ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES

Bowling Stats

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

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
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Bowling in England in South Africa Test Series

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 29.05
19#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSNorman Gordon5 mat · avg 40.35
20#1 · wkts
Ken Farnes5 mat · avg 32.44
16#3 · wkts
  1. 4Chud Langton5 mat · avg 51.6913
  2. 5Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 38.569
  3. 6Doug Wright3 mat · avg 58.449
  4. 7Tom Goddard3 mat · avg 35.258
  5. 8Len Wilkinson3 mat · avg 38.717
  6. 9Reg Perks1 mat · avg 33.176
  7. 10Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 81.836
  8. 11Bob Newson2 mat · avg 56.004
  9. 12Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 53.673
  10. 13Eric Davies3 mat · avg 117.333
  11. 14Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 77.002

Best figures

Test
Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 29.05
5/70#2
BEST FIGURESChud Langton5 mat · avg 51.69
5/58#1
Reg Perks1 mat · avg 33.17
5/100#3
  1. 4Norman Gordon5 mat · avg 40.355/103
  2. 5Ken Farnes5 mat · avg 32.444/29
  3. 6Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 38.564/59
  4. 7Tom Goddard3 mat · avg 35.253/54
  5. 8Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 81.833/75
  6. 9Doug Wright3 mat · avg 58.443/146
  7. 10Len Wilkinson3 mat · avg 38.712/12
  8. 11Bob Newson2 mat · avg 56.002/58
  9. 12Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 77.001/9
  10. 13Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 53.671/11
  11. 14Eric Davies3 mat · avg 117.331/77

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Bob Newson2 mat · avg 56.00
2.41#2 · econ
BEST ECONHedley Verity5 mat · avg 29.05
1.94#1 · econ
Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 53.67
2.68#3 · econ
  1. 4Tom Goddard3 mat · avg 35.252.69
  2. 5Reg Perks1 mat · avg 33.172.73
  3. 6Ken Farnes5 mat · avg 32.442.78
  4. 7Chud Langton5 mat · avg 51.693.05
  5. 8Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 77.003.08
  6. 9Norman Gordon5 mat · avg 40.353.28
  7. 10Len Wilkinson3 mat · avg 38.713.77
  8. 11Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 81.833.81
  9. 12Doug Wright3 mat · avg 58.443.93
  10. 13Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 38.564.46
  11. 14Xen Balaskas1 mat · avg 0.004.79
  12. 15Eric Davies3 mat · avg 117.335.50

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Ken Farnes5 mat · avg 32.44
32.44#2 · avg
BEST AVGHedley Verity5 mat · avg 29.05
29.05#1 · avg
Reg Perks1 mat · avg 33.17
33.17#3 · avg
  1. 4Tom Goddard3 mat · avg 35.2535.25
  2. 5Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 38.5638.56
  3. 6Len Wilkinson3 mat · avg 38.7138.71
  4. 7Norman Gordon5 mat · avg 40.3540.35
  5. 8Chud Langton5 mat · avg 51.6951.69
  6. 9Doug Wright3 mat · avg 58.4458.44
  7. 10Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 81.8381.83

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Len Wilkinson3 mat · avg 38.71
61.57#2 · SR
BEST SREric Dalton4 mat · avg 38.56
51.89#1 · SR
Ken Farnes5 mat · avg 32.44
69.94#3 · SR
  1. 4Reg Perks1 mat · avg 33.1773.00
  2. 5Norman Gordon5 mat · avg 40.3573.80
  3. 6Tom Goddard3 mat · avg 35.2578.75
  4. 7Doug Wright3 mat · avg 58.4489.33
  5. 8Hedley Verity5 mat · avg 29.0589.68
  6. 9Chud Langton5 mat · avg 51.69101.69
  7. 10Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 81.83129.00

Most maidens

Test
Chud Langton5 mat · avg 51.69
37#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSHedley Verity5 mat · avg 29.05
89#1 · mdns
Ken Farnes5 mat · avg 32.44
35#3 · mdns
  1. 4Norman Gordon5 mat · avg 40.3528
  2. 5Tom Goddard3 mat · avg 35.2526
  3. 6Doug Wright3 mat · avg 58.4419
  4. 7Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 53.6713
  5. 8Reg Perks1 mat · avg 33.1711
  6. 9Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 81.8311
  7. 10Bob Newson2 mat · avg 56.0011
  8. 11Len Wilkinson3 mat · avg 38.719
  9. 12Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 77.007
  10. 13Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 38.565
  11. 14Eric Davies3 mat · avg 117.333

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Norman Gordon5 mat · avg 40.35
3#2 · 3w
MOST 3wHedley Verity5 mat · avg 29.05
4#1 · 3w
Ken Farnes5 mat · avg 32.44
3#3 · 3w
  1. 4Chud Langton5 mat · avg 51.693
  2. 5Tom Goddard3 mat · avg 35.252
  3. 6Eric Dalton4 mat · avg 38.561
  4. 7Doug Wright3 mat · avg 58.441
  5. 8Reg Perks1 mat · avg 33.171
  6. 9Bruce Mitchell5 mat · avg 81.831
bowling battle

England vs South Africa

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsSouth Africa
70Wickets55
2.77Economy3.53
0Dot balls0
209Maidens95
113-wkt hauls8

Best bowling figures

1Chud LangtonSA · match 4 · Johannesburg5/58
2Hedley VerityENG · match 2 · Cape Town5/70
3Reg PerksENG · match 5 · Durban5/100
4Norman GordonSA · match 1 · Johannesburg5/103
5Norman GordonSA · match 2 · Cape Town5/157
6Ken FarnesENG · match 3 · Durban4/29
7Eric DaltonSA · match 5 · Durban4/59
8Hedley VerityENG · match 1 · Johannesburg4/61
9Ken FarnesENG · match 5 · Durban4/74
10Tom GoddardENG · match 1 · Johannesburg3/54