Australian cricket team in England in 1938

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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.

Contents

The touring team

The Test series

  • 1st Test (Nottingham) — drawn - [1]
  • 2nd Test (Lord's) — drawn - [2]
  • 3rd Test (Manchester) — match abandoned without a ball bowled - [3]
  • 4th Test (Leeds) — Australia won by 5 wickets - [4]
  • 5th Test (The Oval) — England won by an innings and 579 runs - [5]

External sources

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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