f21503	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 18th, 20th, 21st August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 12 runs
Umpires	JS Buller, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 132/2 (McDonald 69*, Craig 40*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 18/2 (Horrex 4*, Insole 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Davidson b Archer	58
GW Horrex	c and b Benaud	10
+B Taylor	b Archer	6
*DJ Insole	run out	21
TE Bailey	b Archer	0
CCP Williams	b Miller	24
MJ Bear	run out	2
WT Greensmith	not out	29
R Smith	c and b Johnson	0
JA Bailey	b Miller	0
KC Preston	b Miller	3
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-70, 3-85, 4-85, 5-101, 6-105, 7-137, 8-141, 9-142, 10-154 (60.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	12	1	39	0	-	-
Miller	12.1	2	35	3	-	-
Archer	12	4	22	3	-	-
Benaud	11	2	31	1	-	-
Johnson	13	6	26	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Dodds b Greensmith	81
JW Burke	c Dodds b TE Bailey	4
PJP Burge	b Smith	16
ID Craig	c Taylor b Greensmith	66
KR Miller	c Insole b JA Bailey	50
RG Archer	c JA Bailey b Greensmith	0
R Benaud	c Taylor b JA Bailey	1
AK Davidson	c Insole b Greensmith	75
RR Lindwall	c and b JA Bailey	17
*IWG Johnson	lbw b TE Bailey	23
+GRA Langley	not out	7
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 123.4 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-48, 3-169, 4-170, 5-170, 6-171, 7-296, 8-298, 9-322, 10-349 (123.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	35.4	9	67	2	-	-
Preston	21	2	76	0	-	-
Smith	17	0	56	1	-	-
JA Bailey	34	9	69	3	-	-
Greensmith	16	1	72	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Lindwall	10
GW Horrex	b Archer	41
+B Taylor	lbw b Lindwall	0
*DJ Insole	c Davidson b Lindwall	20
TE Bailey	b Johnson	37
CCP Williams	b Archer	28
MJ Bear	c and b Miller	14
WT Greensmith	lbw b Miller	0
R Smith	c Burke b Archer	20
JA Bailey	b Benaud	9
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 98.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-44, 4-109, 5-123, 6-140, 7-142, 8-166, 9-183, 10-183 (98.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	24	5	55	3	-	-
Miller	16	1	43	2	-	-
Archer	19.1	6	30	3	-	-
Benaud	15	8	14	1	-	-
Johnson	11	7	16	1	-	-
Davidson	13	7	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RR Lindwall (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GW Horrex (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> CCP Williams (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> RG Archer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Benaud reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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