f23951	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1961
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 55 runs
Umpires	J Arnold, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 92/0 (Barker 54*, Smith 36*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 154/3 (Smith 66*, Bailey 16*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Simpson	b Knight	6
KD Mackay	c Barker b Bailey	18
NCL O'Neill	b Knight	5
BC Booth	c Bailey b Preston	49
PJP Burge	c Bailey b Preston	11
+BN Jarman	b Bailey	18
*R Benaud	b Bailey	42
GD McKenzie	b Ralph	1
FM Misson	c Ralph b Bailey	30
IW Quick	c Taylor b Knight	8
RA Gaunt	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-29, 3-31, 4-62, 5-95, 6-131, 7-138, 8-161, 9-180, 10-198 (78.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	23.5	3	65	4	-	-
Knight	18	5	52	3	-	-
Preston	21	5	40	2	-	-
Ralph	15	5	31	1	-	-
Phelan	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c O'Neill b Mackay	56
GJ Smith	not out	66
MJ Bear	b Quick	1
J Milner	c Jarman b Quick	11
*TE Bailey	not out	16
BR Knight	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 57.4 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-103, 3-127

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Misson	6	0	39	0	-	-
McKenzie	4	1	18	0	-	-
Mackay	24	8	46	1	-	-
Gaunt	5	1	8	0	-	-
Benaud	1	0	4	0	-	-
Quick	17.4	10	35	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Simpson	b Preston	20
NCL O'Neill	not out	85
BC Booth	lbw b Preston	21
PJP Burge	not out	21
KD Mackay	did not bat
+BN Jarman	did not bat
*R Benaud	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
FM Misson	did not bat
IW Quick	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-106

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	15	1	40	0	-	-
Knight	9	3	23	0	-	-
Preston	15	2	33	2	-	-
Phelan	12	3	32	0	-	-
Smith	1	0	3	0	-	-
Greensmith	1	0	16	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Misson b McKenzie	3
GJ Smith	b Misson	36
J Milner	c Jarman b McKenzie	2
BR Knight	c and b McKenzie	9
+B Taylor	c O'Neill b Misson	5
LHR Ralph	lbw b McKenzie	13
*TE Bailey	lbw b Benaud	29
MJ Bear	c Misson b McKenzie	0
WT Greensmith	b Misson	30
PJ Phelan	not out	6
KC Preston	c Misson b Benaud	6
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-33, 3-41, 4-49, 5-68, 6-68, 7-82, 8-120, 9-132, 10-139 (40.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Misson	8	1	40	3	-	-
McKenzie	13	5	29	5	-	-
Benaud	6.2	1	32	2	-	-
Quick	8	1	19	0	-	-
Simpson	5	1	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LHR Ralph made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GJ Smith (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> KC Preston reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings
--> GD McKenzie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 5-37)

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