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TEST DurbanFri, 03 Mar - Tue, 14 Mar 1939 - 13:30

SA

South Africa

903/10 (20.00) & 481/10 (142.1)

VS

England

349/3 (20.00) & 654/5 (218.2)

ENG

Match drawn

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SA vs ENG — 5th Test

Match No: 5th Test
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1939
Teams: South Africa vs England
Series: England in South Africa Test Series
Ground: Durban
Toss: South Africa, elected to bat first
Umpires: George SicklerRichard Ashman
Result: Match drawn
Season: 1938/39

South Africa

South Africa innings

903/10 (20.00)

BATTING

TOTAL	550 (550)
Pieter van der Bijl	125 (125)
Dudley Nourse	103 (103)

BOWLING

Reg Perks	5/100
Hedley Verity	2/97
Doug Wright	2/142

England

England innings

349/3 (20.00)

BATTING

TOTAL	342 (342)
Les Ames (WK)	84 (84)
Eddie Paynter	62 (62)

BOWLING

Eric Dalton	4/59
Chud Langton	3/71
Bob Newson	2/58

South Africa

South Africa innings

481/10 (142.1)

BATTING

TOTAL	498 (498)
Alan Melville (c)	103 (103)
Pieter van der Bijl	97 (97)

BOWLING

Ken Farnes	4/74
Doug Wright	3/146
Hedley Verity	2/87

England

England innings

654/5 (218.2)

BATTING

TOTAL	678 (678)
Bill Edrich	219 (219)
Wally Hammond (c)	140 (140)

BOWLING

Eric Dalton	2/100
Bruce Mitchell	1/133
Chud Langton	1/132

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