Australian cricket team in England in 1938

The 1938 Ashes series between Australia and England was drawn. England and Australia won a Test each, with two of the other Tests drawn and the third game of the series, scheduled for Manchester, abandoned without a ball being bowled, only the second instance of this in more than 60 years of Test cricket. The Australians retained The Ashes.

In all 30 first-class matches were played, and the Australian team won 15 of them losing only to England and H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI. There were also six minor games, the Australians winning five of them.

The touring team

DG Bradman (captain - SA)
SJ McCabe (vice-captain - NSW)
CL Badcock (SA)
SG Barnes (NSW)
BA Barnett (VIC)
WA Brown (QLD)
AG Chipperfield (NSW)
JHW Fingleton (NSW)
LO Fleetwood-Smith (VIC)
AL Hassett (VIC)
EL McCormick (VIC)
WJ O'Reilly (NSW)
MG Waite (SA)
CW Walker (SA)
FA Ward (SA)
ECS White (NSW)

Manager: WH Jeanes (SA)

The team travelled to England on the P&O liner RMS Strathmore.^[1]

Test series summary

First Test

10, 11, 13, 14 June 1938
(4-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
658/8d (188 overs) E Paynter 216* (333) LO Fleetwood-Smith 4/153 (49 overs)		411 (130.3 overs) SJ McCabe 232 (277) K Farnes 4/106 (37 overs)
		427/6d (f/o) (188 overs) DG Bradman 144* (379) H Verity 3/102 (62 overs)

Match drawn
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: F Chester and E Robinson

England won the toss and elected to bat.
12 June was taken as a rest day.
WJ Edrich, RA Sinfield and DVP Wright (all ENG), and AL Hassett and BA Barnett (both AUS) made their Test debuts.

Second Test

24, 25, 27, 28 June 1938
(4-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
494 (137.3 overs) WR Hammond 240 (394) WJ O'Reilly 4/93 (37 overs)		422 (121.4 overs) WA Brown 206* (370) H Verity 4/103 (35.4 overs)
242/8d (72 overs) DCS Compton 76* (137) EL McCormick 3/72 (24 overs)		204/6 (48.2 overs) DG Bradman 102* (135) WJ Edrich 2/27 (5.2 overs)

Match drawn
Lord's, London
Umpires: EJ Smith and FI Walden

England won the toss and elected to bat.
26 June was taken as a rest day.

Third Test

8, 9, 11, 12 July 1938
(4-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia

Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: A Dolphin and W Reeves

No toss made.

Fourth Test

22, 23, 25 July 1938
(4-day match)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
223 (98.1 overs) WR Hammond 76 WJ O'Reilly 5/66 (34.1 overs)		242 (98.4 overs) DG Bradman 103 K Farnes 4/77 (26 overs)
123 (50.5 overs) CJ Barnett 29 WJ O'Reilly 5/56 (21.5 overs)		107/5 (32.3 overs) AL Hassett 33 DVP Wright 3/26 (5 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: F Chester and EJ Smith

England won the toss and elected to bat.
24 July was taken as a rest day.
The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
WFF Price (ENG) and MG Waite (AUS) made their Test debuts.

Fifth Test

20, 22, 23, 24 August 1938
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
903/7d (335.2 overs) L Hutton 364 WJ O'Reilly 3/178 (85 overs)		201 (52.1 overs) WA Brown 69 WE Bowes 5/49 (19 overs)
		123 (f/o) (34.1 overs) BA Barnett 46 K Farnes 4/63 (12.1 overs)

England won by an innings and 579 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: F Chester and FI Walden

England won the toss and elected to bat.
21 August was taken as a rest day.
The match was completed in four days.
A Wood (ENG) and SG Barnes (AUS) made their Test debuts.

The England total of 903-7d is the highest Test innings total to feature a duck - Eddie Paynter was dismissed for 0.^[2]

Ceylon

The Australians had a stopover in Colombo en route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.^[3]

References

^ Gideon Haigh, The Book of Ashes Anecdotes, p. 61
^ Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley. p. 353. ISBN 0947540067.
^ "Ceylon v Australia 1938". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

External links

CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1939

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