The 1938

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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

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, 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

* DG Bradman (captain - SA) * SJ McCabe (vice-captain - NSW) * CL Badcock (SA) * SG Barnes (NSW) * BA Barnett (VIC) * WA Brown (QLD) * AG Chipperfield (NSW) * JHW Fingleton (NSW) * LO Fleetwood-Smith (VIC) * AL Hassett (VIC) * EL McCormick (VIC) * WJ O'Reilly (NSW) * MG Waite (SA) * CW Walker (SA) * FA Ward (SA) * ECS White (NSW) Manager: Mr WH Jeanes The team travelled to England on the P&O liner RMS ''Strathmore''.Gideon Haigh, ''The Book of Ashes Anecdotes'', p. 61

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Fourth Test

Fifth Test

The England total of 903-7d is the highest Test innings total to feature a duck - Eddie Paynter was dismissed for 0.

Ceylon

The Australians had a stopover in

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''en route'' to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.

References

External links

CricketArchive – tour summaries

Annual reviews

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1939