Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c Hassett b O'Reilly	364	847	797	35	0	42.97
Bill Edrich	lbw b O'Reilly	12	59	45	0	0	20.33
Maurice Leyland	run out	187	438	381	17	0	42.69
Wally Hammond (c)	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	59	153	141	4	0	38.56
Eddie Paynter	lbw b O'Reilly	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Denis Compton	b Waite	1	14	13	0	0	7.14
Joe Hardstaff	not out	169	400	326	20	0	42.25
Arthur Wood †	c & b Barnes	53	95	92	8	0	55.78
Hedley Verity	not out	8	19	25	1	0	42.10
Extras	(b 22, lb 19, nb 8, w 1)	50
Total	335.2 Ov (RR: 2.69)	903/7d
Did not bat: Ken Farnes, Bill Bowes
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Bill Edrich), 2-411 (Maurice Leyland), 3-546 (Wally Hammond), 4-547 (Eddie Paynter), 5-555 (Denis Compton), 6-770 (Leonard Hutton), 7-876 (Arthur Wood)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Mervyn Waite	72	16	150	1	2.08	-	-	-
Stan McCabe	38	8	85	0	2.23	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	85	26	178	3	2.09	-	-	-
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	87	11	298	1	3.42	-	-	-
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 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Brown	c Hammond b Leyland	69	153	166	6	0	45.09
Jack Badcock	c Hardstaff b Bowes	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Stan McCabe	c Edrich b Farnes	14	15	10	2	0	93.33
Lindsay Hassett	c Compton b Edrich	42	41	33	5	0	102.43
Sid Barnes	b Bowes	41	72	68	5	0	56.94
Ben Barnett †	c †Wood b Bowes	2	3	2	0	0	66.66
Mervyn Waite	b Bowes	8	8	10	2	0	100.00
Bill O'Reilly	c †Wood b Bowes	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	not out	16	20	26	3	0	80.00
Donald Bradman (c)	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Fingleton	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 3)	9
Total	52.1 Ov (RR: 3.85)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jack Badcock), 2-19 (Stan McCabe), 3-70 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-145 (Sid Barnes), 5-147 (Ben Barnett), 6-160 (Mervyn Waite), 7-160 (Bill O'Reilly), 8-201 (Bill Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ken Farnes	13	2	54	1	4.15	-	-	-
Bill Bowes	19	3	49	5	2.57	-	-	-
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 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Brown	c Edrich b Farnes	15	27	47	1	0	55.55
Jack Badcock	b Bowes	9	29	17	2	0	31.03
Stan McCabe	c †Wood b Farnes	2	2	1	0	0	100.00
Lindsay Hassett	lbw b Bowes	10	12	10	1	0	83.33
Sid Barnes	lbw b Verity	33	74	64	4	0	44.59
Ben Barnett †	b Farnes	46	50	55	7	0	92.00
Mervyn Waite	c Edrich b Verity	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Bill O'Reilly	not out	7	7	10	1	0	100.00
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	c Leyland b Farnes	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Donald Bradman (c)	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Fingleton	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1)	1
Total	34.1 Ov (RR: 3.60)	123
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Jack Badcock), 2-18 (Stan McCabe), 3-35 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-41 (Bill Brown), 5-115 (Sid Barnes), 6-115 (Mervyn Waite), 7-117 (Ben Barnett), 8-123 (Chuck Fleetwood-Smith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ken Farnes	12.1	1	63	4	5.17	-	-	-
Bill Bowes	10	3	25	2	2.50	-	-	-
Hedley Verity	7	3	15	2	2.14	-	-	-
Maurice Leyland	5	0	19	0	3.80	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 20 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 347/1 (Leonard Hutton 160*, Maurice Leyland 156*)

Sun, 21 Aug - rest day

Mon, 22 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 634/5 (Leonard Hutton 300*, Joe Hardstaff 40*)

Tue, 23 Aug - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 117/3 (Bill Brown 29*, Sid Barnes 25*)

Wed, 24 Aug - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 123 (34.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1938
Series result	4-match series drawn 1-1 (1 abandoned)
Match number	Test no. 266
Match days	day (0-day match)
Test debut	Sid Barnes Arthur Wood
Umpires	Fanny Walden Frank Chester

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Farnes	12.1	1	63	4	5.17
WE Bowes	10	3	25	2	2.5
H Verity	7	3	15	2	2.14
M Leyland	5	0	19	0	3.8

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