TestNo. 266MenScorecard

England v Australia

England won by an innings and 579 runs

20 to 24 August 1938The Oval

Englandwon by an innings and 579 runs

903/7d335.2 ov

Australia

201/8 & 123/834.1 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

903/7d335.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	caught	364	847	797	35	0	43.0
Bill Edrich	lbw	12	59	45	0	0	20.3
Maurice Leyland	run out	187	438	381	17	0	42.7
Wally Hammond	lbw	59	153	141	4	0	38.6
Eddie Paynter	lbw	0	4	4	0	0	0.0
Denis Compton	bowled	1	14	13	0	0	7.1
Joe Hardstaff	not out	169*	400	326	20	0	42.3
Arthur Wood	caught	53	95	92	8	0	55.8
Hedley Verity	not out	8*	19	25	1	0	42.1
Extras	b 22, lb 19, w 1, nb 8	50
Total	7 wickets declared, 335.2 overs	903

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 910

1-29 Bill Edrich2-411 Maurice Leyland3-546 Wally Hammond4-547 Eddie Paynter5-555 Denis Compton6-770 Leonard Hutton7-876 Arthur Wood

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mervyn Waite	72	16	150	1	2.08
Stan McCabe	38	8	85	0	2.24
Bill O'Reilly	85	26	178	3	2.09
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	87	11	298	1	3.43
Sid Barnes	38	3	84	1	2.21
Lindsay Hassett	13	2	52	0	4.00
Donald Bradman	2.2	1	6	0	2.57

Australia innings

201/852.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Bill Brown	caught	69	153	166	6	0	45.1
Jack Badcock	caught	0	3	4	0	0	0.0
Stan McCabe	caught	14	15	10	2	0	93.3
Lindsay Hassett	caught	42	41	33	5	0	102.4
Sid Barnes	bowled	41	72	68	5	0	56.9
Ben Barnett	caught	2	3	2	0	0	66.7
Mervyn Waite	bowled	8	8	10	2	0	100.0
Bill O'Reilly	caught	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	not out	16*	20	26	3	0	80.0
Extras	b 4, lb 2, nb 3	9
Total	8 wickets, 52.1 overs	201

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 910

1-0 Jack Badcock2-19 Stan McCabe3-70 Lindsay Hassett4-145 Sid Barnes5-147 Ben Barnett6-160 Mervyn Waite7-160 Bill O'Reilly8-201 Bill Brown

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ken Farnes	13	2	54	1	4.15
Bill Bowes	19	3	49	5	2.58
Bill Edrich	10	2	55	1	5.50
Hedley Verity	5	1	15	0	3.00
Maurice Leyland	3.1	0	11	1	3.47
Wally Hammond	2	0	8	0	4.00

Australia innings

123/834.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Bill Brown	caught	15	27	47	1	0	55.6
Jack Badcock	bowled	9	29	17	2	0	31.0
Stan McCabe	caught	2	2	1	0	0	100.0
Lindsay Hassett	lbw	10	12	10	1	0	83.3
Sid Barnes	lbw	33	74	64	4	0	44.6
Ben Barnett	bowled	46	50	55	7	0	92.0
Mervyn Waite	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Bill O'Reilly	not out	7*	7	10	1	0	100.0
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	caught	0	3	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1	1
Total	8 wickets, 34.1 overs	123

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 910

1-15 Jack Badcock2-18 Stan McCabe3-35 Lindsay Hassett4-41 Bill Brown5-115 Sid Barnes6-115 Mervyn Waite7-117 Ben Barnett8-123 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ken Farnes	12.1	1	63	4	5.18
Bill Bowes	10	3	25	2	2.50
Hedley Verity	7	3	15	2	2.14
Maurice Leyland	5	0	19	0	3.80

Tests in August 1938

1 match

TestScorecardEngland903/7d335.2Australia201/8 & 123/834.1England won by an innings and 579 runsThe Oval, 20 August

Match facts

Format: Test No. 266
Dates: 20 to 24 August 1938
Ground: The Oval
Result: England won by an innings and 579 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
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    "batting": [{"player": "Leonard Hutton", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 364, "balls": 847, "minutes": 797, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Mervyn Waite", "overs": "72", "wickets": 1, ...}, ...]
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England v Australia

Previous meetingTest, Australia won by 5 wickets, 22 July 1938 Next meetingTest, Australia won by an innings and 332 runs, 29 November 1946