Full Scorecard of England vs South Africa 4th Test 1938/39 - Score Report

result

4th Test, Johannesburg, Feb 18 - 22 1939, England tour of South Africa

England

(60 ov)215 & 203/4

South Africa

349/8d

Match drawn

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	b Mitchell	92	-	202	7	0	-

Paul Gibb	c Mitchell b Langton	9	-	-	-	0	-

Eddie Paynter	c Newson b Langton	40	-	79	2	0	-

Wally Hammond (c)	c Newson b Gordon	1	-	-	0	0	-

Les Ames †	b Langton	34	-	54	-	0	-

Bryan Valentine	c †Grieveson b Gordon	11	-	-	-	0	-

Bill Edrich	lbw b Langton	6	-	-	-	0	-

Hedley Verity	c Rowan b Mitchell	8	-	-	-	0	-

Ken Farnes	c †Grieveson b Newson	4	-	-	1	0	-

Tom Goddard	c van der Bijl b Langton	8	-	-	-	0	-

Len Wilkinson	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-

Extras	(w 1)	1
TOTAL	(64.2 Ov, RR: 2.50)	215
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Paul Gibb), 2-96 (Eddie Paynter), 3-99 (Wally Hammond), 4-159 (Les Ames), 5-187 (Bryan Valentine), 6-187 (Leonard Hutton), 7-197 (Hedley Verity), 8-201 (Bill Edrich), 9-205 (Ken Farnes), 10-215 (Tom Goddard)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Newson	13	0	53	1	3.05	-	-	-
Chud Langton	19.2	1	58	5	2.25	-	-	-
Norman Gordon	15	1	47	2	2.35	-	-	-
Bruce Mitchell	12	3	37	2	2.31	-	-	-
Eric Dalton	5	0	19	0	2.85	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pieter van der Bijl	lbw b Goddard	31	-	-	-	0	-

Alan Melville (c)	c Verity b Wilkinson	67	-	99	10	0	-

Eric Rowan	b Farnes	85	-	218	-	0	-

Bruce Mitchell	c †Ames b Farnes	63	-	112	7	0	-

Dudley Nourse	hit wicket b Verity	38	-	-	4	0	-

Chud Langton	c Hutton b Verity	6	-	-	-	0	-

Eric Dalton	not out	20	-	-	-	0	-

Bob Newson	b Hammond	16	-	-	-	0	-

Ken Viljoen	lbw b Verity	5	-	-	-	0	-

Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 1)	18
TOTAL	(101.5 Ov, RR: 2.57)	349/8d
Did not bat: Ronnie Grieveson †, Norman Gordon
Fall of wickets: 1-108 (Alan Melville), 2-108 (Pieter van der Bijl), 3-224 (Bruce Mitchell), 4-280 (Dudley Nourse), 5-294 (Chud Langton), 6-311 (Eric Rowan), 7-340 (Bob Newson), 8-349 (Ken Viljoen)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ken Farnes	26	7	64	2	1.84	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	4	0	11	0	2.06	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	37.5	10	127	3	2.53	-	-	-
Tom Goddard	18	2	65	1	2.70	-	-	-
Len Wilkinson	9	0	45	1	3.75	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	7	1	19	1	2.03	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c †Grieveson b Gordon	32	-	100	-	0	-

Paul Gibb	c †Grieveson b Gordon	45	-	140	-	0	-

Eddie Paynter	c †Grieveson b Newson	15	-	-	-	0	-

Wally Hammond (c)	not out	61	-	-	-	0	-

Les Ames †	b Gordon	17	-	-	-	0	-

Bryan Valentine	not out	25	-	-	-	0	-

Extras	(b 2, lb 6)	8
TOTAL	(60 Ov, RR: 2.53)	203/4
Did not bat: Bill Edrich, Hedley Verity, Ken Farnes, Tom Goddard, Len Wilkinson
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Leonard Hutton), 2-91 (Eddie Paynter), 3-103 (Paul Gibb), 4-145 (Les Ames)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Newson	11	2	22	1	1.50	-	-	-
Chud Langton	12	1	49	0	3.06	-	-	-
Norman Gordon	22	4	58	3	1.97	-	-	-
Bruce Mitchell	12	1	42	0	2.62	-	-	-
Eric Dalton	3	0	24	0	6.00	-	-	-

Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	1938/39
Series result	England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 270
Match days	day (4-day match)
Test debut	Ronnie Grieveson
Umpires	George Sickler Richard Ashman
Balls per over	8

Sat, 18 Feb - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 11/0 (Pieter van der Bijl 2*, Alan Melville 9*)

Sun, 19 Feb - rest day

Mon, 20 Feb - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 249/3 (Eric Rowan 53*, Dudley Nourse 20*)

Tue, 21 Feb - day 3 - no play

Wed, 22 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 203/4 (60 ov) - end of match