The Ashes, 1938, 1st Test
England v Australia
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
10,11,13,14 June 1938 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: England
Umpires: F Chester and E Robinson
Test Debuts: WJ Edrich, RA Sinfield, DVP Wright (Eng); BA Barnett,
AL Hassett (Aus).

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 422/4 (Paynter 75*, Compton 69*)
Day 2: England 658/8d, Australia 138/3 (McCabe 19*, Ward 0*)
Day 3: Australia 411 and 102/1 (Brown 51*, Bradman 3*)

England 1st innings
CJ Barnett                               b McCormick          126
L Hutton              lbw                b Fleetwood-Smith    100
WJ Edrich                                b O'Reilly             5
*WR Hammond                              b O'Reilly            26
E Paynter             not out                                 216
DCS Compton           c Badcock          b Fleetwood-Smith    102
+LEG Ames                                b Fleetwood-Smith     46
H Verity                                 b Fleetwood-Smith      3
RA Sinfield           lbw                b O'Reilly             6
DVP Wright            not out                                   1
Extras                (b 1, lb 22, nb 4)                       27
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 188 overs)         658

DNB: K Farnes.

FoW: 1-219, 2-240, 3-244, 4-281, 5-487, 6-577, 7-597, 8-626.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McCormick                   32      4    108      1
O'Reilly                    56     11    164      3
McCabe                      21      5     64      0
Fleetwood-Smith             49      9    153      4
Ward                        30      2    142      0

Australia 1st innings
JHW Fingleton                            b Wright               9
WA Brown              c Ames             b Farnes              48
*DG Bradman           c Ames             b Sinfield            51
SJ McCabe             c Compton          b Verity             232
FA Ward                                  b Farnes               2
AL Hassett            c Hammond          b Wright               1
CL Badcock                               b Wright               9
+BA Barnett           c Wright           b Farnes              22
WJ O'Reilly           c Paynter          b Farnes               9
EL McCormick                             b Wright               2
LO'B Fleetwood-Smith  not out                                   5
Extras                (b 10, lb 10, w 1)                       21
Total                 (all out, 130.3 overs)                  411

FoW: 1-34, 2-111, 3-134, 4-144, 5-151,
     6-194, 7-263, 8-319, 9-334, 10-411.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      37     11    106      4
Hammond                     19      7     44      0
Sinfield                    28      8     51      1
Wright                      39      6    153      4
Verity                       7.3    0     36      1

Australia 2nd innings (following on)
JHW Fingleton         c Hammond          b Edrich              40
WA Brown              c Paynter          b Verity             133
*DG Bradman           not out                                 144
SJ McCabe             c Hammond          b Verity              39
AL Hassett            c Compton          b Verity               2
CL Badcock                               b Wright               5
+BA Barnett           lbw                b Sinfield            31
FA Ward               not out                                   7
Extras                (b 5, lb 16, nb 5)                       26
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 184 overs)         427

DNB: WJ O'Reilly, EL McCormick, LO'B Fleetwood-Smith.

FoW: 1-89, 2-259, 3-331, 4-337, 5-369, 6-417.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      24      2     78      0
Hammond                     12      6     15      0
Sinfield                    35      8     72      1
Wright                      37      8     85      1
Verity                      62     27    102      3
Edrich                      13      2     39      1
Barnett                      1      0     10      0

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