Australian cricket team in England in 1938
- Australian cricket team in England in 1938
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.
The touring team
The Test series
*1st Test (Nottingham) — drawn - [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1938/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_T1_10-14JUN1938.html]
*2nd Test (Lord's) — drawn - [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1938/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_T2_24-28JUN1938.html]
*3rd Test (Manchester) — match abandoned without a ball bowled - [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1938/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_T3_08-12JUL1938.html]
*4th Test (Leeds) — Australia won by 5 wickets - [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1938/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_T4_22-25JUL1938.html]
*5th Test (The Oval) — England won by an innings and 579 runs - [http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1938/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_T5_20-24AUG1938.html]
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1938.html CricketArchive – tour summaries]
Annual reviews
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1939
Further reading
* Bill Frindall, "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978", Wisden, 1979
* Chris Harte, "A History of Australian Cricket", Andre Deutsch, 1993
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 — Sir Donald Bradman Personal information Full name Sir Donald George Bradman Nickname The Don, The Boy from Bowral, Braddles Born 27 August 1908 … Wikipedia
Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 — Neil Harvey Personal information Full name Robert Neil Harvey Nickname Ninna Born 8 October 1928 (1928 10 08) (age 83) Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia … Wikipedia
Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 — Doug Ring Personal information Full name Douglas Thomas Ring Born 14 October 1918(1918 10 14) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Died 23 June 2003(2003 06 23) (aged 84) … Wikipedia
Colin McCool with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 — Colin McCool Personal information Full name Colin Leslie McCool Born 9 December 1916(1916 12 09) Paddingto … Wikipedia
Don Tallon with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 — Don Tallon Personal information Full name Donald Tallon Nickname Deafy Born 17 February 1916(1916 02 17 … Wikipedia
History of the Australian cricket team — The History of the Australian cricket team began when eleven cricketers from the colonies of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria formed an eleven to play a touring team of professional English cricketers at Melbourne in March 1877. Billed as the… … Wikipedia
New Zealand cricket team in England in 1949 — The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1949 season. The team was the fourth official touring side from New Zealand, following those in 1927, 1931 and 1937, and was by some distance the most successful to this date. The four match Test … Wikipedia
England cricket team — Infobox abovestyle = background:inherit; border bottom:groove; labelstyle = background:inherit; belowstyle = background:inherit; text align:right; above = England caption = label1 = Test status granted data1 = 1877 label2 = First Test match data2 … Wikipedia
Australia national cricket team — Australia Insignia on the baggy green. Test status granted 1877 … Wikipedia
History of the England cricket team to 1939 — The History of the England Cricket Team can be said to date back to at least 1739, when sides styled Kent and All England played a match at Bromley Common. Over 300 matches involving England or All England prior to 1877 are known. However these… … Wikipedia
