f16139	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1938
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 4th, 6th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 97 runs
Umpires	E Cooke, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Australians (2) 0/0 (Walker 0*, Ward 0*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JHW Fingleton	b Farnes	7
WA Brown	hit wkt b Smith	55
*SJ McCabe	c Wilcox b Stephenson	4
CL Badcock	b Nichols	11
AL Hassett	b Farnes	26
AG Chipperfield	b Farnes	3
MG Waite	c Pearce b Stephenson	5
ECS White	b Farnes	11
+CW Walker	c and b Smith	5
FA Ward	not out	5
LO Fleetwood-Smith	c and b Smith	8
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-25, 3-52, 4-92, 5-100, 6-105, 7-126, 8-128, 9-133, 10-145 (61.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	21	7	43	4	-	-
Nichols	16	5	34	1	-	-
Stephenson	10	3	20	2	-	-
Eastman	5	1	18	0	-	-
Smith	9.5	2	25	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Wilcox	b Ward	38
LC Eastman	lbw b Ward	21
MS Nichols	b Ward	5
J O'Connor	c Chipperfield b Fleetwood-Smith	6
*TN Pearce	b Fleetwood-Smith	0
CT Ashton	c and b Ward	8
JN Dennis	c and b Ward	18
TPB Smith	lbw b Ward	10
+TH Wade	run out	3
JWA Stephenson	not out	0
K Farnes	c Waite b Ward	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-33, 3-44, 4-44, 5-53, 6-98, 7-101, 8-114, 9-114, 10-114 (57.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waite	6	1	17	0	-	-
McCabe	5	0	9	0	-	-
Ward	23.3	6	51	7	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	13	8	17	2	-	-
White	10	3	15	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CW Walker	b Nichols	18
FA Ward	b Smith	23
WA Brown	lbw b Smith	15
JHW Fingleton	c Wade b Nichols	1
CL Badcock	lbw b Nichols	23
AL Hassett	c Dennis b Farnes	4
*SJ McCabe	c Wilcox b Nichols	50
AG Chipperfield	b Nichols	3
MG Waite	c Wade b Nichols	0
ECS White	not out	7
LO Fleetwood-Smith	st Wade b Stephenson	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-42, 3-46, 4-68, 5-75, 6-88, 7-114, 8-130, 9-151, 10-153 (59.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	13	5	24	1	-	-
Nichols	18	8	25	6	-	-
Stephenson	9.4	1	36	1	-	-
Smith	19	3	59	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Brown b Waite	0
DR Wilcox	st Walker b Ward	20
*TN Pearce	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	23
J O'Connor	c White b Ward	14
MS Nichols	b Ward	1
CT Ashton	c McCabe b Fleetwood-Smith	17
JN Dennis	c Chipperfield b Fleetwood-Smith	6
TPB Smith	not out	1
+TH Wade	b Ward	0
JWA Stephenson	lbw b Fleetwood-Smith	1
K Farnes	c sub (BA Barnett) b Fleetwood-Smith	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-32, 3-52, 4-56, 5-67, 6-80, 7-83, 8-85, 9-86, 10-87 (34.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waite	6	1	21	1	-	-
McCabe	3	1	8	0	-	-
Ward	14	6	26	4	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	11.4	5	28	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CT Ashton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TN Pearce (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> FA Ward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 7-62)
--> LO Fleetwood-Smith reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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Essex lost their last three 1st innings wickets in successive balls from Ward, the middle dismissal being a run out.
Record gate of 12,500 on Day 2 paid record receipts of 1,085.
The Essex 2nd innings lasted 95 minutes.
Fingleton took over behind the stumps in the second innings, Walker having fractured a finger in stumping Wilcox.

 

 

 

 

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