South Africa v England 1st Test
England tour of South Africa - 1938 (1938/39) · Old Wanderers, Johannesburg · 24 December 1938 · England won the toss and chose to bat
Match drawn
Match drawn. Eddie Paynter top-scored with 117 for England.
England, 412 (10 wkts)
| Bill Edrich | caught (Bruce Mitchell) | 4 | 4 |
| Paul Gibb | caught (Alan Melville) | 93 | 0 |
| Eddie Paynter | bowled | 117 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | lbw | 24 | 0 |
| Les Ames | caught (Billy Wade) | 42 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | caught (Bruce Mitchell) | 7 | 0 |
| Bryan Valentine | caught (Billy Wade) | 97 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | bowled | 26 | 0 |
| Len Wilkinson | lbw | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Farnes | bowled | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Goddard | not out | 0 | 0 |
Eric Davies 19.00-0-102-1Chud Langton 27.00-5-74-0Norman Gordon 33.40-3-103-5Bruce Mitchell 22.00-2-75-3Eric Dalton 10.00-1-42-1Unknown #713 2.00-0-16-0
South Africa, 366 (10 wkts)
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 73 | 0 |
| Pieter van der Bijl | lbw | 4 | 0 |
| Alan Melville | caught (Hedley Verity) | 0 | 0 |
| Dudley Nourse | caught (Tom Goddard) | 73 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | stumping (Les Ames) | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Wade | bowled | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Viljoen | bowled | 50 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | caught (Bill Edrich) | 102 | 0 |
| Unknown #713 | lbw | 0 | 1 |
| Chud Langton | not out | 64 | 0 |
| Eric Davies | bowled | 0 | 0 |
Ken Farnes 23.00-1-87-1Bill Edrich 9.00-0-44-0Hedley Verity 44.10-16-61-4Wally Hammond 10.00-3-27-0Len Wilkinson 22.00-0-93-2Tom Goddard 27.00-5-54-3
England, 277 (4 wkts)
| Paul Gibb | bowled | 106 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | caught (Bruce Mitchell) | 10 | 0 |
| Eddie Paynter | caught (Chud Langton) | 100 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | lbw | 58 | 0 |
| Les Ames | not out | 3 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Valentine | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Len Wilkinson | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Farnes | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Goddard | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Eric Davies 14.00-2-67-0Chud Langton 16.00-3-64-0Norman Gordon 14.00-0-59-2Bruce Mitchell 11.00-1-58-0Eric Dalton 6.50-0-29-2
South Africa, 103 (1 wkts)
| Bruce Mitchell | not out | 48 | 0 |
| Pieter van der Bijl | bowled | 38 | 0 |
| Dudley Nourse | not out | 17 | 0 |
| Alan Melville | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Viljoen | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown #713 | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Chud Langton | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Davies | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Ken Farnes 7.00-3-17-0Bill Edrich 3.00-0-7-0Hedley Verity 16.00-8-17-0Wally Hammond 6.00-3-13-1Len Wilkinson 8.00-3-18-0Tom Goddard 11.00-3-31-0
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