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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1938 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by an innings and 77 runs |
| Umpires | F Chester, A Dolphin |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 126/0 (Brown 44*, Badcock 72*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire (1) 139/3 (Timms 5*, Brookes 0*) |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WA Brown | not out | 194 | |||||
| CL Badcock | c James b Partridge | 72 | |||||
| *DG Bradman | c James b Partridge | 2 | |||||
| SJ McCabe | c Merritt b Partridge | 13 | |||||
| AG Chipperfield | lbw b Timms | 18 | |||||
| MG Waite | lbw b Timms | 43 | |||||
| +BA Barnett | lbw b Timms | 1 | |||||
| CW Walker | not out | 29 | |||||
| ECS White | did not bat | ||||||
| FA Ward | did not bat | ||||||
| LO Fleetwood-Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (22 b, 12 lb) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 119 overs) | 406 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-131, 2-143, 3-165, 4-206, 5-304, 6-306 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Partridge | 36 | 7 | 82 | 3 | - | - | |
| Herbert | 30 | 6 | 75 | 0 | - | - | |
| Timms | 20 | 4 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Nelson | 14 | 1 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Merritt | 16 | 0 | 81 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RP Nelson | b Waite | 74 | |||||
| HW Greenwood | run out | 24 | |||||
| AW Snowden | c Chipperfield b Ward | 28 | |||||
| JE Timms | lbw b Ward | 5 | |||||
| D Brookes | b Ward | 37 | |||||
| GB Cuthbertson | b Ward | 4 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | c and b Chipperfield | 5 | |||||
| +KC James | c Brown b Ward | 2 | |||||
| WE Merritt | not out | 5 | |||||
| RJ Partridge | st Barnett b Ward | 0 | |||||
| EJ Herbert | b Fleetwood-Smith | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.1 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-78, 2-132, 3-134, 4-139, 5-153, 6-174, 7-183, 8-189, 9-189, 10-194 (80.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Waite | 15 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCabe | 13 | 4 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fleetwood-Smith | 11.1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ward | 28 | 7 | 75 | 6 | - | - | |
| Chipperfield | 13 | 6 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RP Nelson | b Fleetwood-Smith | 10 | |||||
| HW Greenwood | b McCabe | 43 | |||||
| AW Snowden | b Waite | 13 | |||||
| JE Timms | b Waite | 5 | |||||
| D Brookes | lbw b McCabe | 15 | |||||
| GB Cuthbertson | b McCabe | 0 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | c sub b Ward | 3 | |||||
| +KC James | b Fleetwood-Smith | 21 | |||||
| WE Merritt | lbw b McCabe | 1 | |||||
| RJ Partridge | not out | 16 | |||||
| EJ Herbert | lbw b Waite | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-35, 3-55, 4-84, 5-88, 6-89, 7-91, 8-92, 9-130, 10-135 (70 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Waite | 22 | 10 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| McCabe | 18 | 8 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fleetwood-Smith | 22 | 5 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ward | 8 | 3 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> D Brookes (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> HW Greenwood made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> WE Merritt made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> MG Waite reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> SJ McCabe reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
Play restricted to ninety minutes before lunch.
Brown 194* in nearly six hours, one 6 and seventeen 4's
McCabe had a spell of four wickets for one run in 25 balls in the 2nd innings.
Both the Northamptonshire score book and the county's year book give Brown's score as 193 and the Australian first innings total as 405/6, with the Australians winning by an innings and 76 runs.
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