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South Africa v England @ Kingsmead, Durban
20, 21, 23 January 1939 (four-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: RGA Ashman, GL Sickler
Match Result: England won by an innings and 13 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Len Hutton | lbw b Norman Gordon | 31 | - | 40 | - | - |
| 2. Paul Gibb | c Billy Wade b Eric Davies | 38 | - | 144 | 2 | - |
| 3. Eddie Paynter | c Alan Melville b Arthur Langton | 243 | - | 334 | 24 | - |
| *4. Wally Hammond | c Bruce Mitchell b Norman Gordon | 120 | - | 178 | 16 | - |
| +5. Les Ames | not out | 27 | - | 50 | - | - |
| 6. Bill Edrich | ||||||
| 7. Bryan Valentine | ||||||
| 8. Hedley Verity | ||||||
| 9. Doug Wright | ||||||
| 10. Ken Farnes | ||||||
| 11. Len Wilkinson |
| FOW | 1-38 (Len Hutton), 2-153 (Paul Gibb), 3-395 (Wally Hammond), 4-469 (Eddie Paynter). |
| Extras | 5b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 88.5 ovs) 469 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Eric Davies | 15 | 0 | 106 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arthur Langton | 23.5 | 0 | 107 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norman Gordon | 29 | 0 | 127 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Mitchell | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eric Dalton | 13 | 0 | 74 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Mitchell | c Les Ames b Bill Edrich | 30 | - | 80 | - | - |
| 2. Pieter van der Bijl | run out ( > > ) | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Eric Rowan | lbw b Doug Wright | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Dudley Nourse | c Wally Hammond b Ken Farnes | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ken Viljoen | c Wally Hammond b Doug Wright | 2 | - | 40 | - | - |
| 6. Eric Dalton | b Len Wilkinson | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| +7. Billy Wade | c Wally Hammond b Ken Farnes | 14 | 0 | - | - | - |
| *8. Alan Melville | not out | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Arthur Langton | c Len Hutton b Ken Farnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Norman Gordon | b Ken Farnes | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Eric Davies | lbw b Len Wilkinson | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-60 (Bruce Mitchell), 2-61 (Pieter van der Bijl), 3-65 (Dudley Nourse), 4-65 (Eric Rowan), 5-79 (Eric Dalton), 6-87 (Ken Viljoen), 7-98 (Billy Wade), 8-98 (Arthur Langton), 9-100 (Norman Gordon), 103 (Eric Davies). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 45.5 ovs) 103 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ken Farnes | 13 | 1 | 29 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wally Hammond | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Wright | 12 | 1 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hedley Verity | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bill Edrich | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Wilkinson | 6.5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Mitchell | c Les Ames b Ken Farnes | 109 | - | 190 | 14 | - |
| 2. Pieter van der Bijl | b Hedley Verity | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Eric Rowan | c Les Ames b Wally Hammond | 67 | - | 208 | - | - |
| 4. Dudley Nourse | c Les Ames b Bill Edrich | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ken Viljoen | c Wally Hammond b Ken Farnes | 61 | - | 105 | 9 | - |
| *6. Alan Melville | b Len Wilkinson | 10 | - | 44 | - | - |
| 7. Eric Dalton | c Wally Hammond b Hedley Verity | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| +8. Billy Wade | lbw b Ken Farnes | 28 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 9. Arthur Langton | b Len Wilkinson | 12 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 10. Norman Gordon | c Bill Edrich b Hedley Verity | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Eric Davies | not out | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-46 (Pieter van der Bijl), 2-165 (Bruce Mitchell), 3-223 (Eric Rowan), 4-247 (Dudley Nourse), 5-282 (Alan Melville), 6-306 (Ken Viljoen), 7-308 (Eric Dalton), 8-345 (Arthur Langton), 9-346 (Norman Gordon), 353 (Billy Wade). |
| Extras | 7b, 9lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 114.2 ovs) 353 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ken Farnes | 28.2 | 8 | 80 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wally Hammond | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Wright | 15 | 2 | 56 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hedley Verity | 35 | 10 | 71 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bill Edrich | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Wilkinson | 26 | 4 | 103 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Bruce Mitchell, Pieter van der Bijl, Eric Rowan, Dudley Nourse, Ken Viljoen, Alan Melville, Eric Dalton, Billy Wade, Arthur Langton, Norman Gordon, Eric Davies