South Africa v England
England won by an innings and 13 runs
20 to 23 January 1939Durban
South Africa
103 & 353114.2 ov
Englandwon by an innings and 13 runs
469/4d88.5 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
469/4d88.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | lbw | 31 | - | 40 | - | 0 | - |
| Paul Gibb | caught | 38 | - | 144 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Eddie Paynter | caught | 243 | - | 334 | 24 | 0 | - |
| Wally Hammond | caught | 120 | - | 178 | 16 | 0 | - |
| Les Ames | not out | 27* | - | 50 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, lb 4, nb 1 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 4 wickets declared, 88.5 overs (8-ball) | 469 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470
1-38 Leonard Hutton2-153 Paul Gibb3-395 Wally Hammond4-469 Eddie Paynter
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Davies | 15 | 0 | 106 | 1 | 7.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Chud Langton | 23.5 | 0 | 107 | 1 | 4.53 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | 29 | 0 | 127 | 2 | 4.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 5.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | 13 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 5.69 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
10345.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | caught | 30 | - | 80 | - | 0 | - |
| Pieter van der Bijl | run out | 28 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Rowan | lbw | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | caught | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | caught | 2 | - | 40 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Eric Dalton | bowled | 12 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Wade | caught | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alan Melville | not out | 5* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Chud Langton | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Norman Gordon | bowled | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Eric Davies | lbw | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 3, w 1 | 5 | |||||
| Total | all out, 45.5 overs (8-ball) | 103 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470
1-60 Bruce Mitchell2-61 Pieter van der Bijl3-65 Dudley Nourse4-65 Eric Rowan5-79 Eric Dalton6-87 Ken Viljoen7-98 Billy Wade8-98 Chud Langton9-100 Norman Gordon10-103 Eric Davies
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 13 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 2.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 12 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Wilkinson | 6.5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
353114.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Mitchell | caught | 109 | - | 190 | 14 | 0 | - |
| Pieter van der Bijl | bowled | 13 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Rowan | caught | 67 | - | 208 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Dudley Nourse | caught | 27 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Viljoen | caught | 61 | - | 105 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Alan Melville | bowled | 10 | - | 44 | - | 0 | - |
| Eric Dalton | caught | 8 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Wade | lbw | 28 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Chud Langton | bowled | 12 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Gordon | caught | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Eric Davies | not out | 2* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 7, lb 9 | 16 | |||||
| Total | all out, 114.2 overs (8-ball) | 353 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470
1-46 Pieter van der Bijl2-165 Bruce Mitchell3-223 Eric Rowan4-247 Dudley Nourse5-282 Alan Melville6-306 Ken Viljoen7-308 Eric Dalton8-345 Chud Langton9-346 Norman Gordon10-353 Billy Wade
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 28.2 | 8 | 80 | 3 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 15 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 3.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 35 | 10 | 71 | 3 | 2.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Wilkinson | 26 | 4 | 103 | 2 | 3.96 | 0 | 0 |