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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
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201-8 & 123-8
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Overs: 335.2 RR: 2.69 vs spin: 2.67
vs seam: 2.69
Overs: 34.1 RR: 3.60 vs spin: 2.83
vs seam: 3.97
Sat 20/08/38 England v Australia, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 579 runs
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England - 1st Inns 903-7 (335.2; RR: 2.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Hassett b O'Reilly 364 847 35 0 42.98
WJ Edrich lbw b O'Reilly 12 59 0 0 20.34
M Leyland run out 187 438 17 0 42.69
WR Hammond lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 59 153 4 0 38.56
E Paynter lbw b O'Reilly 0 4 0 0 0.00
DCS Compton b Waite 1 14 0 0 7.14
J Hardstaff not out 169 400 20 0 42.25
A Wood c & b Barnes 53 95 8 0 55.79
H Verity not out 8 19 1 0 42.11
K Farnes  
WE Bowes  
Extras (22b, 19lb, 1w, 8nb) 50  
TOTAL 903-7 (335.2 overs; RR: 2.69)

Fall of wickets

29-1 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 411-2 (M Leyland 0.0 ov), 546-3 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 547-4 (E Paynter 0.0 ov), 555-5 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 770-6 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 876-7 (A Wood 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MG Waite 72.0 16 150 1 2.08 1 0
SJ McCabe 38.0 8 85 0 2.24 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 85.0 26 178 3 2.09 0 7
LO Fleetwood-Smith 87.0 11 298 1 3.43 0 0
SG Barnes 38.0 3 84 1 2.21 0 1
AL Hassett 13.0 2 52 0 4.00 0 0
DG Bradman 2.2 1 6 0 3.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 201-8 (52.1; RR: 3.85)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WA Brown c Hammond b Leyland 69 153 6 0 45.10
CL Badcock c Hardstaff b Bowes 0 3 0 0 0.00
SJ McCabe c Edrich b Farnes 14 15 2 0 93.33
AL Hassett c Compton b Edrich 42 41 5 0 102.44
SG Barnes b Bowes 41 72 5 0 56.94
BA Barnett c Wood b Bowes 2 3 0 0 66.67
MG Waite b Bowes 8 8 2 0 100.00
WJ O'Reilly c Wood b Bowes 0 3 0 0 0.00
LO Fleetwood-Smith not out 16 20 3 0 80.00
DG Bradman  
JHW Fingleton  
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb) 9  
TOTAL 201-8 (52.1 overs; RR: 3.85)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (CL Badcock 0.0 ov), 19-2 (SJ McCabe 0.0 ov), 70-3 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 145-4 (SG Barnes 0.0 ov), 147-5 (BA Barnett 0.0 ov), 160-6 (MG Waite 0.0 ov), 160-7 (WJ O'Reilly 0.0 ov), 201-8 (WA Brown 52.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 13.0 2 54 1 4.15 0 0
WE Bowes 19.0 3 49 5 2.58 0 0
WJ Edrich 10.0 2 55 1 5.50 0 2
H Verity 5.0 1 15 0 3.00 0 0
M Leyland 3.1 0 11 1 3.67 0 0
WR Hammond 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 1

Australia - 2nd Inns 123-8 (34.1; RR: 3.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WA Brown c Edrich b Farnes 15 27 1 0 55.56
CL Badcock b Bowes 9 29 2 0 31.03
SJ McCabe c Wood b Farnes 2 2 0 0 100.00
AL Hassett lbw b Bowes 10 12 1 0 83.33
SG Barnes lbw b Verity 33 74 4 0 44.59
BA Barnett b Farnes 46 50 7 0 92.00
MG Waite c Edrich b Verity 0 1 0 0 0.00
WJ O'Reilly not out 7 7 1 0 100.00
LO Fleetwood-Smith c Leyland b Farnes 0 3 0 0 0.00
DG Bradman  
JHW Fingleton  
Extras (1b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 1  
TOTAL 123-8 (34.1 overs; RR: 3.60)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (CL Badcock 0.0 ov), 18-2 (SJ McCabe 0.0 ov), 35-3 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 41-4 (WA Brown 0.0 ov), 115-5 (SG Barnes 0.0 ov), 115-6 (MG Waite 0.0 ov), 117-7 (BA Barnett 0.0 ov), 123-8 (LO Fleetwood-Smith 34.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 12.1 1 63 4 5.25 0 0
WE Bowes 10.0 3 25 2 2.50 0 0
M Leyland 5.0 0 19 0 3.80 0 0
H Verity 7.0 3 15 2 2.14 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Saturday August 20, 1938

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

F Chester, FI Walden

England Team

Playing XI

WR Hammond, M Leyland, H Verity, E Paynter, WE Bowes, K Farnes, J Hardstaff, L Hutton, DCS Compton, WJ Edrich, A Wood

Australia Team

Playing XI

DG Bradman, SJ McCabe, WJ O'Reilly, JHW Fingleton, WA Brown, LO Fleetwood-Smith, CL Badcock, BA Barnett, AL Hassett, MG Waite, SG Barnes