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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 3, 5 January 1939, Page 4

SOUTH AFRICA ON THE DEFENSIVE ENGLAND’S SPIN BOWLERS NOURSE AND BALASKAS BAT WELL [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] CAPETOWN, Jan. 3. England’s spin bowlers quickly dismissed South Africa in the second cricket Test. After using K. Fames and W. J. Edrich to get a shine off the ball, W. R. Hammond relied on the slow men, T. W. Goddard, D. V. P. Wright, and H. Verity. They took two wickets each and at stumps South Africa had eight down for 213, in reply to England’s score of 559 for nine, declared. The South Africans were on the defensive from the outset and scored only 26 in an hour. B. Mitchell batted dourly for 255 minutes. A. D. Nourse, however, and V. Balaskas, who hit Verity for four successive boundaries, livened up the batting toward the close. Details:— England. First Innings. L. Hutton, b Gordon 17 E. Paynter, lbw, b Langton 1 P. A. Gibb, c Wade, b Gordon 58 W. R. Hammond, b Davies 181 L. E. G. Ames, b Gordon 115 W. J. Edrich, b Gordon 0 B. H. Valentine, lbw, b Gordon ... 112 H. Verity, b Langton 29 D. V. P. Wright, c Nourse, b Langton - 33

K. Fames, not out 1 Extras 12 Total (nine wickets, dec.) 559 Bowling.—R. E. Davies, took one for 77; A. B. C. Langton, three for 117; N. Gordon, five for 157; X. Balaskas, none for 115; B. Mitchell, none for 81. South Africa. First Inning’s. P. G. V. van der Bijl, c Valentine, b Verity -- 37 A. E. B. Rowan, b Wright 6 B. Mitchell, b Wright .... 42 A. D. Nourse, not out - 74 A. W. Briscoe, lbw, b Goddard 2 H. F. Wade, c Edrich, b Verity ... 10 A. B. C. Langton, lbw, b Goddard 0 X. Balaskas, not out 28 Extras 44 Total, eight wickets for 213 I Bowling.—K. Fames took none for I 29; W. J. Edrich, none for 6; T. W. | Goddard, two for 43; D. V. P. Wright, two for 66; H. Verity, two for 55.