First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ESSEX v AUSTRALIANS Played at Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea, May 15, 17, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 451 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes hit wkt b R.Smith 79 2 W.A.Brown c Horsfall b Bailey 153 3 *D.G.Bradman b T.P.B.Smith 187 4 K.R.Miller b Bailey 0 5 R.A.Hamence c T.P.B.Smith b R.Smith 46 6 S.J.E.Loxton c Rist b Vigar 120 7 †R.A.Saggers not out 104 8 I.W.G.Johnson st Rist b T.P.B.Smith 9 9 D.T.Ring c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 1 10 W.A.Johnston b Vigar 9 11 E.R.H.Toshack c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 4 Extras b 7, nb 2 9 —— 721 FoW (1): 1-145 (1), 2-364 (2), 3-364 (4), 4-452 (3), 5-498 (5), 6-664 (6), 7-686 (8), 8-692 (9), 9-716 (10), 10-721 (11) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Ring b Miller 0 b Toshack 16 2 S.J.Cray b Miller 5 b Johnson 15 3 A.V.Avery b Johnston 10 c Brown b Johnson 3 4 F.H.Vigar c Saggers b Miller 0 c Johnson b Toshack 0 5 R.Horsfall b Toshack 11 b Johnson 8 6 *T.N.Pearce c Miller b Toshack 8 c and b Johnson 71 7 R.Smith c Barnes b Toshack 25 c Ring b Johnson 0 8 T.P.B.Smith b Toshack 3 lbw b Barnes 54 9 †F.H.Rist c Barnes b Toshack 8 b Johnson 1 10 E.J.Price not out 4 not out 4 11 T.E.Bailey absent hurt 0 absent hurt 0 Extras b 2, lb 6, nb 1 9 b 6, lb 3, nb 6 15 —— —— 83 187 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-13 (2), 3-13 (4), 4-19 (3), 5-30 (6), 6-47 (5), 7-63 (7), 8-74 (8), 9-83 (9) FoW (2): 1-24 (2), 2-32 (3), 3-35 (4), 4-36 (1), 5-46 (5), 6-46 (7), 7-177 (6), 8-183 (9), 9-187 (8) Essex Bowling O M R W Bailey 21 1 128 2 R.Smith 37 2 169 2 2nb T.P.B.Smith 38 0 193 4 Price 20 0 156 0 Vigar 13 1 66 2 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 8 3 14 3 2 1 4 0 Johnston 7 1 10 1 (3) 10 4 26 0 Toshack 10.5 2 31 5 (4) 17 2 50 2 3nb Ring 11 4 19 0 1nb (7) 7 3 16 0 1nb Loxton (2) 12 3 28 0 2nb Johnson (5) 21 6 37 6 Barnes (6) 9.4 5 11 1 Umpires: W.H.Ashdown and D.Hendren. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 721 all out. The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. W.A.Brown’s 153 took 180 minutes and included 17 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 187 took 125 minutes and included 32 fours and 1 five. S.J.E.Loxton’s 120 included 14 fours and 1 six. R.A.Saggers’s 104 included 9 fours. 138