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Sat, 24 Dec - Wed, 28 Dec 1938 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Match drawn
South Africa
658/10 (20.00) & 108/1 (51)
England
349/3 (20.00) & 291/4 (61.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Best Bowling Fig
Norman Gordon
5
Hedley Verity
4
Tom Goddard
3
Bruce Mitchell
3
Eric Dalton
2
Best Average
Hedley Verity
19.500000
Norman Gordon
23.142857
Eric Dalton
23.666666
Tom Goddard
28.333333
Wally Hammond
40.000000
Best Economy
Hedley Verity
1.297836
Tom Goddard
2.236842
Wally Hammond
2.500000
Chud Langton
3.209302
Norman Gordon
3.417721
Most Runs
Eddie Paynter
217
Paul Gibb
199
Bruce Mitchell
121
Eric Dalton
102
Bryan Valentine
97
Best Averages
Bruce Mitchell
121.000000
Eddie Paynter
108.500000
Eric Dalton
102.000000
Paul Gibb
99.500000
Bryan Valentine
97.000000
Highest Score
Eddie Paynter
117
Paul Gibb
106
Eric Dalton
102
Bryan Valentine
97
Bruce Mitchell
73
Most Fours
Eddie Paynter
18
Bryan Valentine
11
Eric Dalton
9
Paul Gibb
7
Dudley Nourse
6
Most 50s
Paul Gibb
2
Bruce Mitchell
2
Wally Hammond
2
Dudley Nourse
2
Bryan Valentine
1
Most Wickets
Norman Gordon
7
Hedley Verity
4
Tom Goddard
3
Bruce Mitchell
3
Eric Dalton
3
Most Runs Conceed
Eric Davies
169
Norman Gordon
162
Chud Langton
138
Bruce Mitchell
133
Len Wilkinson
111
Most 50s
Ken Viljoen
1
Chud Langton
1
Most Runs Conceed
Ken Farnes
104
Tom Goddard
85
Most Wickets
Len Wilkinson
2
Eric Davies
1
Wally Hammond
1
Ken Farnes
1
Best Bowling Fig
Len Wilkinson
2
Eric Davies
1
Wally Hammond
1
Ken Farnes
1
Most Not Outs
Les Ames
2
Best Economy
Ken Farnes
3.466666
Len Wilkinson
3.700000
Best Strike Rate
Eric Dalton
33
Norman Gordon
40.6286
Bruce Mitchell
66
Most Not Outs
Bruce Mitchell
2
Dudley Nourse
2
Chud Langton
1
Tom Goddard
1
Best Strike Rate
Bill Edrich
3.500000
Gerald Bond
0.000000
Norman Gordon
0.000000
Billy Wade
0.000000
Best Averages
Dudley Nourse
90.000000
Ken Viljoen
50.000000
Most 100s
Paul Gibb
2
Eric Dalton
1
Eddie Paynter
2
Best Strike Rate
Tom Goddard
76
Len Wilkinson
90
Hedley Verity
90.15
Wally Hammond
96
Best Average
Bruce Mitchell
44.333333
Len Wilkinson
55.500000
Worst Bowling Fig
Norman Gordon
103
Eric Davies
102
Len Wilkinson
93
Ken Farnes
87
Bruce Mitchell
75
Most Runs
Dudley Nourse
90
Wally Hammond
82
Most Ducks
Ken Farnes
1
Eric Davies
1
Gerald Bond
1
Norman Gordon
1
Alan Melville
1
Billy Wade
1
Highest Score
Dudley Nourse
73
Chud Langton
64
Wally Hammond
58
Most sixes
Chud Langton
2
Dudley Nourse
1
Most Fours
Bruce Mitchell
5
Pieter van der Bijl
3
Most Balls Faced
Bill Edrich
4
Gerald Bond
1
Norman Gordon
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Chud Langton
74
Hedley Verity
61
Most sixes
Eddie Paynter
1
Pieter van der Bijl
1
Most Balls Faced
Billy Wade
1