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f16167 t268	South Africa v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1938/39 (2nd Test)
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 Test Matches score of 22
--> PGV van der Bijl (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 38
--> PGV van der Bijl (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 12
--> EAB Rowan (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 66
--> EAB Rowan (2) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 51
--> 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