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Sat, 31 Dec - Sat, 31 Dec 1938 - 00:00 – 2nd Test • Newlands, Cape Town
Match drawn
South Africa
559/10 (20.00) & 201/2 (53)
England
349/3 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Best Bowling Fig
Hedley Verity
5
Norman Gordon
5
Tom Goddard
3
Chud Langton
3
Doug Wright
2
Best Average
Hedley Verity
16.600000
Norman Gordon
31.400000
Tom Goddard
33.000000
Chud Langton
39.000000
Ken Farnes
60.000000
Best Economy
Hedley Verity
1.781115
Bill Edrich
2.500000
Tom Goddard
2.693877
Wally Hammond
2.777777
Ken Farnes
2.857142
Most Wickets
Hedley Verity
5
Norman Gordon
5
Tom Goddard
4
Chud Langton
3
Doug Wright
2
Most Fours
Wally Hammond
16
Les Ames
13
Dudley Nourse
12
Bryan Valentine
12
Pieter van der Bijl
12
Most Runs
Wally Hammond
181
Dudley Nourse
139
Pieter van der Bijl
124
Les Ames
115
Bryan Valentine
112
Best Averages
Wally Hammond
181.000000
Dudley Nourse
139.000000
Les Ames
115.000000
Bryan Valentine
112.000000
Eric Rowan
95.000000
Highest Score
Paul Gibb
58
Wally Hammond
181
Dudley Nourse
120
Les Ames
115
Bryan Valentine
112
Most Runs Conceed
Norman Gordon
157
Doug Wright
145
Tom Goddard
132
Chud Langton
117
Xen Balaskas
115
Most 50s
Eric Rowan
2
Pieter van der Bijl
2
Paul Gibb
1
Most Wickets
Eric Davies
1
Ken Farnes
1
Best Bowling Fig
Eric Davies
1
Ken Farnes
1
Most Not Outs
Dudley Nourse
2
Eric Rowan
2
Eric Davies
1
Best Economy
Chud Langton
3.811074
Doug Wright
3.815789
Best Strike Rate
Norman Gordon
48
Hedley Verity
55.92
Chud Langton
61.4
Most Not Outs
Ken Farnes
1
Most Runs Conceed
Hedley Verity
83
Bruce Mitchell
81
Best Strike Rate
Tom Goddard
73.5
Eric Davies
96
Doug Wright
114
Ken Farnes
126
Best Averages
Pieter van der Bijl
62.000000
Paul Gibb
58.000000
Most 100s
Dudley Nourse
2
Wally Hammond
1
Les Ames
1
Bryan Valentine
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Norman Gordon
157
Chud Langton
117
Xen Balaskas
115
Doug Wright
83
Best Average
Doug Wright
72.500000
Eric Davies
77.000000
Highest Score
Eric Rowan
89
Pieter van der Bijl
87
Most sixes
Sir Leonard Hutton
1
Dudley Nourse
1
Bryan Valentine
1
Most Runs
Eric Rowan
95
Paul Gibb
58
Most Ducks
Bill Edrich
1
Chud Langton
1
Norman Gordon
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Bruce Mitchell
81
Eric Davies
77
Hedley Verity
70
Most sixes
Pieter van der Bijl
1
Most Fours
Alan Melville
2