f30713	Essex v Australians
	Australia in England 1975
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 98 runs
Umpires	A Jepson, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 75/2 (McEwan 24*, Fletcher 24*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 200/2 (Turner 116*, Edwards 2*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Turner	lbw b Hobbs	33
BM Laird	c Edmeades b Lever	127
*RW Marsh	lbw b Acfield	30
R Edwards	run out	101
GJ Gilmour	b Lever	2
KD Walters	c Hardie b Hobbs	10
+RD Robinson	not out	39
MHN Walker	not out	4
JR Thomson	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
AA Mallett	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-103, 2-169, 3-243, 4-247, 5-289, 6-350

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	0	39	0	-	-
Lever	12	2	35	2	-	-
Acfield	31	7	96	1	-	-
Turner	11	0	38	0	-	-
Edmeades	6	1	22	0	-	-
Hobbs	33	5	116	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Walker	15
BR Hardie	b Thomson	8
KS McEwan	b Walker	71
*KWR Fletcher	retired hurt	24
GA Gooch	st Robinson b Mallett	68
S Turner	b Walker	9
KD Boyce	run out	79
+N Smith	st Robinson b Mallett	46
RNS Hobbs	c Gilmour b Higgs	5
JK Lever	not out	1
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 10 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-23, 3-150, 4-194, 5-212, 6-279, 7-324, 8-338 (66 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	12	1	64	1	-	-
Walker	19	3	61	3	-	-
Higgs	15	1	103	1	-	-
Gilmour	2	0	9	0	-	-
Mallett	18	2	89	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Turner	c Acfield b Turner	118
BM Laird	c Smith b Turner	72
MHN Walker	lbw b Lever	1
R Edwards	c and b Acfield	19
KD Walters	not out	61
*RW Marsh	not out	39
GJ Gilmour	did not bat
+RD Robinson	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
AA Mallett	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-185, 2-192, 3-202, 4-257

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	6	48	1	-	-
Acfield	22	4	86	1	-	-
Turner	20	3	62	2	-	-
Hobbs	11	0	73	0	-	-
Gooch	13	2	41	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	not out	88
+N Smith	c Higgs b Thomson	24
KS McEwan	hit wkt b Thomson	3
GA Gooch	lbw b Walker	0
S Turner	c Turner b Walker	11
KD Boyce	c Robinson b Walker	11
RNS Hobbs	c Laird b Higgs	100	46		12	7
JK Lever	c Thomson b Higgs	0
DL Acfield	st Robinson b Mallett	10
BEA Edmeades	absent ill
*KWR Fletcher	absent hurt
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 39.4 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-58, 3-65, 4-95, 5-109, 6-242, 7-243, 8-254 (39.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	7	0	35	2	-	-
Walker	12	2	45	3	-	-
Higgs	13	0	91	2	-	-
Mallett	7.4	0	76	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BM Laird (1) equalled his previous highest score of 127 in First-Class matches
--> RW Marsh (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 58
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RNS Hobbs (2) 50 in 30 balls, 33 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> RNS Hobbs (2) 100 in 45 balls, 44 minutes with 12 fours and 7 sixes
--> RNS Hobbs (2) equalled his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> KWR Fletcher retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 24 (team score 75/2)

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Hobbs' century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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