Australian cricket team in England in 1938

The 1938 Ashes series between Australia and England was drawn. England and Australia won a Test each, with two of the other Tests drawn and the third game of the series, scheduled for Manchester, abandoned without a ball being bowled, only the second instance of this in more than 60 years of Test cricket. The Australians retained The Ashes.

In all 30 first-class matches were played, and the Australian team won 15 of them losing only to England and H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI. There were also six minor games, the Australians winning five of them.

The touring team
Manager: WH Jeanes (SA)
 * DG Bradman (captain - SA)
 * SJ McCabe (vice-captain - NSW)
 * CL Badcock (SA)
 * SG Barnes (NSW)
 * BA Barnett (VIC)
 * WA Brown (QLD)
 * AG Chipperfield (NSW)
 * JHW Fingleton (NSW)
 * LO Fleetwood-Smith (VIC)
 * AL Hassett (VIC)
 * EL McCormick (VIC)
 * WJ O'Reilly (NSW)
 * MG Waite (SA)
 * CW Walker (SA)
 * FA Ward (SA)
 * ECS White (NSW)

The team travelled to England on the P&O liner RMS Strathmore.

Fifth Test
The England total of 903-7d is the highest Test innings total to feature a duck - Eddie Paynter was dismissed for 0.

Ceylon
The Australians had a stopover in Colombo en route to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.

Annual reviews

 * Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1939