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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
Best Economy
Mervyn Waite
2.083333
Bill O'Reilly
2.094117
Sid Barnes
2.210526
Stan McCabe
2.236842
Hedley Verity
2.500000
Best Bowling Fig
Bill Bowes
5
Ken Farnes
4
Bill O'Reilly
3
Hedley Verity
2
Mervyn Waite
1
Most Runs Conceed
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
298
Bill O'Reilly
178
Mervyn Waite
150
Ken Farnes
117
Stan McCabe
85
Best Average
Bill Bowes
10.571428
Hedley Verity
15.000000
Ken Farnes
23.400000
Maurice Leyland
30.000000
Bill Edrich
55.000000
Most Wickets
Bill Bowes
7
Ken Farnes
5
Bill O'Reilly
3
Hedley Verity
2
Mervyn Waite
1
Best Averages
Sir Leonard Hutton
364.000000
Maurice Leyland
187.000000
Wally Hammond
59.000000
Arthur Wood
53.000000
Bill Brown
42.000000
Highest Score
Sir Leonard Hutton
364
Maurice Leyland
187
Joe Hardstaff
169
Bill Brown
69
Wally Hammond
59
Most Runs
Sir Leonard Hutton
364
Maurice Leyland
187
Joe Hardstaff
169
Bill Brown
84
Sid Barnes
74
Best Strike Rate
Lindsay Hassett
0.981132
Stan McCabe
0.941176
Ben Barnett
0.905660
Mervyn Waite
0.888888
Bill O'Reilly
0.700000
Most Fours
Sir Leonard Hutton
35
Joe Hardstaff
20
Maurice Leyland
17
Sid Barnes
9
Arthur Wood
8
Most 50s
Bill Brown
2
Wally Hammond
1
Arthur Wood
1
Most Runs Conceed
Sid Barnes
84
Bill Bowes
74
Best Bowling Fig
Sid Barnes
1
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
1
Maurice Leyland
1
Bill Edrich
1
Most Not Outs
Bill O'Reilly
2
Best Economy
Bill Bowes
2.551724
Donald Bradman
2.727272
Best Strike Rate
Bill Bowes
24.8571
Ken Farnes
30.12
Hedley Verity
36
Most Not Outs
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
2
Hedley Verity
1
Joe Hardstaff
1
Most Wickets
Sid Barnes
1
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
1
Maurice Leyland
1
Bill Edrich
1
Best Averages
Sid Barnes
37.000000
Lindsay Hassett
26.000000
Most 100s
Maurice Leyland
1
Joe Hardstaff
1
Sir Leonard Hutton
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
298
Bill O'Reilly
178
Mervyn Waite
150
Stan McCabe
85
Sid Barnes
84
Best Average
Bill O'Reilly
59.333333
Sid Barnes
84.000000
Best Strike Rate
Maurice Leyland
48.6
Bill Edrich
60
Bill O'Reilly
170
Sid Barnes
228
Best Strike Rate
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
0.695652
Arthur Wood
0.557894
Worst Bowling Fig
Ken Farnes
63
Bill Edrich
55
Most Runs
Wally Hammond
59
Arthur Wood
53
Most Ducks
Bill O'Reilly
2
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
2
Jack Badcock
2
Mervyn Waite
2
Eddie Paynter
1
Most Fours
Ben Barnett
7
Bill Brown
7
Lindsay Hassett
6
Most Balls Faced
Sir Leonard Hutton
847
Maurice Leyland
438
Joe Hardstaff
400
Bill Brown
180
Wally Hammond
153
Sid Barnes
146
Arthur Wood
95
Highest Score
Arthur Wood
53
Ben Barnett
46