South Africa vs England, 2nd Test at Cape Town, Dec 31 1938 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

2nd Test, Cape Town, December 31, 1938 - January 04, 1939, England tour of South Africa

559/9d

South Africa

(fo) 286 & 201/2

Match drawn

England 1st Innings

South Africa 1st Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings (Following on)

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	b Gordon	17	-	30	-	1	-
Paul Gibb	c †Wade b Gordon	58	-	162	-	0	-
Eddie Paynter	lbw b Langton	1	-	10	0	0	-
Wally Hammond (c)	b Davies	181	-	336	16	0	-
Les Ames †	b Gordon	115	-	145	13	0	-
Bill Edrich	b Gordon	0	-	5	0	0	-
Bryan Valentine	lbw b Gordon	112	-	159	12	1	-
Hedley Verity	b Langton	29	-	78	-	0	-
Doug Wright	c Nourse b Langton	33	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Farnes	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 9, nb 3)	12
Total	130.7 Ov (RR: 4.27)	559/9d
Did not bat: Tom Goddard
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Leonard Hutton), 2-30 (Eddie Paynter), 3-139 (Paul Gibb), 4-336 (Les Ames), 5-338 (Bill Edrich), 6-410 (Wally Hammond), 7-504 (Hedley Verity), 8-537 (Bryan Valentine), 9-559 (Doug Wright)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Eric Davies	16	1	77	1	3.60	-	-	-
Chud Langton	30.7	3	117	3	2.84	-	-	-
Norman Gordon	40	3	157	5	2.94	-	-	-
Xen Balaskas	24	0	115	0	3.59	-	-	-
Bruce Mitchell	20	0	81	0	3.03	-	-	-

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	b Wright	42	-	220	-	0	-
Pieter van der Bijl	c Valentine b Verity	37	-	112	3	0	-
Eric Rowan	b Wright	6	-	35	-	0	-
Dudley Nourse	lbw b Verity	120	-	268	12	1	-
Dooley Briscoe	lbw b Goddard	2	-	-	0	0	-
Billy Wade †	c Edrich b Verity	10	-	-	-	0	-
Chud Langton	lbw b Goddard	0	-	-	0	0	-
Xen Balaskas	c Paynter b Verity	29	-	-	-	0	-
Alan Melville (c)	b Verity	23	-	104	2	0	-
Norman Gordon	st †Ames b Goddard	0	-	-	0	0	-
Eric Davies	not out	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 8)	17
Total	118.6 Ov (RR: 2.40)	286
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Pieter van der Bijl), 2-79 (Eric Rowan), 3-151 (Bruce Mitchell), 4-160 (Dooley Briscoe), 5-176 (Billy Wade), 6-177 (Chud Langton), 7-214 (Xen Balaskas), 8-283 (Dudley Nourse), 9-286 (Norman Gordon), 10-286 (Alan Melville)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ken Farnes	13	3	37	0	2.13	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	5	1	15	0	2.25	-	-	-
Tom Goddard	38	15	64	3	1.26	-	-	-
Doug Wright	26	3	83	2	2.39	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	36.6	13	70	5	1.42	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	c †Ames b Farnes	1	-	9	0	0	-
Pieter van der Bijl	hit wicket b Goddard	87	-	137	9	1	-
Eric Rowan	not out	89	-	-	-	0	-
Dudley Nourse	not out	19	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1)	5
Total	53 Ov (RR: 3.79)	201/2
Did not bat: Dooley Briscoe, Billy Wade †, Chud Langton, Xen Balaskas, Alan Melville (c), Norman Gordon, Eric Davies
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Bruce Mitchell), 2-149 (Pieter van der Bijl)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ken Farnes	8	1	23	1	2.15	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	3	1	5	0	1.25	-	-	-
Tom Goddard	11	1	68	1	4.63	-	-	-
Doug Wright	12	0	62	0	3.87	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	10	5	13	0	0.97	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	9	0	25	0	2.08	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 31 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 131/2 (Paul Gibb 56*, Wally Hammond 54*)

Sun, 01 Jan - rest day

Mon, 02 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 553/8 (Doug Wright 27*, Ken Farnes 1*)

Tue, 03 Jan - day 3 - South Africa 1st innings 213/6 (Dudley Nourse 74*, Xen Balaskas 28*)

Wed, 04 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 201/2 (53 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Newlands, Cape Town
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	1938/39
Series result	5-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 268
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	George Sickler Richard Ashman

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South Africa Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Farnes	8	1	23	1	2.15
WJ Edrich	3	1	5	0	1.25
TWJ Goddard	11	1	68	1	4.63
DVP Wright	12	0	62	0	3.87
H Verity	10	5	13	0	0.97
WR Hammond	9	0	25	0	2.08

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