Australia in England, 1953
Essex v Australia
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
12,13 August 1953 (3-day match)
Result: Australia won by an innings and 212 runs
Toss:
Umpires: AE Boulton-Carter and A Skelding
Close of play:
Day 1:
Australia 1st innings
*AR Morris c Vigar b Preston 33
GB Hole c Gibb b Watkins 89
RN Harvey lbw b Smith 3
JH de Courcy lbw b Bailey 164
ID Craig lbw b Bailey 22
AK Davidson lbw b Greensmith 58
R Benaud c Preston b Watkins 67
RG Archer not out 28
DT Ring not out 1
Extras (b 5, lb 7) 12
Total (7 wickets declared, 102 overs) 477
DNB: +GRA Langley, WA Johnston.
FoW: 1-45, 2-50, 3-200, 4-288, 5-328, 6-413, 7-476.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 18 1 71 2
Preston 21 1 88 1
Smith 20 2 123 1
Insole 1 0 5 0
Watkins 15 3 49 2
Greensmith 27 2 129 1
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Johnston b Archer 3
AV Avery c & b Ring 19
+PA Gibb c & b Johnston 4
R Horsfall b Ring 26
*DJ Insole lbw b Benaud 6
TE Bailey st Langley b Ring 11
WT Greensmith run out 16
FH Vigar b Ring 2
D Watkins run out 0
R Smith b Ring 24
KC Preston not out 8
Extras (b 8, lb 2) 10
Total (all out, 44 overs) 129
FoW: 1-3, 2-14, 3-48, 4-55, 5-71,
6-71, 7-82, 8-86, 9-115, 10-129.
Bowling O M R W
Johnston 9 3 16 1
Archer 5 0 11 1
Ring 17 5 47 5
Benaud 13 1 45 1
Essex 2nd innings (following on)
TC Dodds b Benaud 17
AV Avery c Langley b Johnston 17
+PA Gibb b Benaud 3
R Horsfall c Hole b Johnston 0
*DJ Insole c & b Johnston 22
TE Bailey b Johnston 9
WT Greensmith lbw b Johnston 31
FH Vigar b Ring 2
D Watkins b Johnston 10
R Smith c Benaud b Ring 3
KC Preston not out 13
Extras (b 8, lb 1) 9
Total (all out, 50.5 overs) 136
FoW: 1-27, 2-31, 3-36, 4-37, 5-57,
6-76, 7-93, 8-113, 9-118, 10-136.
Bowling O M R W
Johnston 21.5 5 39 6
Archer 2 0 8 0
Ring 9 0 28 2
Benaud 14 2 33 2
Davidson 4 1 19 0
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