f17878	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1948
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 15th, 17th May 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 451 runs
Umpires	WH Ashdown, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 721 all out

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Barnes	hit wkt b R Smith	79
WA Brown	c Horsfall b Bailey	153
*DG Bradman	b TPB Smith	187
KR Miller	b Bailey	0
RA Hamence	c TPB Smith b R Smith	46
SJE Loxton	c Rist b Vigar	120
+RA Saggers	not out	104
IWG Johnson	st Rist b TPB Smith	9
DT Ring	c Vigar b TPB Smith	1
WA Johnston	b Vigar	9
ERH Toshack	c Vigar b TPB Smith	4
Extras	(7 b, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 129 overs)	721
Fall of wickets:
1-145 (Barnes), 2-364 (Brown), 3-364 (Miller), 4-452 (Bradman), 5-498 (Hamence), 6-664 (Loxton), 7-686 (Johnson), 8-692 (Ring), 9-716 (Johnston), 10-721 (Toshack, 129 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	21	1	128	2	-	-
R Smith	37	2	169	2	-	-
TPB Smith	38	0	193	4	-	-
Price	20	0	156	0	-	-
Vigar	13	1	66	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Ring b Miller	0
SJ Cray	b Miller	5
AV Avery	b Johnston	10
FH Vigar	c Saggers b Miller	0
R Horsfall	b Toshack	11
*TN Pearce	c Miller b Toshack	8
R Smith	c Barnes b Toshack	25
TPB Smith	b Toshack	3
+FH Rist	c Barnes b Toshack	8
EJ Price	not out	4
TE Bailey	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 36.5 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Dodds), 2-13 (Cray), 3-13 (Vigar), 4-19 (Avery), 5-30 (Pearce), 6-47 (Horsfall), 7-63 (R Smith), 8-74 (TPB Smith), 9-83 (Rist, 36.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	8	3	14	3	-	-
Johnston	7	1	10	1	-	-
Toshack	10.5	2	31	5	-	-
Ring	11	4	19	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Toshack	16
SJ Cray	b Johnson	15
AV Avery	c Brown b Johnson	3
FH Vigar	c Johnson b Toshack	0
R Horsfall	b Johnson	8
*TN Pearce	c and b Johnson	71
R Smith	c Ring b Johnson	0
TPB Smith	lbw b Barnes	54
+FH Rist	b Johnson	1
EJ Price	not out	4
TE Bailey	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Cray), 2-32 (Avery), 3-35 (Vigar), 4-36 (Dodds), 5-46 (Horsfall), 6-46 (R Smith), 7-177 (Pearce), 8-183 (Rist), 9-187 (TPB Smith, 78.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	2	1	4	0	-	-
Loxton	12	3	28	0	-	-
Johnston	10	4	26	0	-	-
Toshack	17	2	50	2	-	-
Johnson	21	6	37	6	-	-
Barnes	9.4	5	11	1	-	-
Ring	7	3	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> SJE Loxton (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 65
--> RA Saggers (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in first-class matches
--> TN Pearce (2) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9

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