AUSTRALIA V. ESSEX

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 131, 6 June 1938, Page 9

AUSTRALIA V. ESSEX

WICKET HELPS BOWLERS

TWO FULL INNINGS ,\

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 4. With wickets falling quickly on both sides there was an interesting day's cricket when the match between Australia and Essex was commenced at Southend today. Australia made 145 (Brown 55; Fames four for 43) and 0 for none, Essex replying, with 114 (Ward seven for 51). The match began in bright sunshine. | The teams are: | Australia.—S. J. McCabe (Captain), C. L. Badcock, A. G. Chipperfield, W. A. Brown, J. H. Fingletoli, L. O. B. Fleetwood-Smith, A. L. Hassett, C. Walker, E. S. White, M. Waite, F. Ward, and Barnett, twelfth man. Essex,—C. T. Ash ton (Captain), D. B. Wilcox, T. N. Pearce, K. Fames, T. N. Dennis, J. W. A. Stephenson, J. O'Connor, M. S. Nichols, L. C. Eastman, P. Smith, and T. H. Wade. McCabe won the toss and decided to I bat. Good bowling on a viciously-eccen-tric wicket gave the crowd a sensational day's cricket. Speed and spin bowlers were both helped by a wicket which, in addition to the early trickiness frequently found at English seaside grounds, had an inherent streak of nastiness for which the meteorological explanation was inadequate. BROWN'S DETERMINATION. Brown, although fortunate in the early stages, held the side together splendidly. He batted with quiet determination and looked safe until the arrival of the tail-enders, when he was obliged to relax his previous rigidity. Fames, encouraged at his early success, bowled with great verve and worried the batsmen. Brown, when his score was 7, was dropped off Nichols. McCabe lasted only ten minutes. He skied a ball which gave such a simple catch for Wilcox at third slip that he walked out before the catch was taken. Brown batted 2i hours before he hit his wicket. The side was all out in three hours. In Essex's innings Wilcox batted stubbornly for hours. He was almost exclusively on the defensive. Ward flighted the ball and cleverly deceived the batsmen. Fleetwood-Smith bowled confidently, but became careless after tea. Details:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Fingleton, b Fames 7 Brown, hit wicket, b Smith 55 McCabe, c Wilcox, b Stephenson .. 4 Badcock, b Nichols 11 Hassett, b Fames 26 Chipperfield, b Fames 3 Waite, c Pearce, b Stephenson .. 5 White, b Fames 11 Walker, c and b Smith 5 Ward, not out 5 Fleetwood-Smith, c and b Smith 8 Extras 5 Total 145 Bowling: Fames took four wickets for 43 runs, Nichols one for 34, Stephenson two for 20, Eastman none for 18, Smith three for 25. Second Innings. Walker, not out ' 0 Ward, not out 0 Total for no wickets 0 ESSEX. First Innings. Eastman, Ibw, b Ward 21 Wilcox, b Ward .' 38 Nichols, b Ward 5 O'Connor, c Chipperfield, b Fleet-wood-Smith 6 Pearce, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 0 Ash ton, b Ward 8 Dennis, c and b Ward 18 Wade, run out 3 Fames, c Waite, b Ward 0 Steph'enson, not out 0 Smith, lbw, b Ward 10 Extras 5 Total 114 Bowling: Waite took no wickets for 17 runs, McCabe none for 9, Ward seven for 51, Fleetwood-Smith two for 17, White none for 15.