f16396 t267	South Africa v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1938/39 (1st Test)
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th December 1938 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RGA Ashman, GL Sickler
Close of play day 1	England (1) 326/6 (Valentine 12*, Verity 19*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 166/5 (Mitchell 72*, Viljoen 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 103/1 (Gibb 53*, Paynter 32*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c Mitchell b Davies	4	4	4	1	-
PA Gibb	c Melville b Mitchell	93		276	7	-
E Paynter	b Mitchell	117		176	8	1
*WR Hammond	lbw b Gordon	24		60	2	-
+LEG Ames	c Wade b Gordon	42		45	4	-
NWD Yardley	c and b Mitchell	7		14	1	-
BH Valentine	c Wade b Gordon	97		138	11	-
H Verity	b Dalton	26		103	1	-
LL Wilkinson	lbw b Gordon	2		9	-	-
K Farnes	b Gordon	0		14	-	-
TWJ Goddard	not out	0		4	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 113.4 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Edrich), 2-188 (Paynter), 3-234 (Hammond), 4-278 (Gibb), 5-292 (Ames), 6-294 (Yardley), 7-378 (Verity), 8-389 (Wilkinson), 9-415 (Farnes), 10-422 (Valentine, 113.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	19	0	102	1	-	-
Langton	27	5	74	0	-	-
Gordon	33.4	3	103	5	-	-
Mitchell	22	2	75	3	-	-
Dalton	10	1	42	1	-	-
Bond	2	0	16	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	b Farnes	73		240	3	-
PGV van der Bijl	lbw b Verity	4		36	-	-
*A Melville	c and b Verity	0		12	-	-
AD Nourse	c and b Goddard	73		163	6	1
N Gordon	st Ames b Goddard	0	1	1	-	-
+WW Wade	b Goddard	0	1	1	-	-
KG Viljoen	b Wilkinson	50		142	2	-
EL Dalton	c Edrich b Verity	102		209	9	-
GE Bond	lbw b Wilkinson	0	1	1	-	-
ACB Langton	not out	64		96	5	2
EQ Davies	b Verity	0		9	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 18 lb, 1 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 135.1 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (van der Bijl), 2-44 (Melville), 3-160 (Nourse), 4-160 (Gordon), 5-160 (Wade), 6-173 (Mitchell), 7-281 (Viljoen), 8-281 (Bond), 9-378 (Dalton), 10-390 (Davies, 135.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	23	1	87	1	-	-
Edrich	9	0	44	0	-	-
Verity	44.1	16	61	4	-	-
Hammond	10	3	27	0	-	-
Wilkinson	22	0	93	2	-	-
Goddard	27	5	54	3	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Edrich	c Mitchell b Gordon	10		50	-	-
PA Gibb	b Dalton	106		192	7	-
E Paynter	c Langton b Gordon	100		193	10	-
*WR Hammond	lbw b Dalton	58		64	6	-
+LEG Ames	not out	3		11	-	-
NWD Yardley	did not bat
BH Valentine	did not bat
H Verity	did not bat
LL Wilkinson	did not bat
K Farnes	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 61.5 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Edrich), 2-206 (Gibb), 3-281 (Paynter), 4-291 (Hammond, 61.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	14	2	67	0	-	-
Langton	16	3	64	0	-	-
Mitchell	11	1	58	0	-	-
Gordon	14	0	59	2	-	-
Dalton	6.5	0	29	2	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	not out	48		168	4	-
PGV van der Bijl	b Hammond	38		126	3	1
AD Nourse	not out	17		41	3	-
*A Melville	did not bat
N Gordon	did not bat
+WW Wade	did not bat
KG Viljoen	did not bat
EL Dalton	did not bat
GE Bond	did not bat
ACB Langton	did not bat
EQ Davies	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 51 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (van der Bijl)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	7	3	17	0	-	-
Edrich	3	0	7	0	-	-
Verity	16	8	17	0	-	-
Goddard	11	3	31	0	-	-
Wilkinson	8	3	18	0	-	-
Hammond	6	3	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PA Gibb made his debut in Test matches
--> NWD Yardley made his debut in Test matches
--> LL Wilkinson made his debut in Test matches
--> PGV van der Bijl made his debut in Test matches
--> A Melville made his debut in Test matches
--> N Gordon made his debut in Test matches
--> WW Wade made his debut in Test matches
--> GE Bond made his debut in Test matches
--> GE Bond made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GE Bond made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PA Gibb (1) 50 in 149 balls, 161 minutes with 3 fours
--> E Paynter (1) 50 in 106 balls, 99 minutes with 2 fours
--> E Paynter (1) 100 in 172 balls, 164 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> WR Hammond (1) passed 6000 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> BH Valentine (1) 50 in 97 balls, 99 minutes with 4 fours
--> B Mitchell did not score for 60 minutes in the South Africa first innings
--> B Mitchell (1) 50 in 104 balls, 91 minutes with 2 fours
--> B Mitchell (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 67
--> AD Nourse (1) 50 in 138 balls, 107 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> KG Viljoen (1) 50 in 161 balls, 127 minutes with 2 fours
--> EL Dalton (1) 50 in 115 balls, 94 minutes with 5 fours
--> EL Dalton (1) 100 in 230 balls, 201 minutes with 9 fours
--> EL Dalton (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 22
--> ACB Langton (1) 50 in 93 balls, 76 minutes with 2 fours and 2 sixes
--> ACB Langton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> PA Gibb (2) 50 in 97 balls, 97 minutes with 4 fours
--> PA Gibb (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> PA Gibb (2) 100 in 194 balls, 184 minutes with 7 fours
--> E Paynter (2) 50 in 73 balls, 77 minutes with 7 fours
--> E Paynter (2) 100 in 159 balls, 189 minutes with 10 fours
--> E Paynter (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 71
--> E Paynter (2) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> WR Hammond (2) 50 in 47 balls, 49 minutes with 5 fours
--> GE Bond made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> PA Gibb made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> N Gordon made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> A Melville made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> PGV van der Bijl made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> WW Wade made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> LL Wilkinson made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> NWD Yardley made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> LEG Ames made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> TWJ Goddard made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> H Verity made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> E Paynter made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> BH Valentine made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> K Farnes made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> WJ Edrich made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> N Gordon achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> TWJ Goddard completed a hat-trick in the South Africa first innings (Nourse, Gordon, Wade)

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