f16429 t270	South Africa v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1938/39 (4th Test)
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd February 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	South Africa (1) 11/0 (van der Bijl 2*, Melville 9*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 249/3 (Rowan 53*, Nourse 20*)
Close of play day 3	No play

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	b Mitchell	92		202	7	-
PA Gibb	c Mitchell b Langton	9		35	-	-
E Paynter	c Newson b Langton	40		79	2	-
*WR Hammond	c Newson b Gordon	1		5	-	-
+LEG Ames	b Langton	34		54	1	-
BH Valentine	c Grieveson b Gordon	11		21	-	-
WJ Edrich	lbw b Langton	6		34	-	-
H Verity	c Rowan b Mitchell	8		13	1	-
K Farnes	c Grieveson b Newson	4		23	1	-
TWJ Goddard	c van der Bijl b Langton	8		17	-	-
LL Wilkinson	not out	1		11	-	-
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 64.2 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Gibb), 2-96 (Paynter), 3-99 (Hammond), 4-159 (Ames), 5-187 (Valentine), 6-187 (Hutton), 7-197 (Verity), 8-201 (Edrich), 9-205 (Farnes), 10-215 (Goddard, 64.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newson	13	0	53	1	-	-
Langton	19.2	1	58	5	-	-
Gordon	15	1	47	2	-	-
Mitchell	12	3	37	2	-	-
Dalton	5	0	19	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PGV van der Bijl	lbw b Goddard	31		102	1	-
*A Melville	c Verity b Wilkinson	67		99	10	-
EAB Rowan	b Farnes	85		218	5	-
B Mitchell	c Ames b Farnes	63		112	7	-
AD Nourse	hit wkt b Verity	38		97	4	-
ACB Langton	c Hutton b Verity	6		9	-	-
EL Dalton	not out	20		45	1	-
ES Newson	b Hammond	16		26	1	-
KG Viljoen	lbw b Verity	5		4	-	-
+RE Grieveson	did not bat
N Gordon	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 101.5 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-108 (Melville), 2-108 (van der Bijl), 3-224 (Mitchell), 4-280 (Nourse), 5-294 (Langton), 6-311 (Rowan), 7-340 (Newson), 8-349 (Viljoen, 101.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	26	7	64	2	-	-
Edrich	4	0	11	0	-	-
Verity	37.5	10	127	3	-	-
Goddard	18	2	65	1	-	-
Wilkinson	9	0	45	1	-	-
Hammond	7	1	19	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Grieveson b Gordon	32		100	1	-
PA Gibb	c Grieveson b Gordon	45		144	4	-
E Paynter	c Grieveson b Newson	15		21	2	-
*WR Hammond	not out	61		99	4	-
+LEG Ames	b Gordon	17		42	1	-
BH Valentine	not out	25		34	3	-
WJ Edrich	did not bat
H Verity	did not bat
K Farnes	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
LL Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 60 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (Hutton), 2-91 (Paynter), 3-103 (Gibb), 4-145 (Ames)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newson	11	2	22	1	-	-
Langton	12	1	49	0	-	-
Gordon	22	4	58	3	-	-
Mitchell	12	1	42	0	-	-
Dalton	3	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Grieveson made his debut in Test matches
--> LL Wilkinson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> L Hutton (1) 50 in 114 balls, 132 minutes with 2 fours
--> L Hutton (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> A Melville (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Test matches
--> A Melville (1) 50 in 95 balls, 90 minutes with 6 fours
--> EAB Rowan (1) 50 in 168 balls, 123 minutes with 3 fours
--> B Mitchell (1) 50 in 89 balls, 79 minutes with 6 fours
--> B Mitchell (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> ES Newson (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> L Hutton (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 25
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> WR Hammond (2) 50 in 71 balls, 85 minutes with 3 fours
--> WR Hammond (2) passed 44500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> RE Grieveson made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> ACB Langton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed TWJ Goddard in the England first innings (previous best was 4-31)
--> ACB Langton achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings

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