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129 & 136 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
477-7d AUS flag
Overs: 50.5 RR: 2.68 vs spin: 2.65
vs seam: 4.50
 Overs: 102.0 RR: 4.68 vs spin: 4.78
vs seam: 3.87
Wed 12/08/53 Essex v Australians at Southend-on-Sea, Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 212 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 477-7 (102.0; RR: 4.68)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AR Morris c Vigar b Preston 33 0 0 0
GB Hole c Gibb b Watkins 89 0 0 0
RN Harvey lbw b Smith 3 0 0 0
JH de Courcy lbw b Bailey 164 0 0 0
ID Craig lbw b Bailey 22 0 0 0
AK Davidson lbw b Greensmith 58 0 0 0
R Benaud c Preston b Watkins 67 0 0 0
RG Archer not out 28 0 0 0
DT Ring not out 1 0 0 0
GRA Langley  
WA Johnston  
Extras (5b, 7lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 477-7 (102.0 overs; RR: 4.68)

Fall of wickets

45-1 (0.0 ov), 50-2 (0.0 ov), 200-3 (0.0 ov), 288-4 (0.0 ov), 328-5 (0.0 ov), 413-6 (0.0 ov), 476-7 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TE Bailey 18.0 1 71 2 3.94 0 0
KC Preston 21.0 1 88 1 4.19 0 0
R Smith 20.0 2 123 1 6.15 0 0
DJ Insole 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
D Watkins 15.0 3 49 2 3.27 0 0
WT Greensmith 27.0 2 129 1 4.78 0 0

Essex - 1st Inns 129 (44.0; RR: 2.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TC Dodds c Johnston b Archer 3 0 0 0
AV Avery c & b Ring 19 0 0 0
PA Gibb c & b Johnston 4 0 0 0
R Horsfall b Ring 26 0 0 0
DJ Insole lbw b Benaud 6 0 0 0
TE Bailey st Langley b Ring 11 0 0 0
WT Greensmith run out 16 0 0 0
FH Vigar b Ring 2 0 0 0
D Watkins run out 0 0 0 0
R Smith b Ring 24 0 0 0
KC Preston not out 8 0 0 0
Extras (8b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 129 all out (44.0 overs; RR: 2.93)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (0.0 ov), 14-2 (0.0 ov), 48-3 (0.0 ov), 55-4 (0.0 ov), 71-5 (0.0 ov), 71-6 (0.0 ov), 82-7 (0.0 ov), 86-8 (0.0 ov), 115-9 (0.0 ov), 129-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WA Johnston 9.0 3 16 1 1.78 0 0
RG Archer 5.0 0 11 1 2.20 0 0
DT Ring 17.0 5 47 5 2.76 0 0
R Benaud 13.0 1 45 1 3.46 0 0

Essex - 2nd Inns 136 (50.5; RR: 2.68)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TC Dodds b Benaud 17 0 0 0
AV Avery c Langley b Johnston 17 0 0 0
PA Gibb b Benaud 3 0 0 0
R Horsfall c Hole b Johnston 0 0 0 0
DJ Insole c & b Johnston 22 0 0 0
TE Bailey b Johnston 9 0 0 0
WT Greensmith lbw b Johnston 31 0 0 0
FH Vigar b Ring 2 0 0 0
D Watkins b Johnston 10 0 0 0
R Smith c Benaud b Ring 3 0 0 0
KC Preston not out 13 0 0 0
Extras (8b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 136 all out (50.5 overs; RR: 2.68)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (0.0 ov), 31-2 (0.0 ov), 36-3 (0.0 ov), 37-4 (0.0 ov), 57-5 (0.0 ov), 76-6 (0.0 ov), 93-7 (0.0 ov), 113-8 (0.0 ov), 118-9 (0.0 ov), 136-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WA Johnston 21.5 5 39 6 1.86 0 0
RG Archer 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
DT Ring 9.0 0 28 2 3.11 0 0
R Benaud 14.0 2 33 2 2.36 0 0
AK Davidson 4.0 1 19 0 4.75 0 0

Match Info

Match

Essex v Australians at Southend-on-Sea

Date

Wednesday August 12, 1953

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea

Umpires

AE Boulton-Carter, A Skelding

Essex Team

Playing XI

PA Gibb, TE Bailey, DJ Insole, R Smith, R Horsfall, AV Avery, TC Dodds, WT Greensmith, KC Preston, FH Vigar, D Watkins

Australia Team

Playing XI

AR Morris, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, DT Ring, GB Hole, GRA Langley, R Benaud, RG Archer, ID Craig, AK Davidson, JH de Courcy