England v Australia
Australia won by 5 wickets
22 to 25 July 1938Leeds
England
223 & 12350.5 ov
Australiawon by 5 wickets
242 & 107/532.3 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
22398.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 12 | 67 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 17.9 |
| Charlie Barnett | caught | 30 | 134 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| Joe Hardstaff | run out | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Wally Hammond | bowled | 76 | 149 | 136 | 10 | 1 | 51.0 |
| Eddie Paynter | stumped | 28 | 108 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 25.9 |
| Denis Compton | bowled | 14 | 36 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Fred Price | caught | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hedley Verity | not out | 25* | 54 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 46.3 |
| Doug Wright | caught | 22 | 27 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 81.5 |
| Ken Farnes | caught | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Bill Bowes | bowled | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | lb 4, nb 3 | 7 | |||||
| Total | all out, 98.1 overs | 223 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-29 Bill Edrich2-34 Joe Hardstaff3-88 Charlie Barnett4-142 Wally Hammond5-171 Eddie Paynter6-171 Denis Compton7-172 Fred Price8-213 Doug Wright9-215 Ken Farnes10-223 Bill Bowes
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie McCormick | 20 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Mervyn Waite | 18 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 1.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill O'Reilly | 34.1 | 17 | 66 | 5 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Fleetwood-Smith | 25 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan McCabe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
24298.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Fingleton | bowled | 30 | 117 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 25.6 |
| Bill Brown | bowled | 22 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 73.3 |
| Ben Barnett | caught | 57 | 140 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 40.7 |
| Donald Bradman | bowled | 103 | 184 | 178 | 9 | 0 | 56.0 |
| Stan McCabe | bowled | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Jack Badcock | bowled | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Lindsay Hassett | caught | 13 | 52 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Mervyn Waite | caught | 3 | 35 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 |
| Bill O'Reilly | caught | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ernie McCormick | bowled | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chuck Fleetwood-Smith | not out | 2* | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 3 | 5 | |||||
| Total | all out, 98.4 overs | 242 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-28 Bill Brown2-87 Jack Fingleton3-128 Ben Barnett4-136 Stan McCabe5-145 Jack Badcock6-195 Lindsay Hassett7-232 Mervyn Waite8-240 Donald Bradman9-240 Bill O'Reilly10-242 Ernie McCormick
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 26 | 3 | 77 | 4 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bowes | 35.4 | 6 | 79 | 3 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 15 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 2.53 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 19 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
12350.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | stumped | 28 | 110 | 111 | 3 | 0 | 25.5 |
| Charlie Barnett | caught | 29 | 69 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 42.0 |
| Joe Hardstaff | bowled | 11 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 47.8 |
| Wally Hammond | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Eddie Paynter | not out | 21* | 60 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 35.0 |
| Denis Compton | caught | 15 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Fred Price | lbw | 6 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Hedley Verity | bowled | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Doug Wright | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ken Farnes | bowled | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 116.7 |
| Bill Bowes | lbw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 4, w 1, nb 1 | 6 | |||||
| Total | all out, 50.5 overs | 123 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-60 Charlie Barnett2-73 Joe Hardstaff3-73 Wally Hammond4-73 Bill Edrich5-96 Denis Compton6-116 Fred Price7-116 Hedley Verity8-116 Doug Wright9-123 Ken Farnes10-123 Bill Bowes
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie McCormick | 11 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Mervyn Waite | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill O'Reilly | 21.5 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 2.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Fleetwood-Smith | 16 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 105
107/532.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Fingleton | lbw | 9 | 43 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20.9 |
| Bill Brown | lbw | 9 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Donald Bradman | caught | 16 | 31 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 51.6 |
| Stan McCabe | caught | 15 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 93.8 |
| Lindsay Hassett | caught | 33 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Jack Badcock | not out | 5* | 42 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 |
| Ben Barnett | not out | 15* | 18 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Extras | b 4, nb 1 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 32.3 overs | 107 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-17 Bill Brown2-32 Jack Fingleton3-50 Donald Bradman4-61 Stan McCabe5-91 Lindsay Hassett
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farnes | 11.3 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bowes | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 5 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedley Verity | 5 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |