f16101	Northamptonshire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1938
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 77 runs
Umpires	F Chester, A Dolphin
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 126/0 (Brown 44*, Badcock 72*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 139/3 (Timms 5*, Brookes 0*)

---

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Brown	not out	194
CL Badcock	c James b Partridge	72
*DG Bradman	c James b Partridge	2
SJ McCabe	c Merritt b Partridge	13
AG Chipperfield	lbw b Timms	18
MG Waite	lbw b Timms	43
+BA Barnett	lbw b Timms	1
CW Walker	not out	29
ECS White	did not bat
FA Ward	did not bat
LO Fleetwood-Smith	did not bat
Extras	(22 b, 12 lb)	34
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	406
Fall of wickets:
1-131, 2-143, 3-165, 4-206, 5-304, 6-306

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	36	7	82	3	-	-
Herbert	30	6	75	0	-	-
Timms	20	4	68	3	-	-
Nelson	14	1	56	0	-	-
Merritt	16	0	81	0	-	-
O'Brien	3	0	10	0	-	-

---

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RP Nelson	b Waite	74
HW Greenwood	run out	24
AW Snowden	c Chipperfield b Ward	28
JE Timms	lbw b Ward	5
D Brookes	b Ward	37
GB Cuthbertson	b Ward	4
FP O'Brien	c and b Chipperfield	5
+KC James	c Brown b Ward	2
WE Merritt	not out	5
RJ Partridge	st Barnett b Ward	0
EJ Herbert	b Fleetwood-Smith	1
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-132, 3-134, 4-139, 5-153, 6-174, 7-183, 8-189, 9-189, 10-194 (80.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waite	15	4	41	1	-	-
McCabe	13	4	22	0	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	11.1	1	33	1	-	-
Ward	28	7	75	6	-	-
Chipperfield	13	6	14	1	-	-

---

Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RP Nelson	b Fleetwood-Smith	10
HW Greenwood	b McCabe	43
AW Snowden	b Waite	13
JE Timms	b Waite	5
D Brookes	lbw b McCabe	15
GB Cuthbertson	b McCabe	0
FP O'Brien	c sub b Ward	3
+KC James	b Fleetwood-Smith	21
WE Merritt	lbw b McCabe	1
RJ Partridge	not out	16
EJ Herbert	lbw b Waite	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-35, 3-55, 4-84, 5-88, 6-89, 7-91, 8-92, 9-130, 10-135 (70 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waite	22	10	28	3	-	-
McCabe	18	8	28	4	-	-
Fleetwood-Smith	22	5	55	2	-	-
Ward	8	3	17	1	-	-

---

Notes
--> D Brookes (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> HW Greenwood made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> WE Merritt made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> MG Waite reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> SJ McCabe reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

---

Play restricted to ninety minutes before lunch.
Brown 194* in nearly six hours, one 6 and seventeen 4's
McCabe had a spell of four wickets for one run in 25 balls in the 2nd innings.
Both the Northamptonshire score book and the county's year book give Brown's score as 193 and the Australian first innings total as 405/6, with the Australians winning by an innings and 76 runs.

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles