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ESS flag ESSWon toss. Elected to bat
216-7d & 270-8d Series badge AUS
240-5d & 237-8 AUS flag
Overs: 67.0 RR: 4.03 vs spin: 2.13
vs seam: 3.63
 Overs: 55.5 RR: 4.24 vs spin: 4.49
vs seam: 3.77
Sat 08/08/81 Essex v Australians at Chelmsford, The Essex County Ground, Chelmsford
match drawn Match Drawn
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Essex - 1st Inns 216-7 (69.2; RR: 3.12)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch st Rixon b Yallop 86 0 0 0
AW Lilley c & b Bright 21 0 0 0
RJ Leiper c Kent b Beard 1 0 0 0
KS McEwan c Wood b Yallop 39 0 0 0
BR Hardie c Lawson b Yallop 6 0 0 0
DR Pringle lbw b Marsh 28 0 0 0
N Phillip b Yallop 31 0 0 0
DE East not out 0 0 0 0
S Turner  
RE East  
DL Acfield  
Extras (2b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb) 4  
TOTAL 216-7 (69.2 overs; RR: 3.12)

Fall of wickets

49-1 (0.0 ov), 77-2 (0.0 ov), 138-3 (0.0 ov), 153-4 (0.0 ov), 161-5 (0.0 ov), 216-6 (0.0 ov), 216-7 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 6.0 1 25 0 4.17 0 0
RM Hogg 5.0 1 14 0 2.80 0 0
RJ Bright 22.0 9 49 1 2.23 0 0
GR Beard 17.0 5 61 1 3.59 0 0
GN Yallop 19.0 6 63 4 3.32 0 0
RW Marsh 0.2 0 0 1 - 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 240-5 (69.0; RR: 3.48)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood b Turner 45 0 0 0
MF Kent c East b Pringle 17 0 0 0
GN Yallop lbw b Pringle 49 0 0 0
TM Chappell c Phillip b East 46 0 0 0
DM Wellham not out 37 0 0 0
RW Marsh c Gooch b East 28 0 0 0
SJ Rixon not out 6 0 0 0
RJ Bright  
GR Beard  
GF Lawson  
RM Hogg  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 8nb) 12  
TOTAL 240-5 (69.0 overs; RR: 3.48)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (0.0 ov), 84-2 (0.0 ov), 152-3 (0.0 ov), 189-4 (0.0 ov), 230-5 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
N Phillip 4.0 0 11 0 2.75 0 0
DR Pringle 15.0 2 49 2 3.27 0 0
DL Acfield 20.0 4 61 0 3.05 0 0
S Turner 12.0 3 54 1 4.50 0 0
RE East 18.0 3 53 2 2.94 0 0

Essex - 2nd Inns 270-8 (67.0; RR: 4.03)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AW Lilley st Marsh b Beard 64 0 0 0
BR Hardie c Rixon b Beard 0 0 0 0
RJ Leiper c Wood b Lawson 49 0 0 0
S Turner c Rixon b Yallop 14 0 0 0
N Phillip c Yallop b Hogg 45 0 0 0
KS McEwan c Lawson b Beard 50 0 0 0
GA Gooch c Bright b Beard 7 0 0 0
DE East c Rixon b Wellham 11 0 0 0
DR Pringle not out 6 0 0 0
RE East not out 9 0 0 0
DL Acfield  
Extras (5b, 8lb, 2w, 0nb) 15  
TOTAL 270-8 (67.0 overs; RR: 4.03)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (0.0 ov), 101-2 (0.0 ov), 126-3 (0.0 ov), 147-4 (0.0 ov), 226-5 (0.0 ov), 238-6 (0.0 ov), 246-7 (0.0 ov), 259-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 7.0 1 24 1 3.43 0 0
RM Hogg 8.0 1 12 1 1.50 0 0
RJ Bright 8.0 4 17 0 2.13 0 0
GR Beard 23.0 2 92 4 4.00 0 0
GN Yallop 17.0 2 80 1 4.71 0 0
SJ Rixon 2.0 0 19 0 9.50 0 0
DM Wellham 2.0 0 11 1 5.50 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 237-8 (55.5; RR: 4.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SJ Rixon c East b Gooch 40 0 0 0
MF Kent c Lilley b Phillip 0 0 0 0
DM Wellham b Phillip 0 0 0 0
RW Marsh c Lilley b Turner 38 0 0 0
RJ Bright c Acfield b Turner 20 0 0 0
GM Wood c Turner b East 60 0 0 0
GN Yallop not out 59 0 0 0
GR Beard c Pringle b Acfield 9 0 0 0
GF Lawson b Acfield 3 0 0 0
TM Chappell not out 3 0 0 0
RM Hogg  
Extras (1b, 0lb, 0w, 4nb) 5  
TOTAL 237-8 (55.5 overs; RR: 4.24)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (0.0 ov), 7-2 (0.0 ov), 64-3 (0.0 ov), 86-4 (0.0 ov), 109-5 (0.0 ov), 203-6 (0.0 ov), 225-7 (0.0 ov), 230-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
N Phillip 6.0 1 31 2 5.17 0 0
DR Pringle 5.0 0 16 0 3.20 0 0
DL Acfield 20.5 2 87 2 4.35 0 0
S Turner 13.0 2 41 2 3.15 0 0
RE East 9.0 0 47 1 5.22 0 0
GA Gooch 2.0 0 10 1 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Essex v Australians at Chelmsford

Date

Saturday August 8, 1981

Toss

Essex won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Essex County Ground, Chelmsford

Umpires

A Jepson, PJ Eele

Essex Team

Playing XI

GA Gooch, N Phillip, DR Pringle, DL Acfield, DE East, RE East, BR Hardie, RJ Leiper, AW Lilley, KS McEwan, S Turner

Australia Team

Playing XI

RW Marsh, GN Yallop, RJ Bright, SJ Rixon, GM Wood, RM Hogg, GR Beard, GF Lawson, TM Chappell, MF Kent, DM Wellham