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5th Test-The Ashes (Australia in England) 1938

TESTKennington Oval, LondonSat, 20 Aug - Wed, 24 Aug 1938 - 15:30

ENG

England

903/10 (20.00)

Australia

349/3 (20.00) & 123/10 (34.1)

AUS

England won by an innings and 579 runs

ENGEngland innings

903/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Leonard Hutton c Hassett b O'Reilly	364	847	797	35	0	42.97	In 1938	473	50	0	Career	600	58	0
Bill Edrich lbw b O'Reilly	12	59	45	0	0	20.33	In 1938	67	6	0	Career	67	6	0
Maurice Leyland run out	187	438	381	17	0	42.69	In 1938	187	17	0	Career	2764	209	7
Wally Hammond (c) lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	59	153	141	4	0	38.56	In 1938	403	50	1	Career	5995	423	23
Eddie Paynter lbw b O'Reilly	0	4	4	0	0	0.00	In 1938	407	53	2	Career	812	75	3
Denis Compton b Waite	1	14	13	0	0	7.14	In 1938	214	35	0	Career	279	35	0
Joe Hardstaff not out	169	400	326	20	0	42.25	In 1938	184	23	0	Career	896	78	1
Arthur Wood (WK) c & b Barnes	53	95	92	8	0	55.78	In 1938	53	8	0	Career	53	8	0
Hedley Verity not out	8	19	25	1	0	42.10	In 1938	52	6	0	Career	603	17	0
Extras (b 22, lb 19, nb 8, w 1)	50
Total 903/7d 335.2 Ov (RR: 2.69)	903

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Mervyn Waite	72.00	16	150	1	2.08	In 1938	1	1/150	Career	1
Stan McCabe	38.00	8	85	0	2.23	In 1938	2	4/13	Career	33
Bill O'Reilly	85.00	26	178	3	2.09	In 1938	22	7/189	Career	136
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	87.00	11	298	1	3.42	In 1938	14	6/129	Career	42
Sid Barnes	38.00	3	84	1	2.21	In 1938	1	1/84	Career	1
Lindsay Hassett	13.00	2	52	0	4.00	In 1938	0	0/52	Career	0
Donald Bradman	2.20	1	6	0	2.57	In 1938	0	1/7	Career	2

AUSAustralia innings

349/3 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Bill Brown c Hammond b Leyland	69	153	166	6	0	45.09	In 1938	512	50	0	Career	1324	75	1
Jack Badcock c Hardstaff b Bowes	0	3	4	0	0	0.00	In 1938	32	2	0	Career	160	18	0
Stan McCabe c Edrich b Farnes	14	15	10	2	0	93.33	In 1938	362	52	2	Career	2748	269	5
Lindsay Hassett c Compton b Edrich	42	41	33	5	0	102.43	In 1938	199	25	1	Career	199	25	1
Sid Barnes b Bowes	41	72	68	5	0	56.94	In 1938	74	9	0	Career	74	9	0
Ben Barnett (WK) c (wk)Wood b Bowes	2	3	2	0	0	66.66	In 1938	195	25	0	Career	195	25	0
Mervyn Waite b Bowes	8	8	10	2	0	100.00	In 1938	11	2	0	Career	11	2	0
Bill O'Reilly c (wk)Wood b Bowes	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	In 1938	60	7	2	Career	410	16	11
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith not out	16	20	26	3	0	80.00	In 1938	30	4	0	Career	54	5	1
Donald Bradman (c) absent hurt	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938	434	37	0	Career	5093	495	5
Jack Fingleton absent hurt	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938	123	9	0	Career	1189	53	1
Extras (b 4, lb 2, nb 3)	9
Total 201 52.1 Ov (RR: 3.85)	201

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Ken Farnes	13.00	2	54	1	4.15	In 1938	17	6/96	Career	44
Bill Bowes	19.00	3	49	5	2.57	In 1938	10	6/34	Career	54
Bill Edrich	10.00	2	55	1	5.50	In 1938	4	2/5	Career	4
Hedley Verity	5.00	1	15	0	3.00	In 1938	14	8/61	Career	115
Maurice Leyland	3.10	0	11	1	3.47	In 1938	1	3/91	Career	6
Wally Hammond	2.00	0	8	0	4.00	In 1938	0	5/30	Career	67

ENGEngland innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Bill Brown c Edrich b Farnes	15	27	47	1	0	55.55	In 1938	512	50	0	Career	1324	75	1
Jack Badcock b Bowes	9	29	17	2	0	31.03	In 1938	32	2	0	Career	160	18	0
Stan McCabe c (wk)Wood b Farnes	2	2	1	0	0	100.00	In 1938	362	52	2	Career	2748	269	5
Lindsay Hassett lbw b Bowes	10	12	10	1	0	83.33	In 1938	199	25	1	Career	199	25	1
Sid Barnes lbw b Verity	33	74	64	4	0	44.59	In 1938	74	9	0	Career	74	9	0
Ben Barnett (WK) b Farnes	46	50	55	7	0	92.00	In 1938	195	25	0	Career	195	25	0
Mervyn Waite c Edrich b Verity	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1938	11	2	0	Career	11	2	0
Bill O'Reilly not out	7	7	10	1	0	100.00	In 1938	60	7	2	Career	410	16	11
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith c Leyland b Farnes	0	3	6	0	0	0.00	In 1938	30	4	0	Career	54	5	1
Donald Bradman (c) absent hurt	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938	434	37	0	Career	5093	495	5
Jack Fingleton absent hurt	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1938	123	9	0	Career	1189	53	1
Extras (b 1)	1
Total 123 34.1 Ov (RR: 3.60)	123