1st Test - South Africa vs England 1938 Full Scorecard: Result, Stats & Top Performers

Sat, 24 Dec - Wed, 28 Dec 1938 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Old Wanderers, Johannesburg

Match drawn

South Africa

South Africa

658/10 (20.00) & 108/1 (51)

England

England

349/3 (20.00) & 291/4 (61.5)

England innigs

349/3 (20.00)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Bill Edrich c Mitchell b Davies	4	4	0	1	0	100.00	In 1938				Career
Paul Gibb c Melville b Mitchell	93	0	270	7	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Eddie Paynter b Mitchell	117	0	176	8	1	0.00	In 1938				Career
Wally Hammond (c) lbw b Gordon	24	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Les Ames (WK) c (wk)Wade b Gordon	42	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Norman Yardley c & b Mitchell	7	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Bryan Valentine c (wk)Wade b Gordon	97	0	138	11	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Hedley Verity b Dalton	26	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Len Wilkinson lbw b Gordon	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Ken Farnes b Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Tom Goddard not out	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1)	10
Total 422 113.4 Ov (RR: 3.71)	422	4		27	1

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Eric Davies	19.00	0	102	1	4.02	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Chud Langton	27.00	5	74	0	2.05	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Norman Gordon	33.40	3	103	5	2.30	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Bruce Mitchell	22.00	2	75	3	2.55	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Eric Dalton	10.00	1	42	1	3.15	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Gerald Bond	2.00	0	16	0	6.00	0	0	0	In 1938				Career

South Africa innigs

658/10 (20.00)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Bruce Mitchell b Farnes	73	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Pieter van der Bijl lbw b Verity	4	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Alan Melville (c) c & b Verity	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Dudley Nourse c & b Goddard	73	0	163	6	1	0.00	In 1938				Career
Norman Gordon st (wk)Ames b Goddard	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Billy Wade (WK) b Goddard	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Ken Viljoen b Wilkinson	50	0	162	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Eric Dalton c Edrich b Verity	102	0	145	9	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Gerald Bond lbw b Wilkinson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Chud Langton not out	64	0	95	0	2	0.00	In 1938				Career
Eric Davies b Verity	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Extras (b 5, lb 18, nb 1)	24
Total 390 135.1 Ov (RR: 2.88)	390	3		15	3

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Ken Farnes	23.00	1	87	1	2.83	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Bill Edrich	9.00	0	44	0	3.66	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Hedley Verity	44.10	16	61	4	1.03	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Wally Hammond	10.00	3	27	0	2.02	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Len Wilkinson	22.00	0	93	2	3.17	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Tom Goddard	27.00	5	54	3	1.50	0	0	0	In 1938				Career

England innigs

108/1 (51)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Bill Edrich c Mitchell b Gordon	10	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Paul Gibb b Dalton	106	0	192	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Eddie Paynter c Langton b Gordon	100	0	189	10	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Wally Hammond (c) lbw b Dalton	58	0	50	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Les Ames (WK) not out	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Extras (b 7, lb 2, nb 3, w 2)	14
Total 291/4d 61.5 Ov (RR: 4.72)	291	0		10	0

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Eric Davies	14.00	2	67	0	3.58	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Chud Langton	16.00	3	64	0	3.00	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Norman Gordon	14.00	0	59	2	3.16	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Bruce Mitchell	11.00	1	58	0	3.95	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Eric Dalton	6.50	0	29	2	3.28	0	0	0	In 1938				Career

South Africa innigs

291/4 (61.5)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Bruce Mitchell not out	48	0	165	5	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Pieter van der Bijl b Hammond	38	0	130	3	1	0.00	In 1938				Career
Dudley Nourse not out	17	0	35	0	0	0.00	In 1938				Career
Extras (lb 5)	5
Total 108/1 51 Ov (RR: 2.11)	108	0		8	1

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Ken Farnes	7.00	3	17	0	1.82	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Bill Edrich	3.00	0	7	0	1.75	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Hedley Verity	16.00	8	17	0	0.79	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Wally Hammond	6.00	3	13	1	1.62	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Len Wilkinson	8.00	3	18	0	1.68	0	0	0	In 1938				Career
Tom Goddard	11.00	3	31	0	2.11	0	0	0	In 1938				Career

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