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South Africa v England @ Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
24, 26, 27, 28 December 1938 (four-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: RGA Ashman, GL Sickler
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bill Edrich | c Bruce Mitchell b Eric Davies | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | - |
| 2. Paul Gibb | c Alan Melville b Bruce Mitchell | 93 | - | 270 | 7 | - |
| 3. Eddie Paynter | b Bruce Mitchell | 117 | - | 176 | 8 | 1 |
| *4. Wally Hammond | lbw b Norman Gordon | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| +5. Les Ames | c Billy Wade b Norman Gordon | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Norman Yardley | c & b Bruce Mitchell | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Bryan Valentine | c Billy Wade b Norman Gordon | 97 | - | 138 | 11 | - |
| 8. Hedley Verity | b Eric Dalton | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Len Wilkinson | lbw b Norman Gordon | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Ken Farnes | b Norman Gordon | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Tom Goddard | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Bill Edrich), 2-188 (Eddie Paynter), 3-234 (Wally Hammond), 4-278 (Paul Gibb), 5-292 (Les Ames), 6-294 (Norman Yardley), 7-378 (Hedley Verity), 8-389 (Len Wilkinson), 9-415 (Ken Farnes), 422 (Bryan Valentine). |
| Extras | 3b, 6lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 113.4 ovs) 422 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Eric Davies | 19 | 0 | 102 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arthur Langton | 27 | 5 | 74 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norman Gordon | 33.4 | 3 | 103 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Mitchell | 22 | 2 | 75 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Dalton | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gerald Bond | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Mitchell | b Ken Farnes | 73 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Pieter van der Bijl | lbw b Hedley Verity | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| *3. Alan Melville | c & b Hedley Verity | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Dudley Nourse | c & b Tom Goddard | 73 | - | 163 | 6 | 1 |
| 5. Norman Gordon | st Les Ames b Tom Goddard | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| +6. Billy Wade | b Tom Goddard | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 7. Ken Viljoen | b Len Wilkinson | 50 | - | 162 | - | - |
| 8. Eric Dalton | c Bill Edrich b Hedley Verity | 102 | - | 145 | 9 | - |
| 9. Gerald Bond | lbw b Len Wilkinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Arthur Langton | not out | 64 | 0 | 95 | - | 2 |
| 11. Eric Davies | b Hedley Verity | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-42 (Pieter van der Bijl), 2-44 (Alan Melville), 3-160 (Dudley Nourse), 4-160 (Norman Gordon), 5-160 (Billy Wade), 6-173 (Bruce Mitchell), 7-281 (Ken Viljoen), 8-281 (Gerald Bond), 9-378 (Eric Dalton), 390 (Eric Davies). |
| Extras | 5b, 18lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 135.1 ovs) 390 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ken Farnes | 23 | 1 | 87 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bill Edrich | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hedley Verity | 44.1 | 16 | 61 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wally Hammond | 10 | 3 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Wilkinson | 22 | 0 | 93 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tom Goddard | 27 | 5 | 54 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bill Edrich | c Bruce Mitchell b Norman Gordon | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Paul Gibb | b Eric Dalton | 106 | - | 192 | - | - |
| 3. Eddie Paynter | c Arthur Langton b Norman Gordon | 100 | - | 189 | 10 | - |
| *4. Wally Hammond | lbw b Eric Dalton | 58 | - | 50 | - | - |
| +5. Les Ames | not out | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Norman Yardley | ||||||
| 7. Bryan Valentine | ||||||
| 8. Hedley Verity | ||||||
| 9. Len Wilkinson | ||||||
| 10. Ken Farnes | ||||||
| 11. Tom Goddard |
| FOW | 1-38 (Bill Edrich), 2-206 (Paul Gibb), 3-281 (Eddie Paynter), 4-291 (Wally Hammond). |
| Extras | 7b, 2lb, 2w, 3nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 61.5 ovs) 291 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Eric Davies | 14 | 2 | 67 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arthur Langton | 16 | 3 | 64 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norman Gordon | 14 | 0 | 59 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Mitchell | 11 | 1 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Dalton | 6.5 | 0 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Mitchell | not out | 48 | - | 165 | 5 | - |
| 2. Pieter van der Bijl | b Wally Hammond | 38 | - | 130 | 3 | 1 |
| 3. Dudley Nourse | not out | 17 | - | 35 | - | - |
| *4. Alan Melville | ||||||
| 5. Norman Gordon | ||||||
| +6. Billy Wade | ||||||
| 7. Ken Viljoen | ||||||
| 8. Eric Dalton | ||||||
| 9. Gerald Bond | ||||||
| 10. Arthur Langton | ||||||
| 11. Eric Davies |
| FOW | 1-67 (Pieter van der Bijl). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 51 ovs) 108 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ken Farnes | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bill Edrich | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hedley Verity | 16 | 8 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wally Hammond | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Wilkinson | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tom Goddard | 11 | 3 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Bruce Mitchell, Pieter van der Bijl, Dudley Nourse, Alan Melville, Norman Gordon, Billy Wade, Ken Viljoen, Eric Dalton, Gerald Bond, Arthur Langton, Eric Davies