The five-Test1938 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 forManchester, abandoned without a ball being bowled, only the second instance of this in more than 60 years of Test cricket. The Australians retainedThe Ashes.
In all, 30 first-class matches were played, and the Australian team won 15 of them losing only to England andH. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI. There were also six minor games, the Australians winning five of them.
The Australians had a stopover inColomboen 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]
