339
  5. 8Alan Melville5 mat · avg 47.67286
  6. 9Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 47.33284
  7. 10Bryan Valentine4 mat · avg 68.75275
  8. 11Sir Leonard Hutton4 mat · avg 44.17265
  9. 12Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 40.00240
  10. 13Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 44.00220
  11. 14Ken Viljoen4 mat · avg 32.00192
  12. 15Chud Langton5 mat · avg 19.17115

Highest score

Test
Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 40.00
219#2
HIGHESTEddie Paynter5 mat · avg 81.63
243#1
Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 87.00
181#3
  1. 4Pieter van der Bijl5 mat · avg 51.11125
  2. 5Paul Gibb5 mat · avg 59.13120
  3. 6Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 60.29120
  4. 7Les Ames5 mat · avg 67.80115
  5. 8Bryan Valentine4 mat · avg 68.75112
  6. 9Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 58.25109
  7. 10Alan Melville5 mat · avg 47.67103
  8. 11Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 44.00102
  9. 12Sir Leonard Hutton4 mat · avg 44.1792
  10. 13Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 47.3389
  11. 14Ronnie Grieveson1 mat · avg 57.0075
  12. 15Ken Viljoen4 mat · avg 32.0074

Most sixes

Test
Chud Langton5 mat · avg 19.17
3#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESPieter van der Bijl5 mat · avg 51.11
3#1 · sixes
Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 60.29
2#3 · sixes
  1. 4Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 44.002
  2. 5Eddie Paynter5 mat · avg 81.631
  3. 6Bryan Valentine4 mat · avg 68.751
  4. 7Sir Leonard Hutton4 mat · avg 44.171

Most fours

Test
Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 87.00
39#2 · fours
MOST FOURSEddie Paynter5 mat · avg 81.63
52#1 · fours
Pieter van der Bijl5 mat · avg 51.11
33#3 · fours
  1. 4Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 58.2532
  2. 5Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 60.2931
  3. 6Alan Melville5 mat · avg 47.6727
  4. 7Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 40.0026
  5. 8Bryan Valentine4 mat · avg 68.7523
  6. 9Les Ames5 mat · avg 67.8020
  7. 10Ken Viljoen4 mat · avg 32.0016
  8. 11Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 44.0012
  9. 12Paul Gibb5 mat · avg 59.1311
  10. 13Sir Leonard Hutton4 mat · avg 44.177
  11. 14Ronnie Grieveson1 mat · avg 57.003
  12. 15Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 8.331

Best average

min 3 innings
Test
Eddie Paynter5 mat · avg 81.63
81.63#2 · avg
BEST AVGWally Hammond5 mat · avg 87.00
87.00#1 · avg
Bryan Valentine4 mat · avg 68.75
68.75#3 · avg
  1. 4Les Ames5 mat · avg 67.8067.80
  2. 5Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 60.2960.29
  3. 6Paul Gibb5 mat · avg 59.1359.13
  4. 7Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 58.2558.25
  5. 8Pieter van der Bijl5 mat · avg 51.1151.11
  6. 9Alan Melville5 mat · avg 47.6747.67
  7. 10Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 47.3347.33
  8. 11Sir Leonard Hutton4 mat · avg 44.1744.17
  9. 12Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 44.0044.00
  10. 13Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 40.0040.00
  11. 14Ken Viljoen4 mat · avg 32.0032.00
  12. 15Chud Langton5 mat · avg 19.1719.17

Most fifties

Test
Eric Rowan4 mat · avg 47.33
3#2 · 50s
MOST 50sBruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 58.25
3#1 · 50s
Ken Viljoen4 mat · avg 32.00
3#3 · 50s
  1. 4Eddie Paynter5 mat · avg 81.632
  2. 5Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 87.002
  3. 6Paul Gibb5 mat · avg 59.132
  4. 7Pieter van der Bijl5 mat · avg 51.112
  5. 8Alan Melville5 mat · avg 47.672
  6. 9Sir Leonard Hutton4 mat · avg 44.172
  7. 10Dudley Nourse5 mat · avg 60.291
  8. 11Les Ames5 mat · avg 67.801
  9. 12Bryan Valentine4 mat · avg 68.751
  10. 13Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 44.001
  11. 14Chud Langton5 mat · avg 19.171
  12. 15Ronnie Grieveson1 mat · avg 57.001
batting battle

England vs South Africa

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsSouth Africa
3024Total runs2674
75,600.00Strike rate66,850.00
3Sixes10
179Fours154
10Fifties17

Highest individual scores

1Eddie PaynterENG · match 3 · Durban243
2Bill EdrichENG · match 5 · Durban219
3Wally HammondENG · match 2 · Cape Town181
4Wally HammondENG · match 5 · Durban140
5Pieter van der BijlSA · match 5 · Durban125
6Wally HammondENG · match 3 · Durban120
7Dudley NourseSA · match 2 · Cape Town120
8Paul GibbENG · match 5 · Durban120
9Eddie PaynterENG · match 1 · Johannesburg117
10Les AmesENG · match 2 · Cape Town115