f14538	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1934
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1934 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 93 runs
Umpires	HG Baldwin, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 220 all out
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 14/0 (Cutmore 11*, Pope 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b O'Reilly	21
DF Pope	lbw b Grimmett	29
*TN Pearce	lbw b O'Reilly	4
J O'Connor	lbw b Grimmett	21
MS Nichols	not out	62
RM Taylor	c McCabe b Ebeling	27
LC Eastman	c Bromley b O'Reilly	26
TPB Smith	b Grimmett	1
HTO Smith	lbw b O'Reilly	6
+JR Sheffield	b O'Reilly	1
K Farnes	b O'Reilly	1
Extras	(12 b, 9 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 92.2 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-54, 3-84, 4-93, 5-130, 6-180, 7-185, 8-204, 9-208, 10-220 (92.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	15	3	22	1	-	-
McCabe	4	2	3	0	-	-
Grimmett	37	7	80	3	-	-
O'Reilly	31.2	9	79	6	-	-
Chipperfield	1	0	4	0	-	-
Bromley	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Woodfull	b Farnes	55
WH Ponsford	c Pearce b HTO Smith	0
LS Darling	c Taylor b TPB Smith	43
SJ McCabe	b Farnes	48
WA Brown	c and b O'Connor	58
EH Bromley	c Taylor b Farnes	4
AG Chipperfield	c and b HTO Smith	175
+BA Barnett	run out	10
CV Grimmett	b Eastman	11
HI Ebeling	b HTO Smith	1
WJ O'Reilly	not out	22
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 101.2 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-71, 3-148, 4-150, 5-170, 6-311, 7-328, 8-371, 9-376, 10-438 (101.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Farnes	24	5	111	3	-	-
HTO Smith	27.2	2	123	3	-	-
Eastman	30	3	92	1	-	-
TPB Smith	14	0	77	1	-	-
O'Connor	6	1	24	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	c Bromley b O'Reilly	31
DF Pope	lbw b Grimmett	21
*TN Pearce	c Ebeling b Grimmett	0
J O'Connor	c Chipperfield b O'Reilly	12
MS Nichols	b Grimmett	0
RM Taylor	lbw b Grimmett	2
LC Eastman	c Bromley b Grimmett	16
TPB Smith	lbw b O'Reilly	17
HTO Smith	c Barnett b Ebeling	11
+JR Sheffield	c Barnett b Ebeling	6
K Farnes	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-58, 3-58, 4-70, 5-72, 6-72, 7-103, 8-113, 9-124, 10-125 (56.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	5.2	1	9	2	-	-
McCabe	2	2	0	0	-	-
Grimmett	26	8	54	5	-	-
O'Reilly	23	6	53	3	-	-

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Notes
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> AG Chipperfield (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in First-Class matches
--> AG Chipperfield (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AG Chipperfield made his debut in England in First-Class matches

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