1938 English cricket season

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The 1938 English cricket season was notable for England's remarkable total at The Oval with Len Hutton contributing a record 364.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Test Series 3 Leading batsmen 4 Leading bowlers 5 External sources 6 Annual reviews 7 Further reading

[edit] Honours

• County Championship - Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship - Buckinghamshire
• Wisden - Hugh Bartlett, Bill Brown, Denis Compton, Kenneth Farnes, Arthur Wood

[edit] Test Series

England and Australia drew the series 1-1 with two matches drawn and one game abandoned without a ball being bowled. England won the famous match at The Oval in which they posted a record total of 903-7d and Len Hutton scored 364.

[edit] Leading batsmen

Don Bradman topped the averages with 2429 runs @ 115.66

[edit] Leading bowlers

Bill Bowes topped the averages with 121 wickets @ 15.23

[edit] External sources

• CricketArchive – season summary

[edit] Annual reviews

• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1939

[edit] Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975

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