Durban, Jan. 23. erwhelmin -victory was achieved by England in the Third t match with South Africa when the tourists won by an nog pom here nerve in The feature of South Africa's second the Third Test was the century scored by Mitchell, but fell short when the tail failed to wag, the last four ling for only 47 runs. Farnes and Verity were the ssful English bowlers, Farnes taking three wickets for s and Verity three wickets for 71 runs.
With the score board reading 252 runs for four wickets, Viljoen (23) [ena Melville (1) resumed their innings after the tea interval before a crowd which had increased to 8000.
Melville was the first to go, being clean bowled by Wilkinson after he had scored only 10 runs (282/5). Viljoen, however, continued {o defy the English attack. He reached his 50 in 78 minutes with a 4 off Wilkinson, his score including 7 boundaries.
Hammond's One-Hand Catch When Viljoen had brought his total to 61 runs, he was out to a magnificent one-handed catch in the slips ty Hammond off Farnes (306/6). Viljoen had batted for 105 minutes and had scored 9 fours.
With the departure of Viljoen, wickets fell at regular intervals. Dalton was out to another brilliant left-handed catch by Hammond in the slips, this time off Verity (308/7). He had only made 8 runs.
The next to go was Langton, who was bowled by Wilkinson for 12 (345/7). With only one run added to the score, Gordon was caught by Edrich off Verity for a duck (346/9).
The last man out was Wade, the South African wicket-keeper, who was Lbow. to Farnes after he had knocked up 28 runs. With Davies not out, 2, and "Mr. Extras" contributing 16, the South African innings ended in a total of 353 runs.
England 1st Innings, 469 runs for 4 wickets declared
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