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 |
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658/8d (188 overs) E Paynter 216* (333) LO Fleetwood-Smith 4/153 (49 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
24, 25, 27, 28 June 1938 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- 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 |
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- No toss made.
Fourth Test
22, 23, 25 July 1938 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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123 (50.5 overs) CJ Barnett 29 WJ O'Reilly 5/56 (21.5 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
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- 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
External links
- CricketArchive – tour summaries
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
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