South Africa v England 5th Test
England tour of South Africa - 1938 (1938/39) · Kingsmead, Durban · 3 March 1939 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
Match drawn
Match drawn. Bill Edrich top-scored with 219 for England.
South Africa, 510 (10 wkts)
| Alan Melville | hitwicket | 78 | 0 |
| Pieter van der Bijl | bowled | 125 | 0 |
| Eric Rowan | lbw | 33 | 0 |
| Bruce Mitchell | bowled | 11 | 0 |
| Dudley Nourse | bowled | 103 | 0 |
| Ken Viljoen | caught (Les Ames) | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | caught (Les Ames) | 57 | 0 |
| Ronnie Grieveson | bowled | 75 | 0 |
| Chud Langton | caught (Eddie Paynter) | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Newson | caught (Hedley Verity) | 1 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | not out | 0 | 0 |
Ken Farnes 46.00-9-108-1Reg Perks 41.00-5-100-5Doug Wright 37.00-6-142-2Hedley Verity 55.60-14-97-2Wally Hammond 14.00-4-34-0Bill Edrich 9.00-2-29-0
England, 290 (10 wkts)
| Leonard Hutton | run out | 38 | 0 |
| Paul Gibb | caught (Ronnie Grieveson) | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie Paynter | lbw | 62 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | stumping (Ronnie Grieveson) | 24 | 0 |
| Les Ames | caught (Eric Dalton) | 84 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | caught (Eric Rowan) | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Valentine | stumping (Ronnie Grieveson) | 26 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | bowled | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | caught (Chud Langton) | 26 | 0 |
| Ken Farnes | bowled | 20 | 0 |
| Reg Perks | not out | 2 | 0 |
Bob Newson 25.60-5-58-2Chud Langton 35.00-12-71-3Norman Gordon 37.00-7-82-0Bruce Mitchell 7.00-0-20-0Eric Dalton 13.00-1-59-4
South Africa, 464 (10 wkts)
| Bruce Mitchell | hitwicket | 89 | 0 |
| Pieter van der Bijl | caught (Eddie Paynter) | 97 | 0 |
| Eric Rowan | caught (Bill Edrich) | 0 | 0 |
| Dudley Nourse | caught (Leonard Hutton) | 25 | 0 |
| Ken Viljoen | bowled | 74 | 0 |
| Alan Melville | bowled | 103 | 0 |
| Eric Dalton | caught (Doug Wright) | 21 | 0 |
| Ronnie Grieveson | bowled | 39 | 0 |
| Chud Langton | caught (Wally Hammond) | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Newson | bowled | 3 | 0 |
| Norman Gordon | not out | 7 | 0 |
Ken Farnes 22.10-2-74-4Reg Perks 32.00-6-99-1Doug Wright 32.00-7-146-3Hedley Verity 40.00-9-87-2Wally Hammond 9.00-1-30-0Bill Edrich 6.00-1-18-0Leonard Hutton 1.00-0-10-0
England, 630 (5 wkts)
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 55 | 0 |
| Paul Gibb | bowled | 120 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | caught (Norman Gordon) | 219 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | stumping (Ronnie Grieveson) | 140 | 0 |
| Eddie Paynter | caught (Ronnie Grieveson) | 75 | 0 |
| Les Ames | not out | 17 | 0 |
| Bryan Valentine | not out | 4 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Farnes | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Reg Perks | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Bob Newson 43.00-4-91-0Chud Langton 56.00-12-132-1Norman Gordon 55.20-10-174-1Bruce Mitchell 37.00-4-133-1Eric Dalton 27.00-3-100-2
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