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f19952 Essex v Australians

Australia in British Isles 1953

Venue Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 12th, 13th August 1953 (3-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss Australians won the toss and decided to bat

Result Australians won by an innings and 212 runs

Umpires AE Boulton-Carter, A Skelding

Close of play day 1

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AR Morris	c Vigar b Preston	33
GB Hole	c Gibb b Watkins	89
RN Harvey	lbw b Smith	3
JH de Courcy	lbw b Bailey	164
ID Craig	lbw b Bailey	22
AK Davidson	lbw b Greensmith	58
R Benaud	c Preston b Watkins	67
RG Archer	not out	28
DT Ring	not out	1
+GRA Langley	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	477
Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-50, 3-200, 4-288, 5-328, 6-413, 7-476

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	18	1	71	2	-	-
Preston	21	1	88	1	-	-
Smith	20	2	123	1	-	-
Insole	1	0	5	0	-	-
Watkins	15	3	49	2	-	-
Greensmith	27	2	129	1	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Johnston b Archer	3
AV Avery	c and b Ring	19
+PA Gibb	c and b Johnston	4
R Horsfall	b Ring	26
*DJ Insole	lbw b Benaud	6
TE Bailey	st Langley b Ring	11
WT Greensmith	run out	16
FH Vigar	b Ring	2
D Watkins	run out	0
R Smith	b Ring	24
KC Preston	not out	8
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	129
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-14, 3-48, 4-55, 5-71, 6-71, 7-82, 8-86, 9-115, 10-129 (44 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	9	3	16	1	-	-
Archer	5	0	11	1	-	-
Ring	17	5	47	5	-	-
Benaud	13	1	45	1	-	-

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Benaud	17
AV Avery	c Langley b Johnston	17
+PA Gibb	b Benaud	3
R Horsfall	c Hole b Johnston	0
*DJ Insole	c and b Johnston	22
TE Bailey	b Johnston	9
WT Greensmith	lbw b Johnston	31
FH Vigar	b Ring	2
D Watkins	b Johnston	10
R Smith	c Benaud b Ring	3
KC Preston	not out	13
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 50.5 overs)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-31, 3-36, 4-37, 5-57, 6-76, 7-93, 8-113, 9-118, 10-136 (50.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	21.5	5	39	6	-	-
Archer	2	0	8	0	-	-
Ring	9	0	28	2	-	-
Benaud	14	2	33	2	-	-
Davidson	4	1	19	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AR Morris (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 9
--> JH de Courcy (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 142
--> JH de Courcy (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 67
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 7
--> AV Avery (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 16
--> TE Bailey reached 700 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed , his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings
--> WA Johnston reached 450 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed , his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

f19952	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1953
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 12th, 13th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 212 runs
Umpires	AE Boulton-Carter, A Skelding
Close of play day 1