South Africa vs England, 1st Test at Johannesburg, , Dec 24 1938 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Johannesburg, December 24 - 28, 1938, England tour of South Africa

422 & 291/4d

South Africa

(T:324) 390 & 108/1

Match drawn

England 1st Innings

South Africa 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Edrich	c Mitchell b Davies	4	4	-	1	0	100.00
Paul Gibb	c Melville b Mitchell	93	-	270	7	0	-
Eddie Paynter	b Mitchell	117	-	176	8	1	-
Wally Hammond (c)	lbw b Gordon	24	-	-	-	0	-
Les Ames †	c †Wade b Gordon	42	-	-	-	0	-
Norman Yardley	c & b Mitchell	7	-	-	-	0	-
Bryan Valentine	c †Wade b Gordon	97	-	138	11	0	-
Hedley Verity	b Dalton	26	-	-	-	0	-
Len Wilkinson	lbw b Gordon	2	-	-	0	0	-
Ken Farnes	b Gordon	0	-	-	0	0	-
Tom Goddard	not out	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, nb 1)	10
TOTAL	113.4 Ov (RR: 3.71)	422
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Bill Edrich), 2-188 (Eddie Paynter), 3-234 (Wally Hammond), 4-278 (Paul Gibb), 5-292 (Les Ames), 6-294 (Norman Yardley), 7-378 (Hedley Verity), 8-389 (Len Wilkinson), 9-415 (Ken Farnes), 10-422 (Bryan Valentine)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Eric Davies	19	0	102	1	4.02	-	-	-
Chud Langton	27	5	74	0	2.05	-	-	-
Norman Gordon	33.4	3	103	5	2.30	-	-	-
Bruce Mitchell	22	2	75	3	2.55	-	-	-
Eric Dalton	10	1	42	1	3.15	-	-	-
Gerald Bond	2	0	16	0	6.00	-	-	-

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	b Farnes	73	-	-	-	0	-
Pieter van der Bijl	lbw b Verity	4	-	-	-	0	-
Alan Melville (c)	c & b Verity	0	-	-	0	0	-
Dudley Nourse	c & b Goddard	73	-	163	6	1	-
Norman Gordon	st †Ames b Goddard	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Billy Wade †	b Goddard	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Ken Viljoen	b Wilkinson	50	-	162	-	0	-
Eric Dalton	c Edrich b Verity	102	-	145	9	0	-
Gerald Bond	lbw b Wilkinson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Chud Langton	not out	64	-	95	-	2	-
Eric Davies	b Verity	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 18, nb 1)	24
TOTAL	135.1 Ov (RR: 2.88)	390
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Pieter van der Bijl), 2-44 (Alan Melville), 3-160 (Dudley Nourse), 4-160 (Norman Gordon), 5-160 (Billy Wade), 6-173 (Bruce Mitchell), 7-281 (Ken Viljoen), 8-281 (Gerald Bond), 9-378 (Eric Dalton), 10-390 (Eric Davies)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ken Farnes	23	1	87	1	2.83	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	9	0	44	0	3.66	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	44.1	16	61	4	1.03	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	10	3	27	0	2.02	-	-	-
Len Wilkinson	22	0	93	2	3.17	-	-	-
Tom Goddard	27	5	54	3	1.50	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Edrich	c Mitchell b Gordon	10	-	-	-	0	-
Paul Gibb	b Dalton	106	-	192	-	0	-
Eddie Paynter	c Langton b Gordon	100	-	189	10	0	-
Wally Hammond (c)	lbw b Dalton	58	-	50	-	0	-
Les Ames †	not out	3	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 2, nb 3, w 2)	14
TOTAL	61.5 Ov (RR: 4.72)	291/4d
Did not bat: Norman Yardley, Bryan Valentine, Hedley Verity, Len Wilkinson, Ken Farnes, Tom Goddard
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Bill Edrich), 2-206 (Paul Gibb), 3-281 (Eddie Paynter), 4-291 (Wally Hammond)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Eric Davies	14	2	67	0	3.58	-	-	-
Chud Langton	16	3	64	0	3.00	-	-	-
Norman Gordon	14	0	59	2	3.16	-	-	-
Bruce Mitchell	11	1	58	0	3.95	-	-	-
Eric Dalton	6.5	0	29	2	3.28	-	-	-

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 324 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell	not out	48	-	165	5	0	-
Pieter van der Bijl	b Hammond	38	-	130	3	1	-
Dudley Nourse	not out	17	-	35	-	0	-
Extras	(lb 5)	5
TOTAL	51 Ov (RR: 2.11)	108/1
Did not bat: Alan Melville (c), Norman Gordon, Billy Wade †, Ken Viljoen, Eric Dalton, Gerald Bond, Chud Langton, Eric Davies
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Pieter van der Bijl)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ken Farnes	7	3	17	0	1.82	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	3	0	7	0	1.75	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	16	8	17	0	0.79	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	6	3	13	1	1.62	-	-	-
Len Wilkinson	8	3	18	0	1.68	-	-	-
Tom Goddard	11	3	31	0	2.11	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 24 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 326/6 (Bryan Valentine 12*, Hedley Verity 19*)

Sun, 25 Dec - rest day

Mon, 26 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 166/5 (Bruce Mitchell 72*, Ken Viljoen 0*)

Tue, 27 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 103/1 (Paul Gibb 53*, Eddie Paynter 32*)

Wed, 28 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 108/1 (51 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
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. 267
Match days	day (4-day match)
Test debut	Len Wilkinson Norman Yardley Paul Gibb Alan Melville Gerald Bond Norman Gordon Pieter van der Bijl Billy Wade
Umpires	George Sickler Richard Ashman

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South Africa Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Farnes	7	3	17	0	1.82
WJ Edrich	3	0	7	0	1.75
H Verity	16	8	17	0	0.79
WR Hammond	6	3	13	1	1.62
LL Wilkinson	8	3	18	0	1.68
TWJ Goddard	11	3	31	0	2.11

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	67	Bruce Mitchell	Pieter van der Bijl
2nd	41	Bruce Mitchell	Dudley Nourse

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