f20239	South v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1953
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 2nd, 3rd, 4th September 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 163 runs
Umpires	JJ Hills, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 46/0 (Hassett 38*, McDonald 6*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 564/9d

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Johnston	6
PE Richardson	b Miller	30
GM Emmett	c Langley b Archer	1
DCS Compton	c Harvey b Johnston	81
D Brookes	b Davidson	4
+RT Spooner	b Johnston	29
*CH Palmer	b Johnston	11
RTD Perks	c Harvey b Johnston	14
DVP Wright	lbw b Davidson	0
AE Moss	c Hassett b Johnston	7
JA Young	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-84, 4-116, 5-128, 6-158, 7-176, 8-184, 9-195, 10-198 (67.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Archer	6	2	20	1	-	-
Johnston	27.3	4	77	6	-	-
Davidson	19	3	34	2	-	-
Hill	6	1	22	0	-	-
Miller	9	2	31	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AL Hassett	c Compton b Wright	106
CC McDonald	b Palmer	125
KR Miller	lbw b Wright	9
RN Harvey	run out	21
JH de Courcy	c Compton b Moss	118
ID Craig	c Spooner b Moss	6
RG Archer	c Young b Wright	20
AK Davidson	not out	85
+GRA Langley	c Perks b Young	39
JC Hill	b Moss	5
WA Johnston	not out	5
Extras	(9 b, 15 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 111.3 overs)	564
Fall of wickets:
1-151, 2-161, 3-188, 4-380, 5-397, 6-416, 7-454, 8-541, 9-557

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	24	3	111	3	-	-
Perks	29	8	113	0	-	-
Young	14.3	0	96	1	-	-
Wright	19	0	118	3	-	-
Palmer	18	7	52	1	-	-
Compton	7	0	49	0	-	-

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South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Davidson b Hill	26
PE Richardson	c McDonald b Johnston	90
GM Emmett	lbw b Hill	7
DCS Compton	st Langley b Hill	19
D Brookes	c Archer b Hassett	2
+RT Spooner	st Langley b Hassett	15
*CH Palmer	c Archer b Johnston	12
RTD Perks	c Hill b Johnston	14
DVP Wright	b Hill	5
AE Moss	not out	0
JA Young	absent ill
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-79, 3-121, 4-142, 5-166, 6-176, 7-194, 8-199, 9-203 (57.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Archer	3	0	12	0	-	-
Johnston	16	4	47	3	-	-
Davidson	4	0	24	0	-	-
Hill	22.3	5	76	4	-	-
Miller	3	1	7	0	-	-
Hassett	9	1	24	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 31000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> JH de Courcy (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 116
--> JC Hill reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the South second innings

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