England vs South Africa Scorecard, England vs South Africa, 1st Test, 24 December, 1938, Old Wanderers

South Africa vs England | December 24, 1938, 07:30 PM | Old Wanderers

Abandoned, Canceled, No Result

South Africa

390/10 (135.1 ov) & 108/1 (51.0 ov)

England

422/10 (113.4 ov) & 291/4 (61.5 ov)

Match drawn

Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

England 1st Innings Inning

422/10 (113.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
William Edrich c Mitchell b Davies	4	4	1	0	100.00
Paul Gibb c Melville b Mitchell	93	0	7	0	0.00
Edward Paynter b Mitchell	117	0	8	1	0.00
Wally Hammond lbw b Gordon	24	0	0	0	0.00
Leslie Ames c †Wade b Gordon	42	0	0	0	0.00
Norman Yardley c & b Mitchell	7	0	0	0	0.00
Brian Valentine c †Wade b Gordon	97	0	11	0	0.00
Hedley Verity b Dalton	26	0	0	0	0.00
Leonard Wilkinson lbw b Gordon	2	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Farnes b Gordon	0	0	0	0	0.00
Thomas Goddard not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 3, lb 6, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	10
TOTAL (3.72 RUNS PER OVER)	422/10 (113.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

4-1 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 278-4 (Paul Gibb, 0 ov), 188-2 (Edward Paynter, 0 ov), 234-3 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov), 292-5 (Leslie Ames, 0 ov), 294-6 (Norman Yardley, 0 ov), 422-10 (Brian Valentine, 0 ov), 378-7 (Hedley Verity, 0 ov), 389-8 (Leonard Wilkinson, 0 ov), 415-9 (Kenneth Farnes, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Eric Davies	19	0	102	1	5.37
Arthur Langton	27	5	74	0	2.74
Norman Gordon	33.4	3	103	5	3.06
Bruce Mitchell	22	2	75	3	3.41
Eric Dalton	10	1	42	1	4.20
Gerald Bond	2	0	16	0	8.00

South Africa 1st Innings Inning

390/10 (135.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell b Farnes	73	0	0	0	0.00
Pieter van der Bijl lbw b Verity	4	0	0	0	0.00
Alan Melville c & b Verity	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dudley Nourse c & b Goddard	73	0	6	1	0.00
Norman Gordon st †Ames b Goddard	0	1	0	0	0.00
Walter Wade b Goddard	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Viljoen b Wilkinson	50	0	0	0	0.00
Eric Dalton c Edrich b Verity	102	0	9	0	0.00
Gerald Bond lbw b Wilkinson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Arthur Langton not out	64	0	0	0	0.00
Eric Davies b Verity	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 5, lb 18, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	24
TOTAL (2.89 RUNS PER OVER)	390/10 (135.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

173-6 (Bruce Mitchell, 0 ov), 42-1 (Pieter van der Bijl, 0 ov), 44-2 (Alan Melville, 0 ov), 160-3 (Dudley Nourse, 0 ov), 160-4 (Norman Gordon, 0 ov), 160-5 (Walter Wade, 0 ov), 281-7 (Kenneth Viljoen, 0 ov), 378-9 (Eric Dalton, 0 ov), 281-8 (Gerald Bond, 0 ov), 390-10 (Eric Davies, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Kenneth Farnes	23	1	87	1	3.78
William Edrich	9	0	44	0	4.89
Hedley Verity	44.1	16	61	4	1.38
Wally Hammond	10	3	27	0	2.70
Leonard Wilkinson	22	0	93	2	4.23
Thomas Goddard	27	5	54	3	2.00

England 2nd Innings Inning

291/4 (61.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
William Edrich c Mitchell b Gordon	10	0	0	0	0.00
Paul Gibb b Dalton	106	0	0	0	0.00
Edward Paynter c Langton b Gordon	100	0	10	0	0.00
Wally Hammond lbw b Dalton	58	0	0	0	0.00
Leslie Ames not out	3	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 7, lb 2, w 2, nb 3, p 0)	14
TOTAL (4.73 RUNS PER OVER)	291/4 (61.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

38-1 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 206-2 (Paul Gibb, 0 ov), 281-3 (Edward Paynter, 0 ov), 291-4 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Norman Yardley, Brian Valentine, Hedley Verity, Leonard Wilkinson, Kenneth Farnes, Thomas Goddard

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Eric Davies	14	2	67	0	4.79
Arthur Langton	16	3	64	0	4.00
Norman Gordon	14	0	59	2	4.21
Bruce Mitchell	11	1	58	0	5.27
Eric Dalton	6.5	0	29	2	4.24

South Africa 2nd Innings (target 324) Inning

108/1 (51.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Mitchell not out	48	0	5	0	0.00
Pieter van der Bijl b Hammond	38	0	3	1	0.00
Dudley Nourse not out	17	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	5
TOTAL (2.12 RUNS PER OVER)	108/1 (51.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

67-1 (Pieter van der Bijl, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Alan Melville, Norman Gordon, Walter Wade, Kenneth Viljoen, Eric Dalton, Gerald Bond, Arthur Langton, Eric Davies

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Kenneth Farnes	7	3	17	0	2.43
William Edrich	3	0	7	0	2.33
Hedley Verity	16	8	17	0	1.06
Wally Hammond	6	3	13	1	2.17
Leonard Wilkinson	8	3	18	0	2.25
Thomas Goddard	11	3	31	0	2.82