The

England cricket team The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) since 1903. Engla ...

toured South Africa from 8 November 1938 to 14 March 1939, playing five Test matches against the South Africa national team and (as the

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...

) 13 tour matches against various provincial sides. England won the third Test by an innings and 13 runs, but the other four Tests finished as draws, including the final timeless Test, which was played over the course of 10 days (not including two rest days). The final Test was declared a draw, as the England team had to leave to ensure they caught the boat home from

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Test series

1st Test

The South African innings of 390 featured an unbalanced scorecard - there were five half-centuries, a single-figure score and five players failed to score.

2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

5th Test

Tour matches

*8–9 November ( The Strand):

(589/8d) vs Western Province County District (140 & 107)
MCC won by an innings and 342 runs
*12–15 November (

Newlands Newlands may refer to: Places Australia * Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region New Zealand * Newlands, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington South Africa * Newlands, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town * Newlands, Johannesbur ...

): Western Province (174 & 169) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (276 & 69/2)
MCC won by 8 wickets
*19–22 November (Athletic Club Ground,

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): Marylebone Cricket Club (676) vs Griqualand West (114 & 273)
MCC won by an innings and 289 runs
*26–28 November (

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, Bloemfontein):

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(128 & 260) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (412/6d)
MCC won by an innings and 24 runs
*3–6 December (

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Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...

): Natal (307 & 30/0) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (458)
Match drawn
*10–13 December (

Berea Park Berea Park is a multi-sport venue in Pretoria, South Africa, on Lilian Ngoyi Street (earlier Van der Walt Street) near downtown. It has been utilized by multiple local sports teams in both football/soccer, including Berea Park F.C., and formerly cr ...

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North Eastern Transvaal Northerns (formerly North Eastern Transvaal and Northern Transvaal) has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937. Its territory is the area north of Johannesburg, and it includes Pretoria. For the purposes of the SuperSport ...

(161 & 142) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (379/6d)
MCC won by an innings and 76 runs
*16–19 December ( Old Wanderers,

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Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal. * South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...

(428/8d & 174/2) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (268)
Match drawn
*7–9 January (

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): Eastern Province (172 & 111) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (518/6d)
MCC won by an innings and 235 runs
*13–16 January ( Jan Smuts Ground,

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(121 & 275) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (320 & 79/1)
MCC won by 9 wickets
*27–30 January (Old Wanderers, Johannesburg): Combined Transvaal/Northern Transvaal XI (304 & 220/2) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (434)

*4–7 February ( Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo): Marylebone Cricket Club (307/5d) vs

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

(242)
Match drawn
*10–13 February ( Salisbury Sports Club,

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): Marylebone Cricket Club (180 & 174/2d) vs Rhodesia (96 & 95/6)
Match drawn
*25–28 February (

City Oval City Oval (formerly Alexandra Park and sometimes called the Pietermaritzburg Oval), is a multi-purpose stadium in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 12,000 capacity stadium is currently used predominantly for cricket matches, with the ground bein ...

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...

): Natal (295 & 219) vs Marylebone Cricket Club (407 & 110/1)
MCC won by 9 wickets

References

External links

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