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Fri, 03 Mar - Fri, 03 Mar 1939 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Durban
Match drawn
South Africa
903/10 (20.00) & 481/10 (142.1)
England
349/3 (20.00) & 654/5 (218.2)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Les Ames
2
Eddie Paynter
2
Sir Leonard Hutton
2
Bruce Mitchell
2
Eric Dalton
2
Best Average
Eric Dalton
26.500000
Reg Perks
33.166666
Ken Farnes
36.400000
Hedley Verity
46.000000
Chud Langton
50.750000
Best Economy
Hedley Verity
1.924686
Bob Newson
2.172011
Chud Langton
2.230769
Ken Farnes
2.672540
Reg Perks
2.726027
Most Runs Conceed
Doug Wright
288
Norman Gordon
256
Chud Langton
203
Reg Perks
199
Hedley Verity
184
Most Fours
Bill Edrich
25
Pieter van der Bijl
18
Alan Melville
15
Dudley Nourse
9
Eddie Paynter
8
Best Bowling Fig
Reg Perks
5
Eric Dalton
4
Ken Farnes
4
Chud Langton
3
Doug Wright
3
Most Runs
Pieter van der Bijl
222
Bill Edrich
220
Alan Melville
181
Wally Hammond
164
Eddie Paynter
137
Best Averages
Pieter van der Bijl
111.000000
Bill Edrich
110.000000
Les Ames
101.000000
Alan Melville
90.500000
Wally Hammond
82.000000
Most Wickets
Reg Perks
6
Eric Dalton
6
Ken Farnes
5
Doug Wright
5
Chud Langton
4
Highest Score
Bill Edrich
219
Wally Hammond
140
Pieter van der Bijl
125
Paul Gibb
120
Dudley Nourse
103
Most 50s
Ken Viljoen
2
Alan Melville
2
Pieter van der Bijl
2
Ronnie Grieveson
2
Most Runs Conceed
Ken Farnes
182
Eric Dalton
159
Most Wickets
Hedley Verity
4
Bob Newson
2
Bruce Mitchell
1
Norman Gordon
1
Best Averages
Eddie Paynter
68.500000
Dudley Nourse
64.000000
Most 100s
Wally Hammond
2
Bill Edrich
2
Paul Gibb
2
Dudley Nourse
2
Alan Melville
2
Pieter van der Bijl
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Norman Gordon
174
Doug Wright
146
Bruce Mitchell
133
Chud Langton
132
Ken Farnes
108
Eric Dalton
100
Reg Perks
100
Best Bowling Fig
Hedley Verity
2
Bob Newson
2
Bruce Mitchell
1
Norman Gordon
1
Most Not Outs
Les Ames
2
Best Economy
Norman Gordon
2.776572
Wally Hammond
2.782608
Best Strike Rate
Eric Dalton
40
Reg Perks
73
Ken Farnes
81.72
Most Runs
Dudley Nourse
128
Paul Gibb
124
Most Ducks
Ken Viljoen
2
Eric Rowan
2
Most Not Outs
Bryan Valentine
2
Norman Gordon
2
Reg Perks
1
Best Strike Rate
Doug Wright
82.8
Chud Langton
136.5
Hedley Verity
143.4
Bob Newson
205.8
Best Average
Doug Wright
57.600000
Bob Newson
74.500000
Worst Bowling Fig
Hedley Verity
97
Most Fours
Wally Hammond
7
Les Ames
7
Ken Viljoen
7
Bruce Mitchell
6
Highest Score
Alan Melville
103
Bruce Mitchell
89
Les Ames
84
Most sixes
Eric Dalton
2
Pieter van der Bijl
1
Chud Langton
1