THE ASHES (AUSTRALIA IN ENGLAND)

Bowling Stats

T1938
The Ashes (Australia in England)
10 Jun 1938 – 20 Aug 1938
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SERIES WINNERdrawn1-1 (4)

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
category leaders

Bowling in The Ashes (Australia in England)

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 34.18
17#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSBill O'Reilly4 mat · avg 27.73
22#1 · wkts
Hedley Verity4 mat · avg 25.29
14#3 · wkts
  1. 4Chuck Fleetwood-Smith4 mat · avg 51.9314
  2. 5Doug Wright3 mat · avg 35.5012
  3. 6Bill Bowes2 mat · avg 18.8010
  4. 7Ernie McCormick3 mat · avg 34.5010
  5. 8Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 34.754
  6. 9Arthur Wellard1 mat · avg 42.003
  7. 10Reg Sinfield1 mat · avg 61.502
  8. 11Stan McCabe4 mat · avg 146.502
  9. 12Maurice Leyland1 mat · avg 30.001
  10. 13Sid Barnes1 mat · avg 84.001
  11. 14Mervyn Waite2 mat · avg 190.001

Best figures

Test
Bill O'Reilly4 mat · avg 27.73
5/56#2
BEST FIGURESBill Bowes2 mat · avg 18.80
5/49#1
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith4 mat · avg 51.93
4/34#3
  1. 4Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 34.184/63
  2. 5Ernie McCormick3 mat · avg 34.504/101
  3. 6Hedley Verity4 mat · avg 25.294/103
  4. 7Doug Wright3 mat · avg 35.504/153
  5. 8Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 34.752/27
  6. 9Stan McCabe4 mat · avg 146.502/58
  7. 10Arthur Wellard1 mat · avg 42.002/96
  8. 11Maurice Leyland1 mat · avg 30.001/11
  9. 12Reg Sinfield1 mat · avg 61.501/51
  10. 13Sid Barnes1 mat · avg 84.001/84
  11. 14Mervyn Waite2 mat · avg 190.001/150

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Wally Hammond2 mat · avg 0.00
2.03#2 · econ
BEST ECONReg Sinfield1 mat · avg 61.50
1.95#1 · econ
Mervyn Waite2 mat · avg 190.00
2.07#3 · econ
  1. 4Sid Barnes1 mat · avg 84.002.21
  2. 5Hedley Verity4 mat · avg 25.292.30
  3. 6Bill O'Reilly4 mat · avg 27.732.32
  4. 7Bill Bowes2 mat · avg 18.802.48
  5. 8Stan McCabe4 mat · avg 146.502.84
  6. 9Ernie McCormick3 mat · avg 34.503.03
  7. 10Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 34.183.23
  8. 11Chuck Fleetwood-Smith4 mat · avg 51.933.34
  9. 12Doug Wright3 mat · avg 35.503.55
  10. 13Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 34.753.93
  11. 14Arthur Wellard1 mat · avg 42.003.94
  12. 15Lindsay Hassett1 mat · avg 0.004.00

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Hedley Verity4 mat · avg 25.29
25.29#2 · avg
BEST AVGBill Bowes2 mat · avg 18.80
18.80#1 · avg
Bill O'Reilly4 mat · avg 27.73
27.73#3 · avg
  1. 4Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 34.1834.18
  2. 5Ernie McCormick3 mat · avg 34.5034.50
  3. 6Doug Wright3 mat · avg 35.5035.50
  4. 7Chuck Fleetwood-Smith4 mat · avg 51.9351.93

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Doug Wright3 mat · avg 35.50
60.00#2 · SR
BEST SRBill Bowes2 mat · avg 18.80
45.40#1 · SR
Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 34.18
63.41#3 · SR
  1. 4Hedley Verity4 mat · avg 25.2966.07
  2. 5Ernie McCormick3 mat · avg 34.5068.40
  3. 6Bill O'Reilly4 mat · avg 27.7371.73
  4. 7Chuck Fleetwood-Smith4 mat · avg 51.9393.36

Most maidens

Test
Hedley Verity4 mat · avg 25.29
53#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSBill O'Reilly4 mat · avg 27.73
78#1 · mdns
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith4 mat · avg 51.93
34#3 · mdns
  1. 4Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 34.1832
  2. 5Mervyn Waite2 mat · avg 190.0023
  3. 6Doug Wright3 mat · avg 35.5020
  4. 7Ernie McCormick3 mat · avg 34.5020
  5. 8Stan McCabe4 mat · avg 146.5019
  6. 9Reg Sinfield1 mat · avg 61.5016
  7. 10Wally Hammond2 mat · avg 0.0013
  8. 11Bill Bowes2 mat · avg 18.8012
  9. 12Bill Edrich4 mat · avg 34.756
  10. 13Arthur Wellard1 mat · avg 42.003
  11. 14Sid Barnes1 mat · avg 84.003
  12. 15Lindsay Hassett1 mat · avg 0.002

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Ken Farnes4 mat · avg 34.18
4#2 · 3w
MOST 3wBill O'Reilly4 mat · avg 27.73
5#1 · 3w
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith4 mat · avg 51.93
3#3 · 3w
  1. 4Hedley Verity4 mat · avg 25.292
  2. 5Doug Wright3 mat · avg 35.502
  3. 6Bill Bowes2 mat · avg 18.802
  4. 7Ernie McCormick3 mat · avg 34.502
bowling battle

England vs Australia

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsAustralia
63Wickets50
2.91Economy2.84
0Dot balls0
155Maidens182
103-wkt hauls10

Best bowling figures

1Bill BowesENG · match 5 · The Oval5/49
2Bill O'ReillyAUS · match 4 · Leeds5/56
3Bill O'ReillyAUS · match 4 · Leeds5/66
4Chuck Fleetwood-SmithAUS · match 4 · Leeds4/34
5Ken FarnesENG · match 5 · The Oval4/63
6Ken FarnesENG · match 4 · Leeds4/77
7Bill O'ReillyAUS · match 2 · Lord's4/93
8Ernie McCormickAUS · match 2 · Lord's4/101
9Hedley VerityENG · match 2 · Lord's4/103
10Ken FarnesENG · match 1 · Nottingham4/106