South Africa v England
Match drawn
31 December 1938 to 4 January 1939Cape Town
South Africa
286 & 201/253 ov
England
559/9d130.7 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
559/9d130.7 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 17 | - | 30 | - | 1 | - |
| Paul Gibb | caught | 58 | - | 162 | - | 0 | - |
| Eddie Paynter | lbw | 1 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Wally Hammond | bowled | 181 | - | 336 | 16 | 0 | - |
| Les Ames | bowled | 115 | - | 145 | 13 | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bryan Valentine | lbw | 112 | - | 159 | 12 | 1 | - |
| Hedley Verity | bowled | 29 | - | 78 | - | 0 | - |
| Doug Wright | caught | 33 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Farnes | not out | 1* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 9, nb 3 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 9 wickets declared, 130.7 overs (8-ball) | 559 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-29 Leonard Hutton2-30 Eddie Paynter3-139 Paul Gibb4-336 Les Ames5-338 Bill Edrich6-410 Wally Hammond7-504 Hedley Verity8-537 Bryan Valentine9-559 Doug Wright
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Davies | 16 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 4.81 | 0 | 0 |
| Chud Langton | 30.7 | 3 | 117 | 3 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | 40 | 3 | 157 | 5 | 3.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Xen Balaskas | 24 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 4.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 20 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 4.05 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
286118.6 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 42 | - | 220 | - | 0 | - |
| Pieter van der Bijl | caught | 37 | - | 112 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Eric Rowan | bowled | 6 | - | 35 | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | lbw | 120 | - | 268 | 12 | 1 | - |
| Dooley Briscoe | lbw | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Billy Wade | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Chud Langton | lbw | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Xen Balaskas | caught | 29 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alan Melville | bowled | 23 | - | 104 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Norman Gordon | stumped | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Eric Davies | not out | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 2, lb 7, nb 8 | 17 | |||||
| Total | all out, 118.6 overs (8-ball) | 286 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-66 Pieter van der Bijl2-79 Eric Rowan3-151 Bruce Mitchell4-160 Dooley Briscoe5-176 Billy Wade6-177 Chud Langton7-214 Xen Balaskas8-283 Dudley Nourse9-286 Norman Gordon10-286 Alan Melville
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 13 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Goddard | 38 | 15 | 64 | 3 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 26 | 3 | 83 | 2 | 3.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 36.6 | 13 | 70 | 5 | 1.90 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
201/253 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | caught | 1 | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Pieter van der Bijl | hit wicket | 87 | - | 137 | 9 | 1 | - |
| Eric Rowan | not out | 89* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | not out | 19* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 3, nb 1 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 53 overs (8-ball) | 201 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-2 Bruce Mitchell2-149 Pieter van der Bijl
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 8 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Goddard | 11 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 6.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 12 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 5.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 10 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |