1938 English cricket season
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The 1938 English cricket season was notable for England's remarkable total at The Oval with Len Hutton contributing a record 364.
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[edit] Honours
- County Championship - Yorkshire
- Minor Counties Championship - Buckinghamshire
- Wisden - Hugh Bartlett, Bill Brown, Denis Compton, Kenneth Farnes, Arthur Wood
[edit] 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.
[edit] Leading batsmen
Don Bradman topped the averages with 2429 runs @ 115.66
[edit] Leading bowlers
Bill Bowes topped the averages with 121 wickets @ 15.23
[edit] References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
- The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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