South Africa v England
Match drawn
24 to 28 December 1938Johannesburg
South Africa
390 & 108/151 ov
England
422 & 291/4d61.5 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
422113.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | caught | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Paul Gibb | caught | 93 | - | 270 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Eddie Paynter | bowled | 117 | - | 176 | 8 | 1 | - |
| Wally Hammond | lbw | 24 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Les Ames | caught | 42 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bryan Valentine | caught | 97 | - | 138 | 11 | 0 | - |
| Hedley Verity | bowled | 26 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Len Wilkinson | lbw | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ken Farnes | bowled | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Goddard | not out | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 3, lb 6, nb 1 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 113.4 overs (8-ball) | 422 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-4 Bill Edrich2-188 Eddie Paynter3-234 Wally Hammond4-278 Paul Gibb5-292 Les Ames6-294 Norman Yardley7-378 Hedley Verity8-389 Len Wilkinson9-415 Ken Farnes10-422 Bryan Valentine
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Davies | 19 | 0 | 102 | 1 | 5.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Chud Langton | 27 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | 33.4 | 3 | 103 | 5 | 3.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 22 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Bond | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
390135.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 73 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Pieter van der Bijl | lbw | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alan Melville | caught | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | caught | 73 | - | 163 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Norman Gordon | stumped | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Billy Wade | bowled | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ken Viljoen | bowled | 50 | - | 162 | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Dalton | caught | 102 | - | 145 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Gerald Bond | lbw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chud Langton | not out | 64* | - | 95 | - | 2 | - |
| Eric Davies | bowled | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, lb 18, nb 1 | 24 | |||||
| Total | all out, 135.1 overs (8-ball) | 390 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-42 Pieter van der Bijl2-44 Alan Melville3-160 Dudley Nourse4-160 Norman Gordon5-160 Billy Wade6-173 Bruce Mitchell7-281 Ken Viljoen8-281 Gerald Bond9-378 Eric Dalton10-390 Eric Davies
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 23 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 3.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.89 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 44.1 | 16 | 61 | 4 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 10 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Wilkinson | 22 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 4.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Goddard | 27 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
291/4d61.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Paul Gibb | bowled | 106 | - | 192 | - | 0 | - |
| Eddie Paynter | caught | 100 | - | 189 | 10 | 0 | - |
| Wally Hammond | lbw | 58 | - | 50 | - | 0 | - |
| Les Ames | not out | 3* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 7, lb 2, w 2, nb 3 | 14 | |||||
| Total | 4 wickets declared, 61.5 overs (8-ball) | 291 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-38 Bill Edrich2-206 Paul Gibb3-281 Eddie Paynter4-291 Wally Hammond
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Davies | 14 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 4.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Chud Langton | 16 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | 14 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 4.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 11 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 5.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | 6.5 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 4.38 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 324
108/151 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | not out | 48* | - | 165 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Pieter van der Bijl | bowled | 38 | - | 130 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | not out | 17* | - | 35 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 5 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 1 wicket, 51 overs (8-ball) | 108 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-67 Pieter van der Bijl
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 16 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Wilkinson | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Goddard | 11 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 |