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Test Championship
1st Test
Sat, 24 December 1938, Starts from 00:00
Johannesburg
South Africa - 658/10 (20.00) , 108/1 (51)
vs
England - 349/3 (20.00) , 291/4 (61.5)
England in South Africa Test Series
Match drawn
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
349/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Bill Edrich), 2-188 (Eddie Paynter), 3-234 (Wally Hammond), 4-278 (Paul Gibb),
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Extras
(b 3, lb 6, nb 1)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
422(113.4 Ov, RR: 2.78)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Bill Edrich
c Mitchell b Davies
4
0
4
1
0
100.00
In 1938
Career
Paul Gibb
c Melville b Mitchell
93
270
0
7
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Eddie Paynter
b Mitchell
117
176
0
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 †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 †Wade b Gordon
97
138
0
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
0
0
0
0
0.00
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
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Pieter van der Bijl), 2-44 (Alan Melville), 3-160 (Dudley Nourse), 4-160 (Nor
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 18, nb 1)
24
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
390(135.1 Ov, RR: 2.16)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
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
163
0
6
1
0.00
In 1938
Career
Norman Gordon
st †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
162
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Eric Dalton
c Edrich b Verity
102
145
0
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
95
0
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
0
0
0
0
0.00
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
Did not bat: Norman Yardley, Bryan Valentine, Hedley Verity, Len Wilkinson, Ken Farnes, Tom Goddard
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Bill Edrich), 2-206 (Paul Gibb), 3-281 (Eddie Paynter), 4-291 (Wally Hammond)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 2, nb 3, w 2)
14
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
291/4d(61.5 Ov, RR: 3.54)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Bill Edrich
c Mitchell b Gordon
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Paul Gibb
b Dalton
106
192
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Eddie Paynter
c Langton b Gordon
100
189
0
10
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Wally Hammond (c)
lbw b Dalton
58
50
0
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
0
0
0
0
0.00
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
Did not bat: Alan Melville (c), Norman Gordon, Billy Wade †, Ken Viljoen, Eric Dalton, Gerald Bond,
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Pieter van der Bijl)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Extras
(lb 5)
5
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
108/1(51 Ov, RR: 1.58)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Bruce Mitchell
not out
48
165
0
5
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Pieter van der Bijl
b Hammond
38
130
0
3
1
0.00
In 1938
Career
Dudley Nourse
not out
17
35
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Extras
(lb 5)
5
0
0
0
0
0.00
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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