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114 & 87 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
145 & 153 AUS flag
Overs: 34.4 RR: 2.51 vs spin: 2.10
vs seam: 2.67
 Overs: 59.4 RR: 2.56 vs spin: 3.11
vs seam: 2.09
Sat 04/06/38 Essex v Australians at Southend-on-Sea, Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 97 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 145 (61.5; RR: 2.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JHW Fingleton b Farnes 7 0 0 0
WA Brown hit wicket b Smith 55 0 0 0
SJ McCabe c Wilcox b Stephenson 4 0 0 0
CL Badcock b Nichols 11 0 0 0
AL Hassett b Farnes 26 0 0 0
AG Chipperfield b Farnes 3 0 0 0
MG Waite c Pearce b Stephenson 5 0 0 0
ECS White b Farnes 11 0 0 0
CW Walker c & b Smith 5 0 0 0
FA Ward not out 5 0 0 0
LO Fleetwood-Smith c & b Smith 8 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 145 all out (61.5 overs; RR: 2.35)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (0.0 ov), 25-2 (0.0 ov), 52-3 (0.0 ov), 92-4 (0.0 ov), 100-5 (0.0 ov), 105-6 (0.0 ov), 126-7 (0.0 ov), 128-8 (0.0 ov), 133-9 (0.0 ov), 145-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 21.0 7 43 4 2.05 0 0
MS Nichols 16.0 5 34 1 2.13 0 0
JWA Stephenson 10.0 3 20 2 2.00 0 0
LC Eastman 5.0 1 18 0 3.60 0 0
TPB Smith 9.5 2 25 3 2.78 0 0

Essex - 1st Inns 114 (57.3; RR: 1.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DR Wilcox b Ward 38 0 0 0
LC Eastman lbw b Ward 21 0 0 0
MS Nichols b Ward 5 0 0 0
J O'Connor c Chipperfield b Fleetwood-Smith 6 0 0 0
TN Pearce b Fleetwood-Smith 0 0 0 0
CT Ashton c & b Ward 8 0 0 0
JN Dennis c & b Ward 18 0 0 0
TPB Smith lbw b Ward 10 0 0 0
TH Wade run out 3 0 0 0
JWA Stephenson not out 0 0 0 0
K Farnes c Waite b Ward 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 114 all out (57.3 overs; RR: 1.98)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (0.0 ov), 33-2 (0.0 ov), 44-3 (0.0 ov), 44-4 (0.0 ov), 53-5 (0.0 ov), 98-6 (0.0 ov), 101-7 (0.0 ov), 114-8 (0.0 ov), 114-9 (0.0 ov), 114-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MG Waite 6.0 1 17 0 2.83 0 0
SJ McCabe 5.0 0 9 0 1.80 0 0
FA Ward 23.3 6 51 7 2.22 0 0
LO Fleetwood-Smith 13.0 8 17 2 1.31 0 0
ECS White 10.0 3 15 0 1.50 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 153 (59.4; RR: 2.56)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CW Walker b Nichols 18 0 0 0
FA Ward b Smith 23 0 0 0
WA Brown lbw b Smith 15 0 0 0
JHW Fingleton c Wade b Nichols 1 0 0 0
CL Badcock lbw b Nichols 23 0 0 0
AL Hassett c Dennis b Farnes 4 0 0 0
SJ McCabe c Wilcox b Nichols 50 0 0 0
AG Chipperfield b Nichols 3 0 0 0
ECS White not out 7 0 0 0
MG Waite c Wade b Nichols 0 0 0 0
LO Fleetwood-Smith st Wade b Stephenson 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 153 all out (59.4 overs; RR: 2.56)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (0.0 ov), 42-2 (0.0 ov), 46-3 (0.0 ov), 68-4 (0.0 ov), 75-5 (0.0 ov), 88-6 (0.0 ov), 114-7 (0.0 ov), 130-8 (0.0 ov), 151-9 (0.0 ov), 153-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Farnes 13.0 5 24 1 1.85 0 0
MS Nichols 18.0 8 25 6 1.39 0 0
JWA Stephenson 9.4 1 36 1 4.00 0 0
TPB Smith 19.0 3 59 2 3.11 0 0

Essex - 2nd Inns 87 (34.4; RR: 2.51)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DR Wilcox st Walker b Ward 20 0 0 0
LC Eastman c Brown b Waite 0 0 0 0
TN Pearce lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 23 0 0 0
J O'Connor c White b Ward 14 0 0 0
MS Nichols b Ward 1 0 0 0
CT Ashton c McCabe b Fleetwood-Smith 17 0 0 0
JN Dennis c Chipperfield b Fleetwood-Smith 6 0 0 0
TPB Smith not out 1 0 0 0
TH Wade b Ward 0 0 0 0
JWA Stephenson lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 1 0 0 0
K Farnes c Sub b Fleetwood-Smith 0 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 87 all out (34.4 overs; RR: 2.51)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (0.0 ov), 32-2 (0.0 ov), 52-3 (0.0 ov), 56-4 (0.0 ov), 67-5 (0.0 ov), 80-6 (0.0 ov), 83-7 (0.0 ov), 85-8 (0.0 ov), 86-9 (0.0 ov), 87-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MG Waite 6.0 1 21 1 3.50 0 0
SJ McCabe 3.0 1 8 0 2.67 0 0
FA Ward 14.0 6 26 4 1.86 0 0
LO Fleetwood-Smith 11.4 5 28 5 2.55 0 0

Match Info

Match

Essex v Australians at Southend-on-Sea

Date

Saturday June 4, 1938

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea

Umpires

GM Lee, E Cooke

Essex Team

Playing XI

J O'Connor, MS Nichols, K Farnes, TPB Smith, CT Ashton, JN Dennis, LC Eastman, JWA Stephenson, TH Wade, DR Wilcox, TN Pearce

Australia Team

Playing XI

SJ McCabe, JHW Fingleton, WA Brown, AG Chipperfield, LO Fleetwood-Smith, CL Badcock, FA Ward, AL Hassett, MG Waite, ECS White, CW Walker