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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.
- 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)
Manager: WH Jeanes (SA)
The team travelled to England on the P&O liner RMS Strathmore.[1]
First Test
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 12 June was taken as a rest day.
- WJ Edrich, RA Sinfield and DVP Wright (all ENG), and AL Hassett and BA Barnett (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 26 June was taken as a rest day.
Third Test
Fourth Test
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Fifth Test
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The England total of 903-7d is the highest Test innings total to feature a duck - Eddie Paynter was dismissed for 0.[2]
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.[3]
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