f16415 t269	South Africa v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1938/39 (3rd Test)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 20th, 21st, 23rd January 1939 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by an innings and 13 runs
Umpires	RGA Ashman, GL Sickler
Close of play day 1	England (1) 373/2 (Paynter 197*, Hammond 99*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 73/1 (Mitchell 53*, Rowan 7*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	lbw b Gordon	31		39	4	-
PA Gibb	c Wade b Davies	38		150	2	-
E Paynter	c Melville b Langton	243		334	24	-
*WR Hammond	c Mitchell b Gordon	120		178	16	-
+LEG Ames	not out	27		43	1	-
WJ Edrich	did not bat
BH Valentine	did not bat
H Verity	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
K Farnes	did not bat
LL Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 88.5 overs)	469
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Hutton), 2-153 (Gibb), 3-395 (Hammond), 4-469 (Paynter, 88.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	15	0	106	1	-	-
Langton	23.5	0	107	1	-	-
Gordon	29	0	127	2	-	-
Mitchell	8	0	45	0	-	-
Dalton	13	0	74	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	c Ames b Edrich	30		80	3	-
PGV van der Bijl	run out	28		85	2	-
EAB Rowan	lbw b Wright	4		19	-	-
AD Nourse	c Hammond b Farnes	0		10	-	-
KG Viljoen	c Hammond b Wright	2		40	-	-
EL Dalton	b Wilkinson	12		19	2	-
+WW Wade	c Hammond b Farnes	14		36	2	-
*A Melville	not out	5		25	-	-
ACB Langton	c Hutton b Farnes	0	1	1	-	-
N Gordon	b Farnes	1		8	-	-
EQ Davies	lbw b Wilkinson	2		4	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-60 (Mitchell), 2-61 (van der Bijl), 3-65 (Nourse), 4-65 (Rowan), 5-79 (Dalton), 6-87 (Viljoen), 7-98 (Wade), 8-98 (Langton), 9-100 (Gordon), 10-103 (Davies, 45.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	13	1	29	4	-	-
Hammond	2	1	2	0	-	-
Wright	12	1	37	2	-	-
Verity	8	4	9	0	-	-
Edrich	4	0	9	1	-	-
Wilkinson	6.5	2	12	2	-	-

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South Africa second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	c Ames b Farnes	109		190	14	-
PGV van der Bijl	b Verity	13		52	1	-
EAB Rowan	c Ames b Hammond	67		208	-	-
AD Nourse	c Ames b Edrich	27		94	2	-
KG Viljoen	c Hammond b Farnes	61		95	9	-
*A Melville	b Wilkinson	10		44	1	-
EL Dalton	c Hammond b Verity	8		29	-	-
+WW Wade	lbw b Farnes	28		41	2	-
ACB Langton	b Wilkinson	12		26	2	-
N Gordon	c Edrich b Verity	0		2	-	-
EQ Davies	not out	2		5	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (van der Bijl), 2-165 (Mitchell), 3-223 (Rowan), 4-247 (Nourse), 5-282 (Melville), 6-306 (Viljoen), 7-308 (Dalton), 8-345 (Langton), 9-346 (Gordon), 10-353 (Wade, 114.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	28.2	8	80	3	-	-
Edrich	7	2	16	1	-	-
Wilkinson	26	4	103	2	-	-
Wright	15	2	56	0	-	-
Verity	35	10	71	3	-	-
Hammond	3	0	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> E Paynter (1) passed his previous highest score of 216 in Test matches
--> WW Wade (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> EAB Rowan (2) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> WW Wade (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Test matches
--> K Farnes reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed N Gordon, his 4th wicket in the South Africa first innings

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