1938 ENGLISH CRICKET SEASON

The '1938 English cricket season' was notable for England's remarkable total at The Oval with Len Hutton contributing a record 364.

Contents

Honours

Test Series

Leading batsmen

Leading bowlers

References

Honours

★ 'County Championship' - Yorkshire

★ 'Minor Counties Championship' - Buckinghamshire

★ 'Wisden' - Hugh Bartlett, Bill Brown, Denis Compton, Kenneth Farnes, Arthur Wood

Test Series

England and Australia drew the series 1-1 with two matches drawn and one game abandoned without a ball being bowled. England won the famous match at The Oval in which they posted a record total of 903-7d and Len Hutton scored 364.

Leading batsmen

Don Bradman topped the averages with 2429 runs @ 115.66

Leading bowlers

Bill Bowes topped the averages with 121 wickets @ 15.23

References

★ ''The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)

★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)