Australians in England, 1938
Cambridge University v Australians
Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
11,12,13 May 1938 (3-day match)
Result: Australians won by an innings and 425 runs
Toss: Cambridge University
Umpires: W Wainwright and JJ Hills
Close of play:
Day 1: Cambridge University 120, Australians 306/3 (Badcock 45*, Hassett 5*)
Day 2: Australians 708/5d, Cambridge University 73/2 (Gibb 38*, Yardley 11*)
Cambridge University 1st innings
+PA Gibb b Waite 1
JV Wild c White b Waite 0
JDA Langley b O'Reilly 18
*NWD Yardley c Fingleton b O'Reilly 67
M StJ Packe lbw b O'Reilly 2
FG Mann lbw b O'Reilly 1
PM Studd lbw b Waite 12
MACP Kaye b Waite 13
SMA Banister lbw b O'Reilly 0
HG Jameson b Waite 0
WR Rees-Davies not out 4
Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 2
Total (all out, 52.3 overs) 120
FoW: 1-1, 2-2, 3-55, 4-67, 5-69, 6-92, 7-116, 8-116, 9-116, 10-120.
Bowling O M R W
Waite 16.3 7 23 5
White 5 5 0 0
O'Reilly 21 6 55 5
Ward 10 3 40 0
Australians 1st innings
JHW Fingleton b Kaye 111
WA Brown lbw b Rees-Davies 0
*DG Bradman c Mann b Wild 137
CL Badcock c Mann b Rees-Davies 186
AL Hassett not out 220
AG Chipperfield st Gibb b Banister 8
MG Waite not out 30
Extras (b 10, lb 5, w 1) 16
Total (5 wickets dec, 161 overs) 708
DNB: +BA Barnett, WJ O'Reilly, FA Ward, ECS White.
FoW: 1-3, 2-218, 3-281, 4-556, 5-567.
Bowling O M R W
Rees-Davies 43 2 214 2
Jameson 29 4 127 0
Kaye 17 0 100 1
Wild 45 12 143 1
Banister 22 2 91 1
Yardley 5 1 17 0
Cambridge University 2nd innings
+PA Gibb not out 80
JV Wild b Ward 18
JDA Langley c & b Ward 0
*NWD Yardley b O'Reilly 29
M StJ Packe c Fingleton b Ward 15
FG Mann b White 1
PM Studd c Badcock b Ward 4
MACP Kaye c Bradman b White 0
SMA Banister c Brown b White 2
HG Jameson b Ward 4
WR Rees-Davies st Barnett b Ward 0
Extras (lb 9, nb 1) 10
Total (all out, 82.4 overs) 163
FoW: 1-55, 2-55, 3-106, 4-134, 5-139, 6-144, 7-144, 8-150, 9-157, 10-163.
Bowling O M R W
Waite 6 0 18 0
White 19 12 22 3
O'Reilly 22 8 49 1
Ward 35.4 13 64 6
- Australia's highest total at Fenner's.
- Fingleton's 111 included fifteen 4's, 145 minutes.
- Bradman hit twenty 4's in his 137.
- Badcock's second consecutive hundred took
205 minutes. one 6, twenty-nine 4's.
- Hassett's first double-century, 220 in 280 minutes, thirty-five 4's
- Australians declared at tea on the second day.
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