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: Mr WH Jeanes
The team travelled to England on the P&O liner RMS Strathmore.[1]
Test series summary[]
First Test[]
England
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v
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Australia
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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) |
- 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[]
England
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v
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Australia
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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) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 26 June was taken as a rest day.
Third Test[]
Fourth Test[]
England
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v
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Australia
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242 (98.4 overs)
DG Bradman 103 K Farnes 4/77 (26 overs) | ||
107/5 (32.3 overs)
AL Hassett 33 DVP Wright 3/26 (5 overs) |
- 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[]
England
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v
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Australia
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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 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[]
Annual reviews[]
Further reading[]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- 1938 in Australian cricket
- 1938 in English cricket
- 1938 in Ceylon
- Australian cricket tours of England
- Australian cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1880–81 to 1971–72
- International cricket competitions from 1918–19 to 1945
- The Ashes
- International cricket tour of England stubs