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5th Test, Durban, March 03 - 14, 1939, England tour of South Africa
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530 & 481
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(T:696) 316 & 654/5

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The Timeless Test

The Timeless Test

Mar 07, 2009
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The game that didn't end

At Kingsmead in 1939, with war looming over Europe, England and South Africa kept playing and playing and playing

The game that didn't end

Calling time on eternity

How the Durban game 70 years ago sounded the death knell for timeless Tests

Calling time on eternity

When 10 days were not enough

A first-hand account of the famous timeless Test in Durban 70 years ago

When 10 days were not enough

Stalemate in the Timeless Test

Cricinfo reports on the tenth and final day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Stalemate in the Timeless Test

Everlasting Test goes down to the wire

Cricinfo reports on the ninth day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Everlasting Test goes down to the wire
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England Innings
Player NameRB
L Hutton
bowled55
PA Gibb
bowled120
WJ Edrich
caught219
WR Hammond
stumped140
E Paynter
caught75
LEG Ames
not out17
BH Valentine
not out4
Extras(b 8, lb 12, nb 3, w 1)
Total654(5 wkts; 218.2 ovs)
Player NameOMRWEcon
ES Newson
4349101.58
ACB Langton
561213211.76
N Gordon
55.21017412.36
B Mitchell
37413312.69
EL Dalton
27310022.77
WktRunsPlayers
1st78Leonard HuttonPaul Gibb
2nd280Bill EdrichPaul Gibb
3rd89Wally HammondBill Edrich
4th164Wally HammondEddie Paynter
5th39Wally HammondLes Ames
6th4Les AmesBryan Valentine
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