1938 was the 45th season of County Championship cricket in England. England established a world record team total of 903 for seven declared against Australia at The Oval with Len Hutton contributing a record 364. The series ended in a 1–1 draw. Yorkshire were champions for the 20th time.

• County Championship – Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire
• Wisden – Hugh Bartlett, Bill Brown, Denis Compton, Kenneth Farnes, Arthur Wood

England and Australia drew the series 1–1 with two matches drawn and one game abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Don Bradman topped the averages with 2429 runs @ 115.66

Bill Bowes topped the averages with 121 wickets @ 15.23

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1939

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975

• CricketArchive – season summary