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| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 31st December 1938, 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1939 (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) 131/2 (Gibb 56*, Hammond 54*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 553/8 (Wright 27*, Farnes 1*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (1) 213/6 (Nourse 74*, Balaskas 28*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Gordon | 17 | 30 | 1 | 1 | |||
| PA Gibb | c Wade b Gordon | 58 | 165 | 2 | - | |||
| E Paynter | lbw b Langton | 1 | 3 | - | - | |||
| *WR Hammond | b Davies | 181 | 337 | 16 | - | |||
| +LEG Ames | b Gordon | 115 | 145 | 13 | - | |||
| WJ Edrich | b Gordon | 0 | 2 | - | - | |||
| BH Valentine | lbw b Gordon | 112 | 160 | 12 | 1 | |||
| H Verity | b Langton | 29 | 78 | 1 | - | |||
| DVP Wright | c Nourse b Langton | 33 | 35 | 6 | - | |||
| K Farnes | not out | 1 | 12 | - | - | |||
| TWJ Goddard | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 130.7 overs) | 559 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-29 (Hutton), 2-30 (Paynter), 3-139 (Gibb), 4-336 (Ames), 5-338 (Edrich), 6-410 (Hammond), 7-504 (Verity), 8-537 (Valentine), 9-559 (Wright, 130.7 ov) | ||||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Davies | 16 | 1 | 77 | 1 | - | - |
| Langton | 30.7 | 3 | 117 | 3 | - | - |
| Gordon | 40 | 3 | 157 | 5 | - | - |
| Balaskas | 24 | 0 | 115 | 0 | - | - |
| Mitchell | 20 | 0 | 81 | 0 | - | - |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | b Wright | 42 | 255 | 1 | - | |||
| PGV van der Bijl | c Valentine b Verity | 37 | 112 | 3 | - | |||
| EAB Rowan | b Wright | 6 | 35 | - | - | |||
| AD Nourse | lbw b Verity | 120 | 268 | 12 | 1 | |||
| AW Briscoe | lbw b Goddard | 2 | 8 | - | - | |||
| +WW Wade | c Edrich b Verity | 10 | 20 | 2 | - | |||
| ACB Langton | lbw b Goddard | 0 | 4 | - | - | |||
| XC Balaskas | c Paynter b Verity | 29 | 31 | 5 | - | |||
| *A Melville | b Verity | 23 | 106 | 2 | - | |||
| N Gordon | st Ames b Goddard | 0 | 10 | - | - | |||
| EQ Davies | not out | 0 | 3 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 8 nb) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 118.6 overs) | 286 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-66 (van der Bijl), 2-79 (Rowan), 3-151 (Mitchell), 4-160 (Briscoe), 5-176 (Wade), 6-177 (Langton), 7-214 (Balaskas), 8-283 (Nourse), 9-286 (Gordon), 10-286 (Melville, 118.6 ov) | ||||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Farnes | 13 | 3 | 37 | 0 | - | - |
| Edrich | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Goddard | 38 | 15 | 64 | 3 | - | - |
| Wright | 26 | 3 | 83 | 2 | - | - |
| Verity | 36.6 | 13 | 70 | 5 | - | - |
| South Africa second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| B Mitchell | c Ames b Farnes | 1 | 9 | - | - | |||
| PGV van der Bijl | hit wkt b Goddard | 87 | 137 | 9 | 1 | |||
| EAB Rowan | not out | 89 | 179 | 7 | - | |||
| AD Nourse | not out | 19 | 50 | 1 | - | |||
| AW Briscoe | did not bat | |||||||
| +WW Wade | did not bat | |||||||
| ACB Langton | did not bat | |||||||
| XC Balaskas | did not bat | |||||||
| *A Melville | did not bat | |||||||
| N Gordon | did not bat | |||||||
| EQ Davies | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 53 overs) | 201 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-2 (Mitchell), 2-149 (van der Bijl) | ||||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Farnes | 8 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - |
| Edrich | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - |
| Verity | 10 | 5 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| Wright | 12 | 0 | 62 | 0 | - | - |
| Goddard | 11 | 1 | 68 | 1 | - | - |
| Hammond | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - |
Notes
--> WR Hammond (1) passed 44000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> BH Valentine (1) passed 12000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> DVP Wright (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Test matches
--> PGV van der Bijl (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Test matches
--> PGV van der Bijl (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> EAB Rowan (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in Test matches
--> EAB Rowan (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 51
--> AW Briscoe made his last appearance in Test matches
--> XC Balaskas made his last appearance in Test matches
--> L Hutton made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> DVP Wright made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> N Gordon reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed LEG Ames, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> H Verity reached 1750 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed XC Balaskas, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa first innings
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