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Result of 1938
The Ashes (Australia in England)
5th Test-The Ashes (Australia in England) 1938
Sat, 20 Aug - Wed, 24 Aug 1938 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Kennington Oval, London
England won by an innings and 579 runs
England
903/10 (20.00)
Australia
349/3 (20.00) & 123/10 (34.1)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
903/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Leonard Hutton
c Hassett b O'Reilly
364
847
797
35
0
42.97
In 1938
Career
Bill Edrich
lbw b O'Reilly
12
59
45
0
0
20.33
In 1938
Career
Maurice Leyland
run out
187
438
381
17
0
42.69
In 1938
Career
Wally Hammond (c)
lbw b Fleetwood-Smith
59
153
141
4
0
38.56
In 1938
Career
Eddie Paynter
lbw b O'Reilly
0
4
4
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Denis Compton
b Waite
1
14
13
0
0
7.14
In 1938
Career
Joe Hardstaff
not out
169
400
326
20
0
42.25
In 1938
Career
Arthur Wood (WK)
c & b Barnes
53
95
92
8
0
55.78
In 1938
Career
Hedley Verity
not out
8
19
25
1
0
42.10
In 1938
Career
Extras
(b 22, lb 19, nb 8, w 1)
50
Total
903/7d 335.2 Ov (RR: 2.69)
903
2029
85
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Mervyn Waite
72.00
16
150
1
2.08
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Stan McCabe
38.00
8
85
0
2.23
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Bill O'Reilly
85.00
26
178
3
2.09
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
87.00
11
298
1
3.42
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Sid Barnes
38.00
3
84
1
2.21
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Lindsay Hassett
13.00
2
52
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Donald Bradman
2.20
1
6
0
2.57
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Australia innigs
349/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bill Brown
c Hammond b Leyland
69
153
166
6
0
45.09
In 1938
Career
Jack Badcock
c Hardstaff b Bowes
0
3
4
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Stan McCabe
c Edrich b Farnes
14
15
10
2
0
93.33
In 1938
Career
Lindsay Hassett
c Compton b Edrich
42
41
33
5
0
102.43
In 1938
Career
Sid Barnes
b Bowes
41
72
68
5
0
56.94
In 1938
Career
Ben Barnett (WK)
c (wk)Wood b Bowes
2
3
2
0
0
66.66
In 1938
Career
Mervyn Waite
b Bowes
8
8
10
2
0
100.00
In 1938
Career
Bill O'Reilly
c (wk)Wood b Bowes
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
not out
16
20
26
3
0
80.00
In 1938
Career
Donald Bradman (c)
absent hurt
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Jack Fingleton
absent hurt
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 2, nb 3)
9
Total
201 52.1 Ov (RR: 3.85)
201
318
23
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Ken Farnes
13.00
2
54
1
4.15
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Bill Bowes
19.00
3
49
5
2.57
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Bill Edrich
10.00
2
55
1
5.50
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Hedley Verity
5.00
1
15
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Maurice Leyland
3.10
0
11
1
3.47
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
Wally Hammond
2.00
0
8
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1938
Career
England innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bill Brown
c Edrich b Farnes
15
27
47
1
0
55.55
In 1938
Career
Jack Badcock
b Bowes
9
29
17
2
0
31.03
In 1938
Career
Stan McCabe
c (wk)Wood b Farnes
2
2
1
0
0
100.00
In 1938
Career
Lindsay Hassett
lbw b Bowes
10
12
10
1
0
83.33
In 1938
Career
Sid Barnes
lbw b Verity
33
74
64
4
0
44.59
In 1938
Career
Ben Barnett (WK)
b Farnes
46
50
55
7
0
92.00
In 1938
Career
Mervyn Waite
c Edrich b Verity
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Bill O'Reilly
not out
7
7
10
1
0
100.00
In 1938
Career
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
c Leyland b Farnes
0
3
6
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Donald Bradman (c)
absent hurt
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Jack Fingleton
absent hurt
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1938
Career
Extras
(b 1)
1
Total
123 34.1 Ov (RR: 3.60)
123
205
16
0
Australia innigs
123/10 (34.1)
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