South Africa vs England
1938-39
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 24 Dec 1938 | Johannesburg OW |
A Melville (SAf)
WR Hammond (Eng) |
Eng 422 & 291-4d
SAf 390 & 108-1 |
Match Drawn |
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| 31 Dec 1938 | Cape Town |
A Melville (SAf)
WR Hammond (Eng) |
Eng 559-9d
SAf 286 & 201-2 |
Match Drawn |
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| 20 Jan 1939 | Durban |
A Melville (SAf)
WR Hammond (Eng) |
Eng 469-4d
SAf 103 & 353 |
England Innings & 13 runs |
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| 18 Feb 1939 | Johannesburg OW |
A Melville (SAf)
WR Hammond (Eng) |
Eng 215 & 203-4
SAf 349-8d |
Match Drawn |
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| 3 Mar 1939 | Durban |
A Melville (SAf)
WR Hammond (Eng) |
SAf 530 & 481
Eng 316 & 654-5 |
Match Drawn |
South Africa Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| B Mitchell | 5 | 9 | 1 | 466 | 58.25 | 3 | 1 | 109 | - | 0 | 5 |
| PGV van der Bijl | 5 | 9 | 0 | 460 | 51.11 | 2 | 1 | 125 | - | 0 | 1 |
| AD Nourse | 5 | 9 | 2 | 422 | 60.28 | 1 | 2 | 120 | - | 0 | 1 |
| A Melville | 5 | 7 | 1 | 286 | 47.66 | 2 | 1 | 103 | - | 0 | 2 |
| EAB Rowan | 4 | 7 | 1 | 284 | 47.33 | 3 | 0 | 89* | - | 0 | 2 |
| EL Dalton | 4 | 6 | 1 | 220 | 44.00 | 1 | 1 | 102 | - | 0 | 1 |
| KG Viljoen | 4 | 6 | 0 | 192 | 32.00 | 3 | 0 | 74 | - | 0 | 0 |
| ACB Langton | 5 | 7 | 1 | 115 | 19.16 | 1 | 0 | 64* | ****** | 0 | 2 |
| RE Grieveson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 57.00 | 1 | 0 | 75 | - | 0 | 7/3 |
| WW Wade | 3 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ****** | 1 | 4 |
| XC Balaskas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 29 | - | 0 | 0 |
| ES Newson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6.66 | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | 0 | 2 |
| N Gordon | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 7* | 800.00 | 1 | 1 |
| EQ Davies | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 2* | - | 0 | 0 |
| AW Briscoe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| GE Bond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| N Gordon | 245.6 | 28 | 807 | 20 | 40.35 | 5/103 | 2.46 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ACB Langton | 219.6 | 37 | 672 | 13 | 51.69 | 5/58 | 2.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| EL Dalton | 77.5 | 5 | 347 | 9 | 38.55 | 4/59 | 3.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Mitchell | 129 | 11 | 491 | 6 | 81.83 | 3/75 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ES Newson | 92.6 | 11 | 224 | 4 | 56.00 | 2/58 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EQ Davies | 64 | 3 | 352 | 3 | 117.33 | 1/77 | 4.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GE Bond | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| XC Balaskas | 24 | 0 | 115 | 0 | - | - | 3.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| E Paynter | 5 | 8 | 0 | 653 | 81.62 | 2 | 3 | 243 | - | 0 | 3 |
| WR Hammond | 5 | 8 | 1 | 609 | 87.00 | 2 | 3 | 181 | - | 0 | 6 |
| PA Gibb | 5 | 8 | 0 | 473 | 59.12 | 2 | 2 | 120 | - | 0 | 0 |
| LEG Ames | 5 | 8 | 3 | 339 | 67.80 | 1 | 1 | 115 | - | 0 | 8/2 |
| BH Valentine | 5 | 6 | 2 | 275 | 68.75 | 1 | 1 | 112 | - | 0 | 1 |
| L Hutton | 4 | 6 | 0 | 265 | 44.16 | 2 | 0 | 92 | - | 0 | 3 |
| WJ Edrich | 5 | 6 | 0 | 240 | 40.00 | 0 | 1 | 219 | ****** | 1 | 4 |
| H Verity | 5 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 | 29 | - | 0 | 3 |
| DVP Wright | 3 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 29.50 | 0 | 0 | 33 | - | 0 | 1 |
| K Farnes | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 20 | - | 0 | 0 |
| TWJ Goddard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 |
| NWD Yardley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | - | 0 | 0 |
| LL Wilkinson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| RTD Perks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 2* | - | 0 | 0 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| H Verity | 283.2 | 89 | 552 | 19 | 29.05 | 5/70 | 1.46 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K Farnes | 186.3 | 35 | 519 | 16 | 32.43 | 4/29 | 2.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DVP Wright | 134 | 19 | 526 | 9 | 58.44 | 3/146 | 2.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TWJ Goddard | 105 | 26 | 282 | 8 | 35.25 | 3/54 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LL Wilkinson | 71.5 | 9 | 271 | 7 | 38.71 | 2/12 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RTD Perks | 73 | 11 | 199 | 6 | 33.16 | 5/100 | 2.04 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WR Hammond | 60 | 13 | 161 | 3 | 53.66 | 1/11 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WJ Edrich | 50 | 7 | 154 | 2 | 77.00 | 1/9 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L Hutton | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| South Africa | |||||||||
| 1st | 79.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 191 | 5(2) | Mitchell & van der | |
| 2nd | 51.4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 2(2) | Rowan & van der | |
| 3rd | 62.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 116 | 1(1) | Mitchell & Nourse | |
| 4th | 25.4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 56 | 4(1) | Nourse & Rowan | |
| 5th | 26.7 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 104 | 5(2) | Melville & Viljoen | |
| 6th | 27.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 90 | 5(1) | Nourse & Dalton | |
| 7th | 49.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 1(1) | Dalton & Viljoen | |
| 8th | 25.4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 69 | 2(1) | Melville & Nourse | |
| 9th | 19.3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 97 | 1(1) | Dalton & Langton | |
| 10th | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 5(2) | Gordon & Grieveson | |
| 26 | 24 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 34.8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 78 | 5(2) | Hutton & Gibb | |
| 2nd | 113.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 280 | 5(2) | Edrich & Gibb | |
| 3rd | 79.6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 242 | 3(1) | Paynter & Hammond | |
| 4th | 79.4 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 197 | 2(1) | Hammond & Ames | |
| 5th | 28.6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 58* | 4(2) | Hammond & Valentine | |
| 6th | 34.0 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 72 | 2(1) | Hammond & Valentine | |
| 7th | 51.0 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 94 | 2(1) | Verity & Valentine | |
| 8th | 19.8 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 33 | 2(1) | Wright & Valentine | |
| 9th | 20.2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 29 | 5(1) | Farnes & Wright | |
| 10th | 9.3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 5(1) | Farnes & Perks | |
| 12 | 24 | 14 | 8 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| SAf | Eng | ||
| Runs Scored | 2801 | 3129 | |
| Wickets lost | 71 | 56 | |
| Overs faced | 964.2 | 854.7 | |
| Runs per wicket | 39.45 | 55.88 | |
| Runs per over | 2.90 | 3.66 | |
| Innings | 82 | 66 | |
| Ducks | 12 | 2 | |
| Fifties | 17 | 10 | |
| Centuries | 6 | 11 | |
| 5 w/inn | 3 | 2 | |
| 10 w/mat | 0 | 0 |
Note: ball overs in this series.
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