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Test no. 266

The Ashes - 5th Test England v Australia

1938 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 20,22,23,24 August 1938 (timeless match) Result England won by an innings and 579 runs

	England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		L Hutton	c Hassett b O'Reilly	364	797	847	35	0	42.97
		WJ Edrich	lbw b O'Reilly	12	45	59	0	0	20.33
		M Leyland	run out	187	381	438	17	0	42.69
		WR Hammond	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	59	141	153	4	0	38.56
		E Paynter	lbw b O'Reilly	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
		DCS Compton	b Waite	1	13	14	0	0	7.14
		J Hardstaff jnr	not out	169	326	400	20	0	42.25
		A Wood	c & b Barnes	53	92	95	8	0	55.78
		H Verity	not out	8	25	19	1	0	42.10
		Extras	(b 22, lb 19, w 1, nb 8)	50
		Total	(7 wickets dec; 335.2 overs)	903	(2.69 runs per over)

Did not bat K Farnes, WE Bowes

Fall of wickets1-29 (Edrich), 2-411 (Leyland), 3-546 (Hammond), 4-547 (Paynter), 5-555 (Compton), 6-770 (Hutton), 7-876 (Wood)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MG Waite	72	16	150	1	2.08
	SJ McCabe	38	8	85	0	2.23
	WJ O'Reilly	85	26	178	3	2.09
	LO Fleetwood-Smith	87	11	298	1	3.42
	SG Barnes	38	3	84	1	2.21
	AL Hassett	13	2	52	0	4.00
	DG Bradman	2.2	1	6	0	2.57

	Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		WA Brown	c Hammond b Leyland	69	166	153	6	0	45.09
		CL Badcock	c Hardstaff b Bowes	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
		SJ McCabe	c Edrich b Farnes	14	10	15	2	0	93.33
		AL Hassett	c Compton b Edrich	42	33	41	5	0	102.43
		SG Barnes	b Bowes	41	68	72	5	0	56.94
		BA Barnett	c Wood b Bowes	2	2	3	0	0	66.66
		MG Waite	b Bowes	8	10	8	2	0	100.00
		WJ O'Reilly	c Wood b Bowes	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
		LO Fleetwood-Smith	not out	16	26	20	3	0	80.00
		DG Bradman	absent hurt	-
		JHW Fingleton	absent hurt	-
		Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 3)	9
		Total	(all out; 52.1 overs)	201	(3.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Badcock), 2-19 (McCabe), 3-70 (Hassett), 4-145 (Barnes), 5-147 (Barnett), 6-160 (Waite), 7-160 (O'Reilly), 8-201 (Brown)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	K Farnes	13	2	54	1	4.15
	WE Bowes	19	3	49	5	2.57
	WJ Edrich	10	2	55	1	5.50
	H Verity	5	1	15	0	3.00
	M Leyland	3.1	0	11	1	3.47
	WR Hammond	2	0	8	0	4.00

	Australia 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		WA Brown	c Edrich b Farnes	15	47	27	1	0	55.55
		CL Badcock	b Bowes	9	17	29	2	0	31.03
		SJ McCabe	c Wood b Farnes	2	1	2	0	0	100.00
		AL Hassett	lbw b Bowes	10	10	12	1	0	83.33
		SG Barnes	lbw b Verity	33	64	74	4	0	44.59
		BA Barnett	b Farnes	46	55	50	7	0	92.00
		MG Waite	c Edrich b Verity	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
		WJ O'Reilly	not out	7	10	7	1	0	100.00
		LO Fleetwood-Smith	c Leyland b Farnes	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
		DG Bradman	absent hurt	-
		JHW Fingleton	absent hurt	-
		Extras	(b 1)	1
		Total	(all out; 34.1 overs)	123	(3.60 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Badcock), 2-18 (McCabe), 3-35 (Hassett), 4-41 (Brown), 5-115 (Barnes), 6-115 (Waite), 7-117 (Barnett), 8-123 (Fleetwood-Smith)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	K Farnes	12.1	1	63	4	5.17
	WE Bowes	10	3	25	2	2.50
	H Verity	7	3	15	2	2.14
	M Leyland	5	0	19	0	3.80

Toss England, who chose to bat first Series 4-match series drawn 1-1 (1 abandoned) Test debuts SG Barnes (Australia); A Wood (England) Umpires F Chester and FI Walden Close of play 20 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 347/1 (L Hutton 160*, M Leyland 156*) 21 Aug rest day 22 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 634/5 (L Hutton 300*, J Hardstaff jnr 40*) 23 Aug day 3 - Australia 1st innings 117/3 (WA Brown 29*, SG Barnes 25*) 24 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 123 (34.1 ov) - end of match

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