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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
43 & 326
Series badge AUS
174 & 167
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Overs: 91.5 RR: 3.55 vs spin: 3.45
vs seam: 3.56
Overs: 45.4 RR: 3.66 vs spin: 2.60
vs seam: 3.59
Sat 27/08/21 England XI v Australians at Eastbourne, The Saffrons, Eastbourne
ENGLAND WIN England won by 28 runs
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England - 1st Inns 43 (20.1; RR: 2.13)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GN Foster c Gregory b McDonald 5 0 1 0
GA Faulkner b Armstrong 3 0 0 0
G Ashton lbw b Armstrong 6 0 1 0
H Ashton b McDonald 0 0 0 0
APF Chapman b McDonald 16 0 2 0
CT Ashton c Ryder b Armstrong 1 0 0 0
M Falcon b McDonald 8 0 1 0
GEC Wood lbw b Armstrong 1 0 0 0
AC MacLaren b McDonald 0 0 0 0
CH Gibson not out 1 0 0 0
W Brearley b Armstrong 1 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 1  
TOTAL 43 all out (20.1 overs; RR: 2.13)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (GN Foster 0.0 ov), 9-2 (GA Faulkner 0.0 ov), 14-3 (G Ashton 0.0 ov), 18-4 (H Ashton 0.0 ov), 26-5 (CT Ashton 0.0 ov), 40-6 (APF Chapman 0.0 ov), 41-7 (M Falcon 0.0 ov), 41-8 (AC MacLaren 0.0 ov), 41-9 (GEC Wood 0.0 ov), 43-10 (W Brearley 20.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0
EA McDonald 10.0 2 21 5 2.10 0 1
WW Armstrong 8.1 4 15 5 1.88 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 174 (48.4; RR: 3.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins b Falcon 19 0 4 0
W Bardsley lbw b Faulkner 70 0 6 0
CG Macartney b Faulkner 24 0 3 0
TJE Andrews b Faulkner 0 0 0 0
CE Pellew c Ashton b Falcon 1 0 0 0
J Ryder b Falcon 10 0 1 0
WW Armstrong b Falcon 13 0 2 0
H Carter c Ashton b Faulkner 10 0 2 0
JM Gregory not out 16 0 1 0
EA McDonald b Falcon 4 0 0 0
AA Mailey b Falcon 4 0 1 0
Extras (1b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 174 all out (48.4 overs; RR: 3.58)

Fall of wickets

32-1 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 83-2 (CG Macartney 0.0 ov), 89-3 (TJE Andrews 0.0 ov), 96-4 (CE Pellew 0.0 ov), 116-5 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 130-6 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 142-7 (WW Armstrong 0.0 ov), 152-8 (H Carter 0.0 ov), 168-9 (EA McDonald 0.0 ov), 174-10 (AA Mailey 48.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
M Falcon 18.4 2 67 6 3.72 0 0
CH Gibson 14.0 2 54 0 3.86 0 0
GA Faulkner 16.0 1 50 4 3.13 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 326 (91.5; RR: 3.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC MacLaren b McDonald 5 0 0 0
GEC Wood b McDonald 2 0 0 0
GN Foster c & b McDonald 11 0 1 0
G Ashton lbw b Armstrong 36 0 5 0
H Ashton lbw b Armstrong 75 0 7 0
GA Faulkner c Mailey b Armstrong 153 0 21 0
APF Chapman b McDonald 11 0 0 0
CT Ashton b McDonald 0 0 0 0
M Falcon c & b McDonald 17 0 2 0
CH Gibson not out 0 0 0 0
W Brearley run out 0 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 1lb, 0w, 5nb) 16  
TOTAL 326 all out (91.5 overs; RR: 3.55)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (GEC Wood 0.0 ov), 10-2 (AC MacLaren 0.0 ov), 33-3 (GN Foster 0.0 ov), 60-4 (G Ashton 0.0 ov), 214-5 (H Ashton 0.0 ov), 250-6 (APF Chapman 0.0 ov), 256-7 (CT Ashton 0.0 ov), 307-8 (M Falcon 0.0 ov), 326-9 (GA Faulkner 0.0 ov), 326-10 (W Brearley 91.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
EA McDonald 31.0 3 98 6 3.16 0 5
WW Armstrong 24.5 6 74 3 3.08 0 0
JM Gregory 9.0 0 51 0 5.67 0 0
J Ryder 5.0 1 11 0 2.20 0 0
AA Mailey 22.0 3 76 0 3.45 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 167 (45.4; RR: 3.66)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins c Ashton b Gibson 12 0 2 0
W Bardsley b Gibson 22 0 4 0
H Carter c Ashton b Falcon 16 0 2 0
CG Macartney b Falcon 14 0 2 0
TJE Andrews b Faulkner 31 0 3 0
CE Pellew c Ashton b Gibson 16 0 2 0
J Ryder c Ashton b Gibson 28 0 6 0
JM Gregory lbw b Gibson 0 0 0 0
WW Armstrong lbw b Faulkner 11 0 1 0
EA McDonald not out 9 0 1 0
AA Mailey b Gibson 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 5nb) 8  
TOTAL 167 all out (45.4 overs; RR: 3.66)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 52-2 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 52-3 (H Carter 0.0 ov), 73-4 (CG Macartney 0.0 ov), 103-5 (CE Pellew 0.0 ov), 143-6 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 143-7 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 153-8 (TJE Andrews 0.0 ov), 158-9 (WW Armstrong 0.0 ov), 167-10 (AA Mailey 45.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
M Falcon 18.0 2 82 2 4.56 0 5
CH Gibson 22.4 6 64 6 2.91 0 0
GA Faulkner 5.0 1 13 2 2.60 0 0

Match Info

Match

England XI v Australians at Eastbourne

Date

Saturday August 27, 1921

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Saffrons, Eastbourne

Umpires

JP Whiteside, HR Butt

England Team

Playing XI

AC MacLaren, W Brearley, GA Faulkner, APF Chapman, GEC Wood, CT Ashton, H Ashton, CH Gibson, GN Foster, G Ashton, M Falcon

Australia Team

Playing XI

WW Armstrong, H Carter, CG Macartney, W Bardsley, HL Collins, JM Gregory, AA Mailey, CE Pellew, J Ryder, EA McDonald, TJE Andrews